For many years, each March would bring a new AVO limited edition. The series began in 2001 with the AVO Limited Edition 75, celebrating brand’s founder Avo Uvezian’s 75th birthday. Since then, the brand, part of the Oettinger Davidoff AG family, released limited editions in all shapes, sizes and strengths each March usually coinciding with a series of events with Uvezian in attendance. That all changed last year when the brand unveiled a massive makeover of its regular production portfolio, as well as a new series known as Classic Covers. The first release of Classic Covers debuted last April, somewhat coinciding with Uvezian’s 89th birthday, though Davidoff of Geneva USA clarified that Classic Covers was not simply a rebranded version of the AVO birthday series. At the 2015 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show in July, that became clear when the company showed off the second release in the series, a release probably best known for its packaging: a circular box designed to look like a record. But for 2016—Uvezian’s 90th birthday—the birthday theme returned. The AVO 90th Classic Covers Volume 3 is 6 x 54 toro that uses an Ecuadorian habano 2000 claro wrapper, Mexican San Andrés negro binder and a blend ...
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