Cohiba Behike BHK 52 Cigar - Box of 10 - EMS Box Code: MAR MAR 20

LIMITED - Box Code: MAR MAR 20

Length: 4 3/4"
Ring Gauge: 52
Strength: Full

Packaging: Box of 10
Vitola: Laguito No. 4
Smoking Time: 45 Minutes

COHIBA

Cohiba is the flagship brand of Habanos. 

It was created in 1966 for President Fidel Castro himself and was made at the then top secret, but now world famous, El LLaguito factory. At first, it was only seen outside Cuba as gifts for heads of state and visiting diplomats. 

Since 1982 Cohiba has been available in limited quantities to the open market. 

The name is an ancient Taino Indian word for the bunches of tobacco leaves that Columbus first saw being smoked by the original inhabitants of Cuba - the earliest known form of a Habano. 

The leaves for Cohiba are the "selection of selection" from the 5 finest Vegas de Primera in San Juan y Martinez and San Luis districts of the Vuelta Abajo zone. 

Uniquely amongst Habanos up to three of Cohiba's filler leaves , the seco, ligero and the rare medio tiempo, undergo an additional fermentation in barrels. This unique process produces a special aroma and flavour you will only find in Cohiba. 

Cohiba encompasses four different ‘Líneas’ or Lines: Línea Clásica, Línea 1492, Línea Maduro 5 and finally the Línea Behike range.

Through such constant innovation, Cohiba has held its position at the leading edge of the cigar world. It was also the first Havana brand to offer a Reserva cigar in 2002 and a Gran Reserva in 2009 made with tobaccos specially aged for a minimum of three and five years respectively.

All Cohiba sizes are ‘totalmente a mano, tripa larga’, – long filler, totally handmade.

BEHIKE BHK 52 - 'VOTED BEST CIGAR OF 2010' by Cigar Aficionado. Rating: 97 - La Linea BHK

The Linea BHK swept all before it when the three sizes were introduced in 2010, and yet it was the smallest, the BHK 52, that was awarded the prestigious Cigar Aficionado "Cigar of the Year" in the same year. A stunning and unique taste from Havana. 

The Linea BHK cigars include two extremely rare and exceptional leaves from Cuba, the very top two leaves which are found on the sungrown plants. These leaves are known as "Medio Tiempo" and have a much higher concentration of oil. 

The Vegueros began separating Medio Tiempo leaves during the harvest (when they could find it), processing and aging medio tiempo separately. When it was ready, they began using it in the blending room, and now it’s one of six leaves that go into all Behike BHK cigars. 

Mitchell recommends: Behikes have a limited annual production so when they are gone - that’s it for the year. That makes them a candidate for laying down, maturing and collecting and many customers 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.

97 / 100

"...The shortish, fat smoke, made with an artful pigtail and clad in gorgeous Colorado wrapper of reddish brown, is a phenomenally rich, delicious smoke that more than lives up to the reputation of cigars with the name Cohiba..."

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