Last night, the Habanos Festival concluded with the tasting of the Romeo y Julieta Wide Churchill Gran Reserva Cosecha 2009, and to no surprise the release was intended to be a larger ring gauge release, as that is the direction the market is going. For the past several years, Habanos S.A. has been cutting the brands and vitolas that are less in demand, and to no surprise, they have been smaller ring gauge releases. While I am more a fan of smaller ring gauge offerings, I have found that Habanos S.A. has been very successful in the release of larger ring gauges. I personally believe they do a better job than the non-Habanos manufacturers and brand owners, and a classic example is the Romeo y Julieta Wide Churchill and the Cohiba Robustos Supremos.
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