The Montecristo brand is the best-known and perhaps most popular Habanos brand in the world. The Edmundo, a cigar with a ring gauge of 52, was first launched in 2004, and the Petit Edmundo came out two years later. In 2009, the new MonteCristo Open line was introduced with four different shapes that have a lighter taste. All the cigars are "tripa larga, totalmente a mano" - completely handmade longfillers.
Montecristo is the best-known and perhaps most popular Habanos brand in the world.
It serves as a benchmark for many Habanos fans to evaluate other brands.
The name is an allusion to the famous book "The Count of Montecristo" by Alexandre Dumas.
The reader at the Manufacture noted that this book is a very popular read for torcedores.
This brand has been around since 1935.
Originally, Montecristo had a reasonable stock of cigars numbered from No. 1 to No. 5.
Today, the extensive range offers everything a cigar smoker's heart desires.
The Edmundo, a cigar with a ring gauge of 52, was first launched in 2004.
This happened because enthusiasts demanded ever larger ring sizes. The Petit Edmundo, a scaled-down version of it, was launched two years later.
Why Edmundo?
Edmundo is the first name of Edmundo Dantes, the hero of the world-famous story by Alexandre Dumas.
The new Montecristo Open line was introduced in 2009 with four different shapes that have a lighter taste than the original Montecristo cigars.
With these cigars, a new generation of tobacco lovers can be reached.
The impeccably balanced Montecristo blends are made from carefully selected filler and binder leaves from the Vuelta Abajo tobacco growing region, which produces some of the finest tobaccos in the world.
Both the original Montecristo cigars with their medium to strong flavour and the Montecristo Open Line cigars with their milder flavour appeal to both beginners and experienced smokers.
All shapes are "tripa larga, totalmente a mano" - completely handmade longfillers.
Montecristo has a medium to strong taste.
Montecristo Open Light