Created in 1935 by then-owner of the Particulares factory Alonso Menendez, these very fine cigars take their name from Alexander Dumas' "The Count of Monte Cristo," --a novel often requested of the lector by the torcedores of the Particulares factory. After Menendez's firm, Menendez, Garcia y Cia, purchased the H. Uppmann factory in 1937, production of the Montecristo was transferred there permanently, and remained there after the revolution. Throughout the nineteen seventies and eighties the popularity of the Montecristo marque rose steadily, and Montecristo was established, once and for all, as one of Cuba's top-selling cigar brands.
First released in 2010 as a limited edition for the Habanos Festival, the Grand Edmundo is, as the name suggest, an oversized Edmundo. Like many limited editions the Grand Edmundo is rolled with a beautiful, dark, vintage wrapper. An excellent cigar with strong flavours of coffee, caramel, and cedar, the Grand Edmundo will please any developed palate, and certainly fans of the Montecristo marque.