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Cohiba Espléndidos — tasting notes and pricing context
If one cigar built the Cohiba mythology it's the Espléndidos. The 7-inch Julieta No. 2 (Habanos's name for the Churchill format) is what Fidel Castro reportedly handed to foreign heads of state in the 1980s, and it remains the line's most photographed vitola. The Espléndidos was originally a diplomat-only release; it joined the commercial catalogue in 1989 alongside the Robustos and Exquisitos, and the trio became the Línea Clásica that anchors Cohiba to this day.
The smoke is built for a long evening — 90 to 120 minutes if you draw slowly. The first third is gentle, with hay, butter, and toasted bread; the middle blooms into espresso, cocoa, and a hint of pepper; the last third earns the legend with a leather-and-cedar finish that holds without burning hot. The Espléndidos sits at the top of the standard Cohiba pricing pyramid: a box of 25 lists at roughly £2,950 in the UK and CHF 3,300 at Swiss reference LCDH stores. Price stability is high across European retailers — this is the SKU where spread is tightest because demand routinely exceeds supply.
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