Montecristo Double Edmundo

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• Habanos s.a. presents Montecristo Double Edmundo, a new vitola in the Línea Edmundo, offering a longer Edmundo for those seeking the full Montecristo flavour without time constraints.
  
• Double Edmundo incorporates the new Montecristo ring as well as other innovative elements in the brand's image.
  

Montecristo, created in 1935, is one of the best known

Habanos

brands all over the world, internationally considered by many the reference of Habanos flavor.

In 2004 a new

vitola

was introduced into the Montecristo brand:

Edmundo

which was aimed at satisfying the demand for heavy ring gauge

vitolas

, and a shorter version, the

Petit Edmundo

, followed two years later.

This year, 2013, the Linea Edmundo grows with the arrival of the new vitola:

Double Edmundo (ring gauge 50 and 155 mm length).

This Habano will allow the classic blend of the Linea Edmundo full spectrum of aromas and flavours to be enjoyed in a smoking time of around an hour.

Montecristo Double Edmundo

is arriving to the different points of sale in most of countries.

This

vitola

is an offering to those who are able to enjoy their cigars at a more leisurely pace.

All this Montecristo Habanos are made ‘

Totalmente a mano con tripa larga

- Totally handmade long filler- with selected leaves coming from

Vuelta Abajo

* zone, (D.O.P),

Pinar del Río

*, Cuba.

Montecristo Double Edmundo

incorporates the new Montecristo ring, which being innovative in its design keeps at the same time the classic look of the brand.

The boxes of 10 and 25 units also carry a new protective

bofetón

(protective leaf of paper inside the box) as well as a

papeleta

(rectangular seal on the side of the box) in their presentations so that they can be easily identified in the shelves.

These enhancements of the image will gradually be incorporated into the rest of the vitolas and packaging of the Línea Edmundo.

Montecristo

Double Edmundo

will be presented in its Semi Boite Nature (SBN) boxes of 25 and 10 units and will also be available soon in case of 3 units.

Double Edmundo

is starting to be available in the markets all around the world in wooden boxes of 25 and 10 units.

Brand:

Montecristo

Commercial Name:

Double Edmundo

Factory Name:

Dobles

Measures:

50 ring gauge (19.84 mm) x 155 mm in length

Presentation:

Semi Boite Nature box (SBN) of 25 units

Semi Boite Nature box (SBN) of 10 units

(The 3 units pack will be arriving slightly afterwards the 25 and 10's boxes)

* (D.O.P) Denominación de Origen Protegida. Protected Denomination of Origin

[Smallclub]

Photoshoped cigars…

[Hiroshiro]

i still want a box

[Puros Y Vino]

I picked up a stick locally. Cost me $30. oddly, it was cheaper than a Monte 2 and hopefully better as well.

[Dbone]

If my wrappers don't look just like those I'm going to complain.

I do enjoy both the Edmundo and the Petite, I had to double check on Trevors site and yeah... RG is 50 on this, 52 on the others.

[Larsy]

Hate those bands

[IcedCanuck]

If my wrappers don't look just like those I'm going to complain.

I do enjoy both the Edmundo and the Petite, I had to double check on Trevors site and yeah... RG is 50 on this, 52 on the others.

I thought the Edmundo was a 52 RG. I am a fan of the Edmundos so I will definitely pick up a box of these at some point in the near future!

Hate those bands

I like them, maybe they will be a tad bit harder to counterfeit as well.

[CaptainQuintero]

Shocking bands!!

I love the PE but I'm still waiting for a Churchill, im guessing this DE is the closest I'm going to get lol

[LordAnubis]

I'll be honest i like the new bands. Then again im easily amused and i like shiny things. I like the return to the wooden boxes too, hate the paper boxes.

[IcedCanuck]

I'll be honest i like the new bands. Then again im easily amused and i like shiny things. I like the return to the wooden boxes too, hate the paper boxes.

What paper boxes?

[LordAnubis]

paper wrapped boxes or whatever they are called... the yellow monte boxes, as opposed to these ones which are just wood.

[bigfunkyg]

I'll be honest i like the new bands. Then again im easily amused and i like shiny things. I like the return to the wooden boxes too, hate the paper boxes.

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[CanuckSARTech]

Like I've said before about the bands.....while they do look like the NC version of Montecristo, and they might make things harder to distinguish for non-aficionados between the NC and the Cuban varieties, I do find that I'm liking it more and more. Since they switched away from the old style matte paper, and went with the glossy brown, I've always thought that it could use a bit of gold, to put Montecristo right up there with the other "premium" brands.

Also, I love this new packaging idea. The wood boxes, but with the bofeton and triangular-shaped papeleta in the traditional Montecristo yellow-red-and-gold, makes this a winner for me, aesthetically speaking.

Fingers crossed that they're good. I absolutely LOVE stunning Monte 2's and 4's, but lord knows how bad production quality ranges on those. I've had to submit (oh darn) to only buying epic boxes of PSP examples of these from Czar's only, and pretty much similar with Especials or other occasional Monte treats (HQ or PSP only now).

I'll definitely be searching for a couple quality 10-boxes of these upon this year's Havana trip in November.

[CanuckSARTech]

Anyone know general pricing on these (within forum guidelines)? Rob, do you have a Czar's price yet? Anyone know how much they're going for in Cuba?

[Chelsea8]

A robusto takes me an hour to smoke. If I remember correctly, an Edmudo takes me at least 1 hr and 15mins. So if this Double Edmundo is for those who "enjoy their cigars at a more leisurely pace" and is "to be enjoyed in a smoking time of around an hour", it gives me the impression that it must be loosely packed or for those who draw hard and fast. Just saying.

[melies]

One of my sources sold out of the few 10 count boxes they had and they were 166 per 10 count box. And usually that source is on the pricey side.

I think there's a rule of no prices in the forum...

[melies]

If I have time maybe I'll smoke one today I think they have them at the LCDH now... and yeah the bands are horrible.

[Oscar300]

I like the bands

[Smallclub]

I hate this packaging: it makes impossible to check the feet of the cigars. It's a packaging for tourists and airport duty free shops…

[dangolf18]

paper wrapped boxes or whatever they are called... the yellow monte boxes, as opposed to these ones which are just wood.

Edmundos have always come in wooden boxes.

[CanuckSARTech]

I hate this packaging: it makes impossible to check the feet of the cigars. It's a packaging for tourists and airport duty free shops…

Harder, not impossible. It's probably as simple as folding back the bofeton so that we can do the "upside-down-open-the-box-foot-check" trick.

[Smallclub]

Harder, not impossible. It's probably as simple as folding back the bofeton so that we can do the "upside-down-open-the-box-foot-check" trick.

I am not sure it can be called a "bofetón", which means "slap". If it's like the one in the Partagas E2 box, then yes it can be folded.

[Lotusguy]

I'll pick up a 10er - at least in central europe they are priced pretty close to the regular Edmundo.

[Wil]

Keen to try these.

[dpodiluk]

I'll be keeping my eye out for these. Love to get a box of the first production. I kinda like the new bands and box as well...