As it has done since 2000, Habanos S.A. recently began releasing its annual Edición Limitada cigars, a series that started out as focusing on the use of the upper leaves of the plant before switching to using tobacco aged at least two years beginning in 2007. The series also went to a format of three releases per year in 2005 after releasing either four or five cigars in years prior, though none were released in 2002. For the 2014 installment, Habanos S.A. chose to tap the Bolívar, Cohiba and Partagás marcas. Two of the three—the Bolívar Super Coronas Edición Limitada 2014 and Partagás Seleccíon Privada Edición Limitada—have been released to the European market, while the hope is that the Cohiba Robusto Supremos Edición Limitada 2014 will soon follow. The Partagás marca is part of the group known as global brands, a set that includes Cohiba, H. Upmann, Hoyo de Monterrey, Montecristo and Romeo y Julieta as well as the José L. Piedra marca; they are the biggest names in the Habanos portfolio and are found the world over. Partagás is one of the most historic of the bunch, tracing its roots back to around 1827, while the factory that bears the name was ...
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