4. ◦ When a buyer pays this over the top price, it is not only a cigar that he is complemented
with but also a once in a lifetime experience, that is worth cherishing. The producer of
this special edition cigar is a British company named Regius Cigars that offers its buyers
with the experience of flying first class to the Regius headquarters, where they can help in
the creation of their own unique blend, and then receive 1,000 options of the custom
creations.
◦ The last person to have bought these cigars was Callum Jones in 2013.
◦ They cost USD 52.78 per cigar.
6. ◦ Available in most of the prestigious cigar stores in the world, Arturo Fuente
Opus X was released in 2003 as a 10th-anniversary edition cigar. It is the brightest
cigar with a size of 9 ¼ x 47 inches. The cigars feature mild jalapeno flavour.
They come with Rosado wrapper which is grown upon the amazing plantation,
Chateau de la Fuente. The wrappers, binders and fillers of the cigars are made in
the Dominican Republic.
◦ It costs 79 USD per cigar.
8. ◦ The Arturo Fuente company, in order to celebrate the 100th anniversary in 2001, created
this limited edition of cigar boxes, each containing 46 cigars that are naturally wrapped
along with 46 of the Maduro wraps.
◦ They were however released for the second time again in 2008. The wrappers of each
cigar are from the Chateau de la Fuente, where the company began their business back in
1912.
◦ They are aged for 7 years and are available in sun grown and natural variety. The
humidors can be selected from an option of ebony, maple, sycamore and walnut.
◦ They cost USD 163 for per cigar
10. ◦ One of the most popular cigar brands in Cuba, Cohiba released this special and
limited edition of only 100 boxes featuring 40 cigars each to commemorate their
40th anniversary in 2006.
◦ They are grown and blended at El Laguito Cohiba factory and are sized at 52
inches and have a length of 7.5 inches.
◦ The cigar boxes include several varieties coming from the Pinar del Rio and
Vuelto regions of Cuba along with a French-made humidor from Elie Blue.
◦ They cost USD 450 PER CIGAR
12. ◦ Only a hundred box of Gurkha His Majesty's Reserve are made each year and a
cigar enthusiast will need to preorder them few years beforehand so as to get a
taste of them.
◦ The size of each cigar is 7.5 × 52 inches.
◦ The Connecticut Maduro wrapper that it comes with is 15 years old and the
Dominican binder and filler are aged for 12 years. The filler is infused with
aromatic Louis XIII cognac, giving it a beautiful aroma.
◦ It costs USD 750 PER CIGAR
14. ◦ These cigars were released in 2006 and are of limited edition and therefore are quite rare.
◦ Having a size of 52 inches and a length of 8.5 inches, they come in a chest that is carved
from camel bone.
◦ The wrapper that wraps them is made from Connecticut Broadleaf Maduro. The binder
is Cameroon, and the five-year aged filler is Dominican.
◦ Each cigar is packed individually in a frosted tube and is then placed in a leather box that
has orange velvet layers. The flavour of each cigar is quite complex that ranges from sour
to sweet through its length.
◦ It costs USD 1150 PER CIGAR
16. ◦ King of Denmark can be customised according to the buyer's liking.
◦ They can choose to add a gold foil with their name inscribed on it and can also
add precious metals and diamonds on it.
◦ Each smoke features a fancy humidor worth USD 8,500 that comes with a crown
made of sterling silver and is plated in 24k gold.
◦ The humidor is extra and has a price tag of $8,500.
18. ◦ This is the world's biggest cigar with a ring gauge of 1,920 and was meant to be
displayed during trade shows.
◦ The amount of tobacco that was used to make it was 1,600 pounds. Initially,
priced at USD 200,000 this cigar can be smoked by 40 people at a time.
◦ A wooden carrying case was specially created for this 19 feet long cigar which has
the approximate weight of that of 25,000 normal cigars.
◦ Though not meant to be sold, it was bought by a cigar enthusiast at USD
185,000.
20. ◦ The most expensive cigar to have ever been purchased is a Mayan Sicar.
◦ It costed the buyer USD 507,000 at an auction.
◦ The vintage cigar is 600 years old and was found in 2012 in a village in
Guatemala.
◦ They are well-preserved and can be still smoked. The cigars are known to have
originated from the Maya civilisation.
◦ The Mayans were known to have a very good taste in smokes and began making
cigars since the 12th century. It was Christopher Columbus who tried them and
carried them to Europe.
22. ◦ It costs USD1.36 million a stick.
◦ Handmade in the Dominican Republic and Honduras, each cigar is filled with a
rare Himalayan tobacco that’s been watered with Fiji water.
◦ It is then wrapped with a gold leaf held by a diamond-studded band worth five
carats, before getting infused with Remy Martin’s Black Pearl Louis XIII (which
goes at $224,000 a bottle).
◦ All its artisans are also made to work blindfolded so as to avoid distraction, and
only a select few hand rollers are permitted to lever the cigars.