BOLIVAR BRITÁNICAS 2011 UK Regional Speciality

LONDON, England, April 18th. We are happy to announce the release of the latest UK Regional Edition. Originally intended for 2011, the Bolivar Británicas is the first UK Regional Edition to carry the new Exclusivo Gran Bretaña band (previously Exclusivo Reino Unido) and only 3,000 numbered boxes of ten cigars have been produced.The Cigar: The factory name “Británicas” is applied to a unique shape in the world of Havanas. It can best be described as a “Perfecto”, but it has the distinction of a wider aperture at the foot than is customary for cigars of this type, which makes it easier to light up and get going.Why and when the name “Británicas” was chosen by the Cuban industry is unknown, but it seems certain that it was first made for the British market. The shape survived to the present century because it was adopted by Romeo y Julieta for a cigar named the Celestiales Finos, which ceased production in 2002. The original vitola measured 5 3/8 inches (137mm) by 46 ring gauge, but the Bolivar Britanicas has had two extra points added to its girth (48), which strictly speaking makes it a “Británicas Extra”.This very rare size has been specially made for the UK at a factory situated in the Santa Clara region of central Cuba under the supervision of the Partagas factory in Havana, which has the responsibility for the Bolivar brand wherever the cigars are produced.Hunters & Frankau commissioned a reprint of a special label, known as a “papeleta”, which was last used on Bolivar boxes over forty years ago, to wrap over the side of the box.