La Escepción Don José Aged Selection Humidor
Six years of ageing and a very exclusive cabinet for the 2015 Italian regional edition.
Every year, in the Marche region of Italy, the Cigar Club Matelica "Don Alejandro Robaina" organises one of the most important European events for cigar lovers: Encuentro Amigos de Partagás. This event is a celebration of the culture, gastronomy and local wines of the town of Matelica and especially of Habano. As Encuentro Amigos de Partagás has become a reference event for aficionados, Diadema S.p.a., the exclusive distributor of Habanos for Italy, the Vatican and San Marino, takes advantage of the opportunity to present new products and special productions.
This year, in addition to the traditional jar, produced every year in a limited edition in honour of the gathering, Diadema S.p.a. surprised all aficionados by presenting an exclusive humidor, also produced in a limited edition: the La Escepción Don José Aged Selection Humidor.
La Escepción and Diadema S.p.a. have had a close relationship for some years now. Indeed, although the brand had been abandoned since 1989, the Italian distributor decided to revive it through the regional editions programme with the release, in 2011, of the Selectos Finos Edición Regional Italia, a Parejos (38 x 166 mm) produced in 2,000 boxes of 25 cigars.
Let's take a look at the background of this old and prestigious Cuban brand: the central character, José Gener y Batet, is a Spaniard from Tarragona who arrived in Cuba in 1831. At the age of 13, he began working with his uncle, who ran a tobacco plantation called "La Majagua".
In the 1950s, José Gener y Batet, thanks to his ambition, decided to open his own cigar factory and create a new brand: La Escepción. This brand met with great success, especially on the American market.
This success enabled him to acquire the Hoyo de Monterrey brand some ten years later, in the 1960s. From then on, the two brands were closely linked to each other.
There is a curious anecdote linked to La Escepción. In fact, in correct Spanish terms, the brand should have been called "La Excepción", the Exception in English. However, the misspelled name was left in, at the request of José Gener y Batet, who simply thought it sounded right. This historic mistake has become perhaps one of the most famous in the history of Cuban cigars.
Four years after the release of the Selectos Finos, Diadema S.p.a. has once again chosen the La Escepción brand for its one and only regional edition of 2015: the Don José. The vitola, a Hermosos No.4 (48 x 127 mm), was named after the brand's founder, José Gener y Batet.
The production of the Don José did not exceed 4'000 boxes of 25 cigars. Only a part of them have been carefully stored in the best conditions of temperature and humidity by Diadema S.p.a. during the last six years.
So, after 6 years of ageing, the Italian importer offers them to us in this very exclusive humidor, limited to only 22 pieces. Each piece contains 200 aged Don José, the equivalent of eight boxes, divided into eight compartments. Moreover, each of them is engraved with the serial number of the box from which the cigars it contains come. This guarantees the authenticity and origin of these particular Don José. The 8 compartments are divided into 2 levels, 4 and 4. The 4 lower compartments are themselves divided into 2 drawers, one on each side, and are opened electronically with the help of a remote control. The kinematic is absolutely incredible.
The number of humidors produced is a tribute to the number of years that have passed between the brand's demise in 1989 and its rebirth in 2011 with the release of the Selectos Finos.
The humidor was designed and produced in close collaboration with the Italian company DeArt, whose expertise is well known.
Made entirely of genuine Spanish cedar, La Escepción Don José Aged Selection Humidor is covered with a mahogany veneer. The top part opens to reveal a ceramic plate with the original La Escepción logo. The result is a beautiful effect, reminiscent in some respects of the work previously carried out by DeART for the Ramón Allones Hunters & Frankau Aniversario 225 Edición Regional Gran Bretaña 2015!
LA ESCEPCIÓN Don José Aged Selection Humidor - 200 cigars
Vitola: Hermosos No.4 (48 x 127 mm)
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