Partagas Linea Maestra
Partagas Linea Maestra is the name of the brand new line. It is already known as Partagas' super-premium line and will complement the brand's portfolio in future. The boxes are beautifully designed and contain 20 cigars each. Price and availability are not yet known.
Tobacco from San Luis only for this line
The new series is the first in the history of Habanos, S.A. to be made 100% from tobacco grown in the San Luis growing zone (Vuelta Abajo, Pinar del Rio). This gives them a special aromatic complexity.
The three formats of the Partagas Linea Maestra
There are three Figurado formats:
"Maestro" (132 mm length, ring gauge 56)
"Origen" (154 mm length, ring gauge 46)
"Rito" (168 mm length, ring gauge 52)
Maestro
Origen
Rito
Why they went from red to blue for the classic Partagas belly band...no idea. At first glance, it looks to me like a non-Cuba Partagas belly band for the American market. Fortunately, there's no accounting for taste. Fancy boxes, fancy cigars, fancy formats, fancy price, something above the R&J d'Oro series I guess...we'll see.
I have heard that this line is positioned in the top price segment. So somewhere between Cohiba, Trinidad and RyJ Linea de Oro. So it makes sense from a marketing point of view that the Anilla has a different color. I think it's great. I'm curious to see how they will taste and what the ageing potential will be like.
Jo, I know why it's a different color, it's also chic. But it still looks "disturbing" to me personally. Monte Linea 1935 and R&J Linea d'Oro emphasize the segment with more gold on the specific sleeve, another sleeve at the end of the brand, exclusive boxes, but remain true to themselves. I don't know of any other line where there is a corresponding "sidestep" in the brand identity.