In 2010, Habanos S.A. released a Edición Regional that commemorated the 108th anniversary of the Bolívar brand, which was founded in 1902. Appropriately named the Bolívar 108, the 5 5/8 (143mm) x 46 corona gorda was exclusive to the Spanish market, and was produced in a limited run of only 40,000 cigars that were sold in individually-numbered boxes of 10. According to the marketing materials inside the box, the tobacco used in these cigars hails from both the Vuelta Abajo and Pinar del Rio regions of Cuba. The sheet inside the boxes also has this to say about the release, translated from Spanish: Bolivar is one of oldest brands of cigars. Habanos s.a. has selected the vitola “108” a format that does not exist in this brand to offer exclusively to Habanos lovers in the Spanish market in 2010. Patrick Lagreid wrote a very good description of the Edición Regional program: In 2005, Habanos S.A. introduced a new series of limited production releases that would eventually become to be known as Edición Regional (Regional Edition). The program took regular Habanos S.A. brands and gave their regional distributors special sizes that aren’t part of respective brands regular production line-up. In some cases, like the Bolivar Gold ...
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