Since Habanos S.A. began its Edición Regional program in 2005, it’s fair to say that 2009 was the beginning of the apex of the program: it set a high with 23 releases spread across nine different marcas and 16 different countries and regions, a mark that would stand for two years until there were 25 Edición Regionals release in 2011. It was the year that saw the first regional edition produced for Cuba—the La Gloria Cubana Deliciosos—and in the case of Germany, it was the year when a unique combination of cigars were released from the same brand but in notably different sizes. For its Edición Regional releases, the distributor 5ta Avenida (5th Avenue) went with a pair of cigars from Bolívar: the 5ta Avenida Edición Regional and the Especiales No.2 Edición Regional, both which dove into the history books of Cuban cigars. The 5ta Avenida, which Brooks Whittington reviewed in September 2009, was a 109 vitola that measured a lengthy 7 1/4 inches with a 50 ring gauge, a size that had not been produced for some 35 years at the time of its release, and which used blend specifications that dated back to the 1950s, which earned it ...
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