Behikes – lower prices than expected!

Happy Monday Folks !   

Well it sure is a happy one as we just heard from Hunters and Frankau that prices on the next Cohiba Behikes are lower than expected which is great news.    The not so good news is that allocations are tighter than expected    If you placed a pre order don’t worry you will only be charged the new lower price 🙂   

The latest line of Cohiba – the Behikes aka ‘ BHK’

A limited annual production so when they are gone – that’s it for the year.

I think that makes them a candidate for laying down, maturing and collecting and many of my clients are already making 10 year plans for laying down a quantity of BHK’s annually.

The BHK’s have a different blend to the 40th anniversary Behikes (aged 5 years) as well as an extra Medio tiempo filler leaf which will give the cigar a very distinct flavour characteristic as this is a dark leaf from the top of the plant.

These splendid Havanas are presented in boxes of 10.

We have also made a sampler pack available.

The good news is that prices are now lower than we expected !!!

Don’t worry if you pre ordered you will only be charged the new reduced price 🙂

BHK 52 singles £28

BHK  52 box of 10 £269

BHK 54 singles £36

BHK 54 box of 10 £355

BHK 56 singles £42

BHK 56 box of 10 £399

BHK sampler – £103


Launch date is 12th may with a mega H&F bash at the Goring Hotel    I smoked the last BHK 56 that I brought back from the Festival this morning and I have to say this is the most incredible blended Havana, truly unlike any other, sweet and spicy tingle on the tongue complexity. I reckon this is going to be the most popular Cohiba of all time.   

Peaceful puffing   

Best  

Mitchell

Cohiba Behikes! Available NOW!

Greetings from sunny London 🙂

Spent a long evening at Boisdale Belgravia on Thursday as my flight to France had been cancelled due to the volcano and I thought oh well what the hell J my friends and I smoked our way through an extraordinary quantity of Monte 2’s as they seem to be better, sweeter, smoother than we ever remember. Matched up the Monte 2’s with the Argentinean Malbec (great value) and then some Argentinean Merlot on Boisdales wine list and I can confirm it all worked out very well indeed!

Our friend Tillman (famous photographer) is coming to London on Monday so we’re herfing at 10 Manchester street in the evening- if you would like to join us shoot me am email at [email protected]

May the 12th sees the UK launch of Cohiba Behikes and as expected allocations are very very tight

Clients who have already pre-ordered have priority but need to confirm they wish to proceed

Place orders early using links below or emailing me at [email protected]

Cohiba Behike BHK 52 singles £29

Cohiba Behike BHK 52 box of 10 £289

Cohiba Behike BHK 54 singles £38

Cohiba Behike BHK 54 box of 10 £379

Cohiba Behike BHK 56 singles £45

Cohiba Behike BHK 56 box of 10 £425

Cohiba Behike BHK Sampler £112

These splendid Havanas are presented in boxes of 10. We have also made a sampler pack available as well as singles. You can place your order now for shipping on the 12th/13th May

Around 5 weeks till my boat cruise herf in New York where we are delighted to be joining forces with Oliva cigars for an evening of smokes, drinks, dinner whilst cruising up to the Statue of Liberty (it’s a 4 hour cruise so I gather we may be going round the statue in circles a few times!). I understand that we will also have a cigar roller on the cruise. Let’s hope the boat’s steady whilst he’s using the chaveta 🙂

I’m going to put together a vintage Cuban rum and vintage cigar tasting evening in June- if you’d like more details shoot me an email and I’ll put you on the guest list

Have a great weekend

Peaceful puffing

Mitchell

Alejandro Robaina R.I.P.

I just heard the sad news that Alejandro Robaina has passed away aged 91

A wonderful character whom, I was lucky enough to have met many times over the last 12 years of visiting Cuba

He was still smoking cigars and making jokes the last time I saw him in November

He will be missed and I’ll be smoking a cigar from his 83rd anniversary humidor in his honour this evening

Peaceful puffing

Mitchell

Greetings from sunny Marbella

Greetings from sunny Marbella where I have been enjoying relaxing with the company off some delightful Cohiba Sublimes extra and Gran Reserva and just the occasional Dom Perignon

Back to Blighty tomorrow and delighted to hear that the new Cohiba Behikes range will be launched on the 12th May at an exclusive Hunters and Frankau party that evening. Book your ticket to this event through C.Gars Ltd in order to snag two additional Behikes for your humidor !

Allocations are sure to be tight but we hope to be able to satisfy our clients demands as we will of course have allocations for all our retail outlets in the UK as well as La Casa del Habano Hamburg.

Be sure to register your interest to ensure you have the option to purchase these splendid cigars. No need to ask price- we won’t know till a few days before launch

Another fine release of a great variety of interesting Havanas. Intact shipping included in the prices of course. That means from order till delivery is only around 2-4 working days 🙂 and you pay nothing extra.

So whether you are looking for some bargain 10 year matured Havanas or some rarer than rare smokes-feast your eyes.

Quantity is limited and when they are gone…. they are gone.

We are offering these cigars on a first come first served basis. – sadly not available to our clients in the UK

Existing client can simply email us on [email protected] or use this dummy secure order link

Vintage / Rare Havanas

Davidoff 3000’s part cabinet of 24 cigars £550.00
Davidoff 5000’s – 2 singles £75.00 per cigar
Davidoff 4000’s – 2 singles £60.00 per cigar
Davidoff Chateau Mouton Rothschild – 2 singles £65.00 per cigar
Davidoff Chateau Lafite (50-cab) 1970s – 4 singles £65.00 per cigar

Romeo Dunhill Seleccion Suprema No.127 (coronas) 1970s – 18 singles in original box £36.00 per cigar
H.Upmann Dunhill Seleccion Suprema No.15 (with Dunhill on band) 1961 single £77.00
Hoyo Dunhill SS No 531 – 2 banded singles with box 1960/70s 2 cigars £27.00 per cigar
H.Upmann Dunhill SS no 50 (lonsdale) Pre Embargo – unbanded single £55.00
H.Upmann Dunhill Seleccion Suprema No.25 (petit coronas) pre-embargo – 2 singles £46.00 per cigar
Romeo Churchill Tubed (pre-embargo) 1 single £85.00
Hoyo Estupendo (cellophaned), pre-embargo £219.00
Por Larranaga Perfectos – cellophaned (with “Perfecto” on band) Pre-Embargo £50.00
Por Larranaga Largos de Larranagas – En cello – 1960s/70s – 17 singles £59.00 per cigar
Ramon Allones Magnums 1960s – 6 singles £90.00 per cigar

La Flor Del Cano Diademas 6 singles £230.00 ***** Note: this is one of the rarest and most desirable Havanas in existence *******

Hoyo Triunfos – “cellophaned” (10-count) 1970s – 5 singles £22.00 per cigar
Partagas Lusitanias (50-cab) 1990s – 5 singles £35.00 per cigar
Romeo Prince of Wales 1970s – 9 singles £45.00 per cigar
Punch Serie C’s 1960s – 5 singles £36.00 per cigar
Cohiba Lanceros – cellophaned (banded) 1983/84 £90.00
Partagas Capitols – 5 cigars (cellophaned) in brown lid Capitols Metal Tin (banded, intact) 1970s £50.00
Partagas 109 (banded) 1986 £55.00
Partagas 109 (banded) – set of 4 cigars 1970s £257.00
Romeo Cazadores (set of 2 cigars – unbanded) 1980s £47.00
Ramon Allones Private Stock (set of 3 cigars – unbanded) 1970s £80.00
Rafael Gonzales Vitola C – banded single 1970s £85.00
Montecristo Especial No. 1’s (10-count) – intact 1980s – 10 cigars £150.00 bargain!
Romeo Fabuloso (very very slight wrapper damage at foot – very smokeable!) £135.00

Limited editions from humidors

Habanos 1492’s – 2 singles £269.00 per cigar
Montecristo “B” Humidor (50 count humidor) 42 original cigars dispatched with original humidor £1475
Romeos from new “Antique” humidor – 8 singles £50.00 per cigar
Bolivar Centenary Humidor – Belicosos Finos – 19 singles £28.00 per cigar
Bolivar Centenary Humidor – Royal Corona – 15 singles £28.00 per cigar
Compay Segundo “B” – 9 singles from humidor £40.00 per cigar
Compay Segundo (4 pairs of Petit Corona and Double Corona) – banded singles £45.00 per set of 2 cigars
H.Upmann 160th Anniversary Humidor Set of 3 cigars
(1 Prominente, 1 No. 2, 1 Connoisseur No. 1) £119.00
Hoyo Humidor – Set of 2 cigars (1 each, Monterrey and Gran Piramide) £69.00
Vegas Robaina 5th Anniversary Humidor … Set of 5 cigars (1 each vitola, specially banded for humidor) £135.00
510th Anniversary Humidor (all specially banded for the humidor)
Set of 5 cigars (1 each, Espy, Montecristo no.2, Partagas Short, RyJ and Hoyo) £130.00
510th Anniversary Humidor Cohiba Esplendidos (specially banded for the humidor) – singles £45.00
510th Anniversary Humidor Montecristo No. 2’s (specially banded for the humidor) – singles £37.00
Romeo 130th Humidor – set of 2 cigars (1 each, Aquila and no.109) £65.00
Montecristo Humidor …. Set of 2 cigars (1 each, “A” and Salomone II) £85.00
5th Anniversary Humidor – Romeos (13/25), Churchills (15/25) £1,319.00
10th Anniversary of 5th Avenue Humidor – Churchills (19/50) £635.00

Jars

Cuaba Millennium Jar Distinguidos – 16 singles in original jar £36.00 per single
Cuaba Millennium Jar Distinguidos – 25 cigars in original jar £900 complete

Mature Havanas- bargains

Cuaba Divinos (box of 25) PEL AGO00 £90.00
Cuaba Divinos (partial box of 13) PEL AGO00 £47.00
Cuaba Exclusivos (partial box of 24) PEL SET00 £140.00
El Rey Del Mundo Coronas Deluxe (box of 25) REC OCT00 £167.00
Hoyo Churchills (partial box of 23) CLO LE00 £150.00
Hoyo Double Coronas (box of 25) PEL ABR01 £235.00 bargain!
Hoyo LeHoyo Des Dieux (slide lid box of 25) RPO ES00 £165.00 bargain!
Hoyo LeHoyo Des Dieux (slide lid partial box of 23) SUA SEP00 £147.00
Hoyo LeHoyo du Dauphin (slide lid box of 25) £135.00
Hoyo LeHoyo du Roi (slide lid partial box of 22) OVU LL00 £110.00
Juan Lopez Coronas (box of 25) TAE CCLL £135.00
Montecristo Especial No. 1 (box of 25) RPO ES00 £167.00
Montecristo”A”‘s (box of 25) SUA OCT00 £250.00 bargain!
Partagas Churchills (partial box of 23) FPG OISU 1998 vintage- Bargain! £185.00
Partagas Coronas (box of 25) CCA CCUT £197.00
Partagas Coronas (box of 25) RSE FEB02 £197.00
Partagas Lonsdales (box of 25) CYA AGO01 £217.00
Punch Black Prince (box of 25) ARA OCT00 £99.00 Bargain!
Punch Black Prince (box of 25) ARA SEP00 £99.00 Bargain!
Punch Black Prince (box of 25) PVC ES00 £99.00 Bargain!
Punch Churchills (box of 25) PL NISU £147.00 1998 vintage- bargain!
Punch Coronas (box of 25) NOSU SSII £85.00 1998 vintage- bargain!
Punch Coronas (partial box of 21) CDU CCUA £67.00
Punch Exquisitos – cellophaned (1986) 23 cigars £200.00
Punch Royal Seleccion No. 11 (slide lid box of 25) URL AIC00 £185.00
Punch Royal Seleccion No. 12 (slide lid box of 25) RF NNSU 1998 vintage-bargain! £150.00
Punch Royal Seleccion No. 12 (slide lid partial box of 21) FR NISU £125.00
Punch Super Seleccion No. 1 (50-cab) £350.00
Rafael Gonzales Coronas Extra (box of 25) CRV OCT00 £99.00 Bargain!
Rafael Gonzales Coronas Extra (box of 25) SUA ABR01 £99.00 Bargain!
Rafael Gonzales Coronas Extra (box of 25) URL MAR01 £99.00 Bargain!
Rafael Gonzales coronas Extra (box of 25) RSE NOV00 £99.00 Bargain!
Rafael Gonzales Petit Coronas (box of 25) NISU £69.00 Bargain!
Rafael Gonzales Petit Coronas (partial box of 22) URL ENE00 £57.00
Romeo Coronas Grandes (box of 25) PAS ABR00 £217.00
Romeo No. 2 deLuxe – Tubos, handmade (no box code stamp, 1989-1994 range) 17 cigars £265.00
San Cristobal El Morro (box of 25) EAR SEP01 £169.00
San Cristobal Mercaderes (box of 25) OEB FEB06 £150.00
Sancho Panza Sanchos (box of 10) FPG OISU 1998 vintage- Bargain! £165.00
Sancho Panza Sanchos (partial box of 8) JM OCSU £130.00
Saint Luis Rey Regios (box of 25) OTA CCUT £135.00 Bargain!
Saint Luis Rey Serie A (box of 25) REC FEB01 £150.00 Bargain!

Limited edition
Cohiba Piramides Edition Limitada 2006 – Partial 10-count box with 9 cigars ROA SEP06 £169.00
Hoyo Particulares – 4 cigars in individual coffins CVA OCT02 £100.00 bargain!
Hoyo Particulares Edition Limitada – 4 cigars in individual coffins ALV MAY02 £135.00
Montecristo Habanos Book – intact £985.00
Romeo Robustos Edition Limitada 2001 (box of 25) OVA JUL02 £325.00
Romeo Hermosos No. 1 Edition Limitada 2003 (partial box of 12 cigars) £120.00
Romeo Escudos Edition Limitada 2007 (box of 25) £180.00
Trinidad Coloniales (sealed 5×5 package of 25) OUR SEP07 £95.00 Bargain !
Trinidad Ingenios Edition Limitada 2007 (box of 12) AGU OCT07 £120.00 Bargain!
Trinidad Ingenios Edition Limitada 2007 (box of 12) LPM SEP07 £120.00 Bargain!

Regional edition
Punch Serie D’Oro No. 1 –box of 25 cigars Great Britain Regional £400.00
Punch Serie D’Oro No. 1 –box of 25 cigars Great Britain Regional £400.00
Gloriosos – Great Britain Regional box of 10 cigars £150.00
Gloriosos – Great Britain Regional box of 10 cigars £150.00
Gloriosos – Great Britain Regional box of 10 cigars £150.00
Bolivar Legendarios cabinet of 25 cigars £269.00
Bolivar Simones – Canada Regional box of 25 cigars £569.00

Suns going down so I’m off for another sangria and just one more Cohiba Gran Reserva- they are too good for words 🙂

Peaceful puffing

Best

Mitchell

Happy Easter- you bet it is :)

Readers of my blog have been emailing me to ask if Cohiba Behikes will be arriving as expected in April as I mentioned that we expected them in March/April earlier this year – sadly not, likely but we are now expecting them and in fact pretty confident they will be released by mid May.

Interest hit fever pitch after I was interviewed by CNN recently

I’m hoping that Hunters and Frankau are going to do an exclusive glitzy launch party 🙂 as these incredible cigars deserve one!

We won’t have prices confirmed till just before the cigars are released but we will now accept pre registrations of interest via the online store so as soon as they are available, our clients who have pre registered will have first option on what will surely be limited availability of Behikes. Click here to pre order:

Presented in beautiful cabinets of 10
Cohiba Behike BHK 56 6 1/2″ length and 56 ring gauge
Cohiba Behike BHK 54 5 5/8″ length and 54 ring gauge
Cohiba Behike BHK 52 4 3/4″ length and 52 ring gauge

Singles
Cohiba Behike BHK 56 6 1/2″ length and 56 ring gauge
Cohiba Behike BHK 54 5 5/8″ length and 54 ring gauge
Cohiba Behike BHK 52 4 3/4″ length and 52 ring gauge

Sampler pack containing 1 each
Cohiba Behike BHK 56 6 1/2″ length and 56 ring gauge
Cohiba Behike BHK 54 5 5/8″ length and 54 ring gauge
Cohiba Behike BHK 52 4 3/4″ length and 52 ring gauge

If you subscribe to my weekly newsletter you will be notified as soon as we have a firm release date

Vintage Cigar Auction fever is now hitting up with some splendid cigars arriving daily. More details on this link More details on this link If you can’t make it to the auction you will be able to bid online. The online catalogue will be available early May and the auction date is set for the 21st June.

I’m relaxing over the Easter weekend some delicious Punch Serie D’Oro no.1’s and Juan Lopez Seleccion Suprema – both exclusive to the UK market of course – and enjoying hem today with some splendid Port, thanks to my friend Josh from New York. Nice combo that works very well.

We seem to be buying and selling more vintage Havanas than ever and prices remain very stable. Most of our stocks never make it to the online store as we match up buyers and sellers. If you have a wish list, drop me a line. Whether singles or boxes 1950’s- 1990’s we may well be able to source the cigar of your dreams so do drop me a line [email protected]

Happy Easter/Happy Pessach < delete as applicable> !

Peaceful puffing

Mitchell