Cohiba
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Cohiba is the flagship brand of Habanos.
It was created in 1966 for President Fidel Castro himself and was made at the then top secret but now world famous El Laguito factory. At first, it was only seen outside Cuba as gifts for heads of state and visiting diplomats.
Since 1982 Cohiba has been available in limited quantities to the open market.
The name is an ancient Taino Indian word for the bunches of tobacco leaves that Columbus first saw being smoked by the original inhabitants of Cuba – the earliest known form of the cigar.
The leaves for Cohiba are the “selection of the selection” from the five finest Vegas Finas de Primera in the San Juan y Martinez and San Luis zones of the Vuelta Abajo region.
Uniquely amongst Habanos two of Cohiba’s filler leaves, the seco and ligero, undergo a third fermentation in barrels, which adds smoothness to the blend.
There are two distinct Lineas (Lines) of Cohiba: the medium to full flavoured Linea Clasica introduced between 1966 and 1989; and the medium flavoured Linea 1492 brought out in 1992 to mark the 500th Anniversary of Columbus’s epic voyage of discovery. Ten years later in 2002, a new size, the Siglo VI, was added to the Linea 1492. The Linea Maduro 5 was added in 2007 and the super premium line Behike in 2010.
All sizes of Cohiba are ‘totalmente a mano, tripa larga’ – totally hand made, long filler.
Source and Copyright: Fotografie Tobias Hauser
Sizes
Vitolas Linea Classico
- Cohiba Coronas Especiales
- Cohiba Esplendidos
- Cohiba Exquisitos
- Cohiba Lanceros
- Cohiba Panetelas
- Cohiba Robustos
Vitolas Linea 1492
Vitolas Maduro 5
Vitolas Behike
Vitolas Edicion Limitada & Gran Reserva
- Cohiba Pirámides Edicion Limitada 2001
- Cohiba Double Coronas Edicion Limitada 2003
- Cohiba Sublimes Edicion Limitada 2004
- Cohiba Pirámides Edicion Limitada 2006
- Cohiba Siglo VI Gran Reserva (2009)
- Cohiba 1966 Edicion Limitada 2011
