Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Most Expensive Cigars in the World

The most expensive cigar is the brand of La Escepcion, which was made at the Partagas factory.
Production of the brand was discontinued in 1985. The “Jose Gener Gran Gener” was the best cigar ever made by La Excepcion and is now a collector’s item. It was during it's time a full flavored medium strength Havana. There are very few left in the word of this popular 9-inch long and 24 ring gauge Havana.
If you do get your hands on one, it will cost you a pretty penny or two. The price of just one of these cigars today is £367 or approximately $682.80 USD.
Cigar tobacco is grown in many places throughout the Americas and Caribbean, but certain cigars manufactured in Cuba are widely considered the best cigars in the world. Sometimes, a cigar is just a cigar. As expensive cigars are symbols of wealth and success, the world’s most expensive cigars may hold far more value than their price tag suggests.
Altadis’ Behike
When Altadis of Spain launched their “Behike” cigars, they were the most expensive cigars in the world. The expensive cigars were reportedly named after the tribal chief or sorcerer of the Cuban/pre-Colombian Taino tribe. A mere four thousand of the limited edition Cohiba brand cigars have been released and each box includes forty expensive cigars and allegedly retails for around $18,846. Yes, the expensive cigar will cost you $420 for each smoke.
Gurkha’s His Majesty’s Reserve
They’ve been outdone, however, by Gurkha’s premier cigar, His Majesty’s Reserve. Rightfully touted as the most expensive cigar in the world, these cigars aren’t just made with premium tobacco—they’re also infused with a generous portion of Louis XIII Cognac in a process that retains the flavor of the tobacco. Louis XIII Cognac, as you may know, is one of the finest cognacs on the market today.
Each year, fewer than 100 boxes of His Majesty’s Reserve cigars are produced and Gurkha’s president oversees their allocation to retailers. At $750, just one of these most expensive cigars will probably cost more than your vintage smoking jacket, but for the true aficionado, it may be a smoke too good to pass up.
The world’s most expensive brand of cigars is set to be released this week in Spain. The makers say that they are worth the price but no one knows for sure because no one has ever had one. The Behike, named after the tribal chief of Cuba’s indigenous Taino tribe, cigars from the Cohiba brand have each been individually hand rolled by one person who rolled all 4,000 of the limited edition cigars. The tobacco recipe has been kept top secret and for all this preparation, each cigar boasts a price tag of $440 each. Unfortunately even if you can scrape together that much money the cigars are only being sold in boxes of 40 meaning that if you want one you’re going to have to shell out $18,860 for the box.

The special person who got to choose the special blend for this cigar was chosen from the senior cigar rollers in the El Laguito factory in Havana before she rolled each one of the 4,000 cigars. “I’ve been doing this for 39 years but I still love it,” said Norma Fernandez. The cigar was made and released to celebrate the brand’s forty year anniversary and Fernandez said that while the blend stays true to the house style, she added a special touch. “But I’m not going to reveal the formula,”
The Franco-Spanish tobacco company Altadis has launched what it says is the most expensive cigar in the world.

The Cohiba Behike cigar will be sold in lots of 40 cigars for the record price of 15,000 euros, and will come with its own humidor.

The promotion is to mark the 40th anniversary of the Cohiba cigar brand.
Gurkha is all set to take your “burning through money” experience to a new level. Tagged as the Rolls Royce of the cigars world, the company is known for production of high-end smokes, precious to collectors.One of such edition is the Black Dragon unveiled in 2006. Counted five cases of this limited edition hand-crafted, camel bone box are available with each cigar demanding a price of $1,150 each. Each case sports around 100 cigars, thereby calculating a fat price of $115,000 for each box. Are you ready to shell out your money on fire?

Touted to be the worlds most expensive ones, they are formed using premium tobacco and from there are infused with an full bottle of Louis XIII cognac.
Franco-Spanish tobacco producer Altadis has launched the world's most expensive cigar called the "Behike." The limited edition of the Cohiba brand will sell for $420 each in commemoration of its 40th anniversary.

A batch of 4,000 Behike has been released with each box of 40 to retail for $18,846.

The name Behike means a sorcerer, doctor or priest from the pre-Colombian Taino tribe. The special cigars were made last year at famous El Laguito factory in Havana and hand-rolled by veteran employee Norma Fernandez.

The cigars had been kept in humidor containers for up to six years. They are of the same size as the Cohiba Lancero (192 millimetres/7.5 inches) with the 20.64 mm (0.9 inch) diameter of the Cohiba Siglo VI.

Altadis plans to market 15 boxes of the Behike cigars to Spanish aficionados

1 comment:

  1. Obviusly, The most expensive cigars in this world are cohiba s. But you must keep one thing in mind that majority of the population of the wrold is not so rich. If you want to make a product world wide famous, then you must think of all the classes. Like Cohiba does. expensive one. normal, and the cheaper one. Great Cubans

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