It’s been known for quite some time that Hunters & Frankau, the U.K. importer for Habanos S.A. had a cigar planned for its 225th anniversary and now it’s almost ready to hit shelves. It will be a Ramón Allones, a brand that Hunters & Frankau actually owned from 1911-1927. The Ramon Allones Hunters & Frankau Aniversario 225 measures 141mm (5 11/20 inches) x 50. It’s based off the gorditos vitola, but it features a rounded cap similar to the popular 109 vitola. Hunters & Frankau says the cigars were rolled at Francisco Pérez Germán, the Partagás factory, between February and May 2013. The production run of 50,000 was produced by three rollers and the shipped to the United Kingdom where they have been resting since in preparation of their release on June 22. The cigars will be be packaged in numbered sliding-lid boxes of 25, which have a suggested retail price £675 or about $41 per cigar In addition, Hunters & Frankau has commissioned 225 commemorative humidors made by DeART S.r.l. of Calvenzano, Italy. Each humidor holds four boxes of the Ramón Allones 225th. It comes with two XIKAR humidifiers, 100 commemorative cigar spills for lighting and a 50cl bottle of Havana Club Hunters ...
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