Habanos S.A introduced its Ramon Allones Absolutos last night (February 3), the third and final of its Edición Limitada of 2024. José María López Inchaurbe, vice president of development for Cuban monopoly, presented the new offering at a gala in Basel. Called Nuevos in Cuban cigar factories, the Ramon Allones Absolutos is a large format cigar that measures 6 3/8 inches by 49 ring gauge, and comes in a unique, 20-count box designed especially for this release.
“The Edición Limitada program was launched in 2000 and features Cuban cigars produced in limited runs and rolled in unusual sizes,” Gregory Mottola wrote for Cigar Aficionado. “The wrappers are also considerably darker than those found on Cuba’s regular-production smokes.
“For the first 15 or 16 years of the program, Edición Limitadas were typically announced at the Habanos Festival in the early part of the year and then released by the fourth quarter. No more. Timetables have changed drastically and Habanos often struggles to get its cigars out on time.”
The Ramon Allones Absolutos is the third and last Edición Limitada for 2024, following the Trinidad Cabildos and the H. Upmann Magnum Finite. There’s no official release date yet, but according to Intertabak A.G., Switzerland’s Habanos distributor, the cigar is set to retail for 45 Swiss francs each (about $50), or 900 Swiss francs per box ($990). It will be trickled into other global markets at unspecified times throughout the year.
