Cuban Cohiba Behike 52*

Behike BHK 52

The Linea BHK swept all before it when the three sizes were introduced in 2010, and yet it was the smallest, the BHK 52, that was awarded the prestigious Cigar Aficionado "Cigar of the Year" in the same year. A stunning and unique taste from Havana.

The Linea BHK cigars include two extremely rare and exceptional leaves from Cuba, the very top two leaves which are found on the sungrown plants. These leaves are known as "Medio Tiempo" and have a much higher concentration of oil.

The Vegueros began separating Medio Tiempo leaves during the harvest (when they could find it), processing and aging medio tiempo separately. When it was ready, they began using it in the blending room, and now it’s one of six leaves that go into all Behike BHK cigars.

Behikes have a limited annual production so when they are gone - that’s it for the year. That makes them a candidate for laying down, maturing and collecting and many customers are already making 10 year plans for laying down a quantity of BHK’s annually.

The BHK’s have a different blend to the 40th anniversary Behikes (aged 5 years) as well as an extra Medio tiempo filler leaf which will give the cigar a very distinct flavour characteristic as this is a dark leaf from the top of the plant.

97 / 100

"...The shortish, fat smoke, made with an artful pigtail and clad in gorgeous Colorado wrapper of reddish brown, is a phenomenally rich, delicious smoke that more than lives up to the reputation of cigars with the name Cohiba..."

CIGAR AFICIONADO


'VOTED BEST CIGAR OF 2010' by Cigar Aficionado. Rating: 97 - La Linea BHK

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