Montecristo 80th Anniversary No. 2 6" * 54

Altadis wanted to do something big for Montecristo's 80th anniversary, and they did! This delicious cigar is the pure essence of Cubanesque, very appropriate when celebrating a brand that originated in Cuba in 1935. This very limited edition of Montecristo is made with a cuban-seed tobacco called "Pilotico", grown and cured by the Mendez family in Dominican Republic. The wrapper is a flawless Ecuadorian Sumatra. A medium to full bodied smoke that is nutty, leathery and sweet.

• Brands
  Montecristo 80th Anniversary

  Montecristo 80th Anniversary is a limited edition of Montecristo is made with a cuban-seed tobacco called "Pilotico", grown and cured by the Mendez family in Dominican Republic. The wrapper is a flawless Ecuadorian Sumatra. A medium to full bodied smoke that is nutty, leathery and sweet.
• Cigar Shape
  Torpedo

  The Torpedo was traditionally a fat cigar with two closed, tapered ends. Today, it is any cigar with a cut foot and straight body which tapers to a closed, pointed head.
• Cigar Section
  Box-Pressed (Square)

  A box pressed cigar is a cigar that has a square shape. Originally, this shape came from the practice of packing round cigars tightly in cardboard boxes which are then compacted using a manual press. The cigars are thus pressed into each other and become a "squarish" or semi-square shape. Today, cigar makers use square shaped molds or a wooden trunk press for their box pressed cigars, achieving a more defined square section.
• Cigar Length
  6"

  This cigar is 6 inches long, or 152.4 mm.
• Origin
  Dominican Republic

  Most cigars are manufactured in the Caribbean and Central America.
  The Dominican Republic is the world's first producer of cigars. Most factories are located in Santiago, in the center of the island, and in close proximity to the tobacco fields grown in the fertile Cibao Valley. While tobacco and cigars have always traditionally been produced in the Dominican Republic, many Cuban cigar makers established in the Dominican Republic after the Cuban communist revolution, elevating the quality of Dominican cigars.
• Cigar Ring Gauge
  54

  The cigar ring gauge corresponds to the diameter of a cigar, this cigar has a ring gauge of 54, so his diameter is 54/64 inches or 21.34 mm.
• Strength
  Medium
• Wrapper Color
  Colorado Maduro

  Cigar wrapper color varies from green (Double Claro or Candela) to black (Maduro or Oscuro) with a full range of browns in between.
  Colorado maduro wrapper is milk chocolate brown.
• Single Packaging
  Cellophane
• Rolling Type
  Handmade

  Handmade cigars are completely made by hand from start to finish.
• Cigar Manufacturer
  Altadis USA

  Altadis U.S.A. is one of the world's largest cigar manufacturers with over 5,000 employees. They have been making cigars since 1918 with factories in the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Puerto Rico, Florida and Richmond, Virginia.
• Cigar Wrapper
  Ecuadorian Sumatra-Seed

  The wrapper is the last tobacco leaf to be rolled on the cigar, so it is the one the smoker will see.
  Ecuador is the perfect place to grow wrappers, because it is located on the Equator! And it has rich soils too. The weather conditions, with a nearly permanent cloudy sky, provide a natural shade, protecting the wrapper plants from sunshine and allowing the tobacco to grow thin and light. Ecuador supplies Connecticut and Sumatra type wrappers to many cigar factory in the world.
• Cigar Binder
  Dominican Republic Olor

  The binder is a full tobacco leaf that is used to roll the cigar, binding the filler tobaccos together.
  Dominican Republic is a traditional tobacco-growing country. Dominican Olor tobacco is mild flavored but very aromatic.
• Cigar Filler
  Dominican Republic Piloto Cubano

  Filler is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the "guts" of the cigar.

  Nicaraguan Corojo

  Filler is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the "guts" of the cigar.

  Nicaraguan Criollo

  Filler is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the "guts" of the cigar.