• Cigar Reviewed: Juan López Selección Superba Edición Regional Gran Bretaña (2016)
• Country of Origin: Cuba
• Factory: n/a
• Wrapper: Cuba
• Binder: Cuba
• Filler: Cuba
• Length: 5 3/4 Inches
• Ring Gauge: 54
• Vitola: Geniales (Robusto Extra)
• Release Date: Nov. 9, 2016
• Number of Cigars Released: 6,000 Boxes of 10 Cigars (60,000 Total Cigars)

For Great Britain’s most recent Edición Regional release, the distributor Hunters & Frankau turned to a cigar released in 2009 for its inspiration, the Juan López Selección Suprema, and while it may not be completely appropriate to call this a follow-up, it’s certainly not challenging to see the similarities.

That cigar, which was released with a secondary band denoting it as an exclusive for Reino Unido, or the United Kingdom, was a 6 7/10 x 52 double robusto. The Selección Superba is a bit shorter and fatter than its predecessor, measuring 5 7/8 x 54, and comes bearing a secondary band indicating it is Exclusivo Gran Bretaña, or exclusive to Great Britain. The two cigars share the same design on the primary band, and while it looks similar to those found on the regular production sizes, it’s the inclusion of the size’s name that makes it unique, as well as some extra embossing, both of which date back to before the Cuban revolution.