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No. 4

The most-sold Cuban cigar of all time. A 45-minute petit corona that built the modern Habanos market.

Mareva Ring 42 129 mm Box of 25 standard

Tracking 6 offers across 6 countries · range €358.90–€441.00 · spread 23%

Retailer Country Duty / Ships Box price ≈ EUR € / cigar Stock
Noblego 🇩🇪 Germany
Duty-paid 🇩🇪 Ships EU · duty extra
€358.90 €359 €14.36 Last verified · 15 May Shop →
Sigari e Tabacchi (Padova) 🇮🇹 Italy
Duty-paid 🇮🇹 Ships in-country
€365.00 €365 €14.60 Last verified · 15 May Shop →
LCDH Antwerpen LCDH 🇧🇪 Belgium
Duty-paid 🇧🇪 Ships in-country
€372.50 €373 €14.90 Last verified · 15 May Shop →
James J. Fox Dublin (since 1881) 🇮🇪 Ireland
Duty-paid 🇮🇪 Ships EU · duty extra
€380.00 €380 €15.20 Last verified · 15 May Shop →
P.G.C. Hajenius (since 1826) 🇳🇱 Netherlands
Duty-paid 🇳🇱 Ships in-country
€395.00 €395 €15.80 Last verified · 15 May Search on site →
Cigarmust (LCDH Lugano/Mendrisio) LCDH 🇨🇭 Switzerland
Duty-paid 🇨🇭 Ships worldwide · duty extra
CHF 420.00 was CHF 467.00 €441 €17.64 Last verified · 15 May Shop →

Two data sources: Rows with a ● LIVE badge are scraped every 6 hours and reflect the retailer's current price + stock state. Rows showing Last verified · 15 May are historical manual research — the retailer may not currently carry this SKU or may be sold out. Always tap "Shop →" and verify availability on the retailer's site before purchasing. We're expanding live-scraping coverage to every SKU monthly.

Reading the "Duty / Ships" column. Duty-paid is where the listed price is genuinely all-in — excise duty + VAT already baked in. Buy from a duty-paid country and what you see is what you pay. Buy across borders and the destination country charges its own tobacco excise + VAT on top:

  • 🇸🇪 SE, 🇩🇰 DK, 🇫🇮 FI, 🇮🇪 IE: Customs intercepts inbound tobacco mail orders. A box of 25 Cuban premiums typically gets a €100–€300 surcharge at the door.
  • 🇬🇧 UK (post-Brexit): UK Tobacco Products Duty (~£5.31/kg + 16.5% ad valorem on cigars) + 20% VAT. A €765 box typically becomes £1,250–1,400 delivered.
  • 🇨🇭 CH ↔ EU: Outside the EU customs union — destination duty + VAT applies in both directions.

Tip: tap show all-in rows for my country to dim every retailer whose listed price isn't fully duty-paid where you live. Always verify the total delivered cost on the retailer's checkout before buying.

About this cigar

Montecristo No. 4 — tasting notes and pricing context

The Montecristo No. 4 is, by Habanos S.A.'s own accounting, the best-selling Cuban cigar in history. It's a 5.1-inch Mareva that's been in continuous production since 1935, and roughly one in five boxes Habanos ships globally each year is a box of No. 4s. The blend is medium-bodied with the Montecristo signature — earthy, woody, and a touch sweet — built around a Vuelta Abajo filler and a sturdy Habano wrapper that ages remarkably well in a humidor over three to five years.

The price-comparison value here is real. The No. 4 sits at the lowest end of the Cuban premium range, which means absolute price differences across Europe are small (€20–€50 per box) but the percentage spread is meaningful relative to the box price. Germany's Noblego runs around €358; Italy's licensed tabaccherie list it near €365 (per-stick pricing converted to box equivalent); Belgium's LCDH Antwerp posts €372; Switzerland's Cigarmust drops it to CHF 378 when discounted (~€395 after FX). Ireland's James J. Fox Dublin and the Netherlands' Hajenius round out the upper end. A weekly smoker can save the price of three or four sticks per box by comparing first.


FAQ

Montecristo No. 4 — frequently asked questions

Where is the cheapest place to buy Montecristo No. 4 in Europe right now?

The cheapest verified box of Montecristo No. 4 in Europe right now is at Noblego in Germany at approximately €359 for a box of 25 (about €14.36 per cigar). The full ranking — refreshed every six hours across 6 European retailers — is in the table above.

Prices and availability shift weekly. Save this SKU to your watchlist with the Save price alert button to get an email the moment any retailer in your country drops below your target price.

Will the listed price include duty + VAT for my country?

The Duty / Ships column above tells you exactly that. Each retailer listed price is all-in (excise duty + VAT included) only in their home country. Buy from a German retailer as a German buyer: what you see is what you pay. Buy cross-border (e.g. a Swiss retailer shipping to Germany, or any EU retailer shipping to the UK, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, or Ireland) and the destination country will charge its own tobacco excise + VAT at the door — typically €100–€300 extra on a box of 25 Habanos, sometimes much more for the UK.

If you set your destination country on the page, every row that is genuinely all-in for you gets highlighted in green. The dimmed rows are honest-looking prices that will cost more than they show.

How does Montecristo No. 4 compare to other Montecristo cigars?

The Montecristo No. 4 is, by Habanos S.A.'s own accounting, the best-selling Cuban cigar in history. It's a 5.1-inch Mareva that's been in continuous production since 1935, and roughly one in five boxes Habanos ships globally each year is a box of No. 4s. The blend is medium-bodied with the Montecristo signature — earthy, woody, and a touch sweet — built around a Vuelta Abajo filler and a sturdy Habano wrapper that ages remarkably well in a humidor over three to five years.

If you want a side-by-side comparison of Montecristo other vitolas at current European prices, the SKUs we track are: Montecristo No. 2, Montecristo Petit Edmundo, Montecristo Edmundo, Montecristo No. 5. Each link opens its own live price-comparison page.

Is the price for Montecristo No. 4 likely to drop?

Habanos S.A. (the Cuban state tobacco monopoly) sets the worldwide release-price floor for every Habano in this catalogue. That floor went up roughly 40% during the 2022–2024 global price harmonisation, and Habanos has signalled further annual increases through 2027. So the long-term trend is up, not down.

Short-term, prices fluctuate at the retailer level — Swiss promotional weeks, German LCDH clearance, the occasional Spanish over-stock. The Finder catches those. A drop alert with no target price will email you on any meaningful reduction; setting a target locks the alert to your specific budget.

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