The holy grail in the 1970s.
Just like in Highlander, there can be only one. And that one could very well be the Por Larrañaga Magnifico. It has been called the most beautiful cigar in the world.
Specially produced in 2007 for Hunters & Frankau, the United Kingdom’s agent for Cuban cigars, it is a replica of the famous Por Larrañaga Magnum, albeit 2mm shorter. The original Magnum is thought by those who know more than I do to be amongst the greatest cigars ever made, all the way until it ceased production in the 1970s.
Simon Chase, marketing director for Hunters & Frankau, decided to bring the Por Larrañaga Magnum back to life in the form of a Edición Regional.
There was just one tiny problem. Chase could not use the name Magnum because H. Upmann was already using it on its Magnum 48 and Magnum 50. So, he was forced to use the slightly less historic, but slightly more pretentious, Magnifico.
Only 1,400 numbered boxes were produced using a stunning gold leaf bands that are a replica of one used by Por Larrañaga almost 100 years ago.
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