In 2011, Habanos S.A. brought back the older green on white band that was once featured on Ramón Allones cigars for the 2011 Edición Limitada, the Allones Extra. Many, including yours truly, enjoyed the throwback approach and now, Habanos has found a reason to bring it back. In November, Intertabak AG shipped the Ramón Allones Perfectos to retailers in Switzerland with the familiar green band. The 5 2/5 (137mm) x 48 perfectos is the 2014 Edición Regional for Switzerland. For those unfamiliar with the Edición Regional program, I gave a brief background in the news story: The Edición Regional program sees Habanos S.A., the marketing and distribution company behind Cuban cigars, create unique, limited vitolas for its distributors around the world. Sizes must be those that are in the Habanos S.A. portfolio, but not amongst the regular production offerings for the brand, although some discontinued regular sizes can be created. New vitolas created for a certain brand are also not eligible to be used. In addition, the “global” brands—i.e. Cohiba, H. Upmann, Hoyo de Monterrey, José L. Piedra, Montecristo, Partagás and Romeo y Julieta—are not eligible to be made into an Edición Regional. Since 2012, distributors have been limited to ...
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