H. Upmann Anniversary Churchill Coming Next Week
The H. Upmann 180th Anniversary is going out to retailers next week, just a bit behind schedule. This year marks slated for a June release. Shipments of the new cigars will be leaving the company’s Florida warehouse on Monday.
The cigars come in one size—a Churchill measuring 7 inches by 50 ring gauge—and are made in Nicaragua by A.J. Fernandez. Like the H. Upmann 175th Anniversary cigar (which went on to be named Cigar Aficionado’s No. 10 Cigar of 2019), the 180th is a collaboration between Fernandez and Rafael Nodal, vice president of product capability for Tabacalera USA, Altadis U.S.A.’s parent company. The 175th and 180th anniversary are the same Churchill size but Nodal tells Cigar Aficionado that the blends are different.
One of the highlights of this all-Nicaraguan cigar is its medio tiempo wrapper that Nodal says was grown from a hybrid seed. Medio tiempo is a classification of small leaves that sometimes grow on the very top of a tobacco plant, and are valued for their strength.
Each H. Upmann 180th Anniversary has a suggested retail price of $22.50 per cigar, and comes packaged in 10-count boxes. Only 5,000 boxes are being produced.
Monday will also see the release of an anniversary humidor containing 50 H. Upmann 180th Anniversary Toros (6 by 50). The humidors are priced at $1,500 apiece with a production run of only 180 units.
