View Full Version : Cohiba Grand Reserve in stock this Friday 16th Oct at La Casa Del Habano Teddington
Just talk to Hunters (Jemma MD of Hunters and Frankau) today, they have set the price for the UK market...
Cohiba Grand Reserva 2009 box of 15's £1200...single sticks £85 each.http://www.internationalcigarclub.com/forums/images/smilies/yikes.gif
Our stocks will be here on Friday...a week before any UK vendor...
We know this is an outrageous price...but Hunters have set the price according to the quantity made and UK duty...
We already have orders, so do not miss out...we are also selling single sticks from our web site...
All orders can be placed through our web site, but no payments can be taken...once the order is placed we will call you for your card details...
We no longer use P****L...due to their policy on Tobacco and Cuban Cigars...We are in process in obtaining another vendor!.
(Please becareful with P****L they are looking in to all sales of Tobacco and Embargo Products)
So please bear with us, but you can still purchases your orders with our personal call back service once you place your orders.
Ajay
LA Casa Del Habano London England
www.havahavana.com (http://www.havahavana.com/)
ajay@lcdh-uk.com (ajay@lcdh-uk.com)
+44 208 977 3793
Would love to try one of these (and to visit the La Casa del Habano sometime) but personally I wouldn't pay £85 for ONE cigar (unless I was drunk :biggrin1: then might buy a box)
But maybe somebody on here will and maybe post a review with pictures.
cohibaIV
14-10-2009, 07:18 PM
In the right company, and with the right drink...I would for a one of..:biggrin1:
Monkey
14-10-2009, 09:36 PM
We should do a prize draw. Get Deano or someone to by one with the entry money (lets say £10 entry fee each, so would make enough, plus extra for the site), then do a name out of the hat. Then at least someone on here would have one to review for the rest of us :D
Just finished reading James Sucklings Day 2 report from his latest trip to Havana and he talks a bit about the new Cohiba Gran Reserva and has actually bought himself a box at $840 (which is roughly £525 at today's rate) on the island.
It would almost be cheaper to buy a return ticket to Cuba to get a box :biggrin1:. Wonder will Robusto treat himself to a box when he's there - for £525 a box I could possibly be tempted.
TJCoro
14-10-2009, 11:42 PM
I might be :hmmmm2:interested at that price if she stayed the night. :eyebrows:
:listen:Oh...I see. Never mind. :redface:
:lol: Ray Jay
Big_T_UK
15-10-2009, 12:38 AM
Crap, I am there tomorrow, miss them by 24 hours!
T.
Paulie
15-10-2009, 07:41 AM
Gutted! But would you of got one or more if you could?
Lascaux
15-10-2009, 10:37 AM
hmm
if 15 of us chipped in on a box then opened them up for a mega herf next year?
id be up for that... :smile:
PoohBore
15-10-2009, 10:45 AM
need someone to buy them in cuba if possible to keep the cost down.
whisky77
15-10-2009, 12:01 PM
I need a seat and a cup of tea.:eek:
Big_T_UK
15-10-2009, 03:09 PM
I am at Teddington now. He has them in today, so am I tempted.....oh goodness......
T.
HabanoSy
15-10-2009, 03:15 PM
I am at Teddington now. He has them in today, so am I tempted.....oh goodness......
T.
Get it in T...!!!
HabanoSy
cohibaIV
15-10-2009, 03:55 PM
I am at Teddington now. He has them in today, so am I tempted.....oh goodness......
T.
Do it....
Big_T_UK
15-10-2009, 04:18 PM
When I have a job!
T.
monkey66
15-10-2009, 06:35 PM
I'm in a fiver to get big T to buy one and put a smile on his face...
....who else is in?
Big_T_UK
15-10-2009, 07:16 PM
Not kidding, smoking it now. Pics later.
T.
cj121
15-10-2009, 07:27 PM
No job...an £85 cigar...more than a week's benefits:eek:
You've got some danglies Trev.
Mind you, think of the benefits that you tastebuds will experience:biggrin1:
Most salutary my man:thumb:
Get them pics up.
TJCoro
15-10-2009, 11:15 PM
Not kidding, smoking it now. Pics later.
T.
SEVERAL HOURS LATER -
:hmmmm2: Hmmmm? No word yet.
'nuf said....I guess. :dontknow:
:lol: Ray Jay
Big_T_UK
16-10-2009, 04:37 AM
Today I considered giving up smoking. Ajay (Happy Birthday) was the usual stunning host. It was a long and eventful day. I will write a semi-review of the cigar when I have thought more about it.
£1200 for a box of fifteen. £85 per stick.
http://www.ukcigarforums.com/picture.php?pictureid=1357&albumid=140&dl=1255667500&thumb=1 (http://www.ukcigarforums.com/album.php?albumid=140&pictureid=1357)
http://www.ukcigarforums.com/picture.php?pictureid=1359&albumid=140&dl=1255667500&thumb=1 (http://www.ukcigarforums.com/album.php?albumid=140&pictureid=1359)
http://www.ukcigarforums.com/picture.php?pictureid=1362&albumid=140&dl=1255667500&thumb=1 (http://www.ukcigarforums.com/album.php?albumid=140&pictureid=1362)
http://www.ukcigarforums.com/picture.php?pictureid=1358&albumid=140&dl=1255667500&thumb=1 (http://www.ukcigarforums.com/album.php?albumid=140&pictureid=1358)
http://www.ukcigarforums.com/picture.php?pictureid=1361&albumid=140&dl=1255667500&thumb=1 (http://www.ukcigarforums.com/album.php?albumid=140&pictureid=1361)
http://www.ukcigarforums.com/picture.php?pictureid=1360&albumid=140&dl=1255667500&thumb=1 (http://www.ukcigarforums.com/album.php?albumid=140&pictureid=1360)
The real horror of it all, it was the second best smoke of the night. Third best of the last two weeks, possibly. I am very poor, filled with guilt and feeling very, VERY humble.
T.
HabanoSy
16-10-2009, 07:02 PM
FMOB T...
They look simply wonderful, let me know how you got on...!?!
I so want a box, but £1200...!!!
Cheers, HabanoSy
Big T why r u thinking of giving up smoking?
PoohBore
16-10-2009, 09:50 PM
in years to come in true fisherman style you can say i had one of the first and it was awesome.
Boss Hog
16-10-2009, 09:58 PM
That really is high end cigar porn.
Just out of interest I wonder how much something like that would grow in value over time if you got one and stored it away?
whisky77
17-10-2009, 04:45 AM
I was thinking they would be around eight hundred to one thousand pounds per box, but 1200 quid! jeez!:eek:
cj121
17-10-2009, 07:56 AM
I was thinking they would be around eight hundred to one thousand pounds per box, but 1200 quid! jeez!:eek:
Mentalists:eek:
And in true Dragon's Den stylee..."£1200? For that reason, I'm out!":smoke:
whisky77
17-10-2009, 11:09 AM
Mentalists:eek:
And in true Dragon's Den stylee..."£1200? For that reason, I'm out!":smoke:
Totally agree mate, for that kind of money I could fill my humi to the brim:smoke:
cj121
17-10-2009, 12:30 PM
Totally agree mate, for that kind of money I could fill my humi to the brim:smoke:
Blaady right Craig, with a nice bottle of the best to get a few fired up too:rock:
anyone want to go threesies on a stick? :rolleyes:
cohibaIV
17-10-2009, 01:55 PM
anyone want to go threesies on a stick? :rolleyes:
LOL...I'm in:cool:
Big_T_UK
17-10-2009, 05:27 PM
I still do not know what to say about this experience.
A week last Thursday we smoked a Partagas Pirámides LE from 2000. It was part of a celebration Ajay was holding. We also had the opportunity of two other vintage smokes. One was a very old H. Upmann Churchill. I forget what the third choice was as I did not have it. These two smokes made me shut my mouth and just enjoy them for hours.
This week was another celebration for Ajay. We started with the Cohiba Grand Reserva. After this Ajay opened the first cabinet he purchased when he started collecting, a finely aged Bolivar in a cabinet of fifty.
I only mention this for one reason. I enjoyed the Partagas and Bolivar utterly, just the height of cigar smoking. They are not the rarest of things whilst still being VERY uncommon. They just extracted awe and joy on the palette. The Upmann was a revelation, so so so flavoursome and a total surprise.
Again I only mention this for one reason, the Partagas, Bolivar and Upmann all made me stop, and look at the cigar and think, "wow".
The Cohiba Grand Reserva did not make me do this. It was a DAMN fine smoke but nothing revelatory. Was it worth the money? I cannot answer this for you. If you have lots of it then try it, you will almost certainly never get another chance. If you are less affluent then I am far far far less sure. You can never know if it is "worth it" until YOU try it, it is all so personal. Was it worth £85 to me, sadly I have to admit no. Was it worth the two days of guilt I have had about spending that money when my parents are helping me with my mortage, CERTAINLY NOT.
When I arrived at Teddington I swore I was not going to smoke it. I was glad that it was not supposed to arrive until the Friday, thus not making me have to say "no" to it. Ajay was a star and got them in early. At first I elected not to smoke it and selected a Monty Sublime instead. One of the really nice guys there had an American friend over as a guest this week and I could not sit there and watch an American smoke the Cohiba and not me (remember I am a dual national, US and UK, so feel comfortable being rude about both, LOL). On an impulse I swapped to the Cohiba.
I am rambling, this entire thing has me troubled.
I will end with this. At one of my smoking haunts in London I have been working through a cabinet of fifty Hoyo DC's for a long time. The cab is from 1998 and cost me under twenty a stick. I would elect to smoke these over the Cohiba regardless of the price. The same goes double for the Bolivar and Partagas Ajay shared. Maybe I am just ignorant or uneducated.
I must thank Ajay though for opening up the four vintage cigars, three of which I tried. He just knows his cigars, how to store them, which to keep and when to share. I am more indebted to this man then I can ever put into words.
T.
cj121
17-10-2009, 06:43 PM
Good job you didn't give up smoking, seeing you've just been bombed. That could have been a bugger Big T.
cohibaIV
17-10-2009, 08:02 PM
I still do not know what to say about this experience.
A week last Thursday we smoked a Partagas Pirámides LE from 2000. It was part of a celebration Ajay was holding. We also had the opportunity of two other vintage smokes. One was a very old H. Upmann Churchill. I forget what the third choice was as I did not have it. These two smokes made me shut my mouth and just enjoy them for hours.
This week was another celebration for Ajay. We started with the Cohiba Grand Reserva. After this Ajay opened the first cabinet he purchased when he started collecting, a finely aged Bolivar in a cabinet of fifty.
I only mention this for one reason. I enjoyed the Partagas and Bolivar utterly, just the height of cigar smoking. They are not the rarest of things whilst still being VERY uncommon. They just extracted awe and joy on the palette. The Upmann was a revelation, so so so flavoursome and a total surprise.
Again I only mention this for one reason, the Partagas, Bolivar and Upmann all made me stop, and look at the cigar and think, "wow".
The Cohiba Grand Reserva did not make me do this. It was a DAMN fine smoke but nothing revelatory. Was it worth the money? I cannot answer this for you. If you have lots of it then try it, you will almost certainly never get another chance. If you are less affluent then I am far far far less sure. You can never know if it is "worth it" until YOU try it, it is all so personal. Was it worth £85 to me, sadly I have to admit no. Was it worth the two days of guilt I have had about spending that money when my parents are helping me with my mortage, CERTAINLY NOT.
When I arrived at Teddington I swore I was not going to smoke it. I was glad that it was not supposed to arrive until the Friday, thus not making me have to say "no" to it. Ajay was a star and got them in early. At first I elected not to smoke it and selected a Monty Sublime instead. One of the really nice guys there had an American friend over as a guest this week and I could not sit there and watch an American smoke the Cohiba and not me (remember I am a dual national, US and UK, so feel comfortable being rude about both, LOL). On an impulse I swapped to the Cohiba.
I am rambling, this entire thing has me troubled.
I will end with this. At one of my smoking haunts in London I have been working through a cabinet of fifty Hoyo DC's for a long time. The cab is from 1998 and cost me under twenty a stick. I would elect to smoke these over the Cohiba regardless of the price. The same goes double for the Bolivar and Partagas Ajay shared. Maybe I am just ignorant or uneducated.
I must thank Ajay though for opening up the four vintage cigars, three of which I tried. He just knows his cigars, how to store them, which to keep and when to share. I am more indebted to this man then I can ever put into words.
T.
Enjoyed your view Mr T:cool:
Pantomimehorse
18-10-2009, 01:59 PM
im off work this week so might pop down and check the LA Casa out, I dont think I will be trying the Grand Reserva mind you!
Stevieboy
18-10-2009, 02:09 PM
I see C.Gars are selling EMPTY boxes for the Gran Reserva at £50 a pop.....nice looking it is too :rock:
MaledettoToscano
18-10-2009, 03:21 PM
50 pounds for an empty box! :eek::der::pound:
feel free to call me a cheap bastard if the comment hurts your sensitivity :smoke:
Pantomimehorse
18-10-2009, 05:17 PM
hmmm yeah why would anyone want the empty box ? and for £50????
hmmm yeah why would anyone want the empty box ? and for £50????
to fill 'em full of fakes???:eek:
tupacboy
19-10-2009, 04:39 PM
to fill 'em full of fakes???:eek:
fake it till you make it ;)
cohibaIV
19-10-2009, 06:02 PM
I see C.Gars are selling EMPTY boxes for the Gran Reserva at £50 a pop.....nice looking it is too :rock:
Post some pics of the £50 box kidda...
cj121
19-10-2009, 07:02 PM
Post some pics of the £50 box kidda...
http://www.ukcigarforums.com/picture.php?pictureid=1357&albumid=140&dl=1255667500&thumb=1 (http://www.ukcigarforums.com/album.php?albumid=140&pictureid=1357)
There's a few more on page two
:smile:
Big_T_UK
19-10-2009, 08:35 PM
I took more pictures but I did not think anybody would want more. I have some nice boxes in my collection and it is a very nice box but I cannot see it being worth spending fifty pounds on unless you are a HARDCORE collector. That is money you could spend on CIGARS!!!!!
T.
smokeymo
24-11-2009, 08:56 PM
I think people are using the empty cabinets to make "cigar box guitars" which seem to be the rage ( I know...very odd!)
We sell singles so we get left with a load of empty boxes,we have a waiting list for Gran Reserva empties!
Cheers
Mitchell
Don Andres
26-11-2009, 06:51 PM
I think people are using the empty cabinets to make "cigar box guitars" which seem to be the rage ( I know...very odd!)
We sell singles so we get left with a load of empty boxes,we have a waiting list for Gran Reserva empties!
Cheers
Mitchell
We have moved quite a few singles as well and the demand for the CGR bo has been strong.
Its one of the more interesting and attractive packages on the market.
Cheers
Drew P
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