Is the cellophane back?

[nKostyan]

La Casa Del Habano, Russia, St. Petersburg, Ligovsky Prospekt 9, presented a Trinidad 55 anniversario humidor filled with vintage Fundadores.
I was surprised to see individual cellophane packaging. I wonder if this is a one-time occurrence or if I missed something. Did these cigars age in cellophane or were they dressed later?

[Lucas Buck]

Well that was unexpected. How bizarre. 

[BrightonCorgi]

That's one heck of a humidor!

[ha_banos]

I've seen others at the London stores/lounges mention this a year ago. But the marketing pics don't show or mention the cello. If guess they are all supplied with the cello in this case? 

But as to when the cello was added.... Well there are some assumptions that have to be made first. 😜 

[Arabian]

I've seen LCDH Kuwait have their sticks in cellophane.

[ha_banos]

Just found this video from foxy. Looks like no cello on this one. Must be discounted to reflect!

[Havanaaddict]

Same on this one released 2 years ago from Habanos.

[bmac]

Please, please let’s not put plastic on Cuban Cigar!

[ha_banos]

6 hours ago, Havanaaddict said:

Same on this one released 2 years ago from Habanos.

That's awful official marketing video. Not too be trusted!

Apparently they *do* come with the cello. To be confirmed.

 

[nKostyan]

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Please, please let’s not put plastic on Cuban Cigar!

It's not plastic, it's a transparent cellulose film. Think of it as transparent paper. It allows the cigars to breathe, but protects them from occasional moisture fluctuations.

[ElLoboLoco]

I am excited to see the return of the…“Cello On or Cello Off” Threads! 🤣

 

[ATGroom]

Cello has been back for some time in the high end stuff:

- Cohiba 50th humidor
- Romeo Grand Churchills humidor
- Trinidad 50th humidor
- Monte Dupont Humidors
- aforementioned Anejados Humidors.

All these humidors are produced in Europe, and are never sent to Cuba. Habanos sends a QC person over with the cigars in plain boxes, and then that person packs the cigars into the humis on site.

The publicity photos are probably shot with the prototype humidor in Cuba, and they never have cello, so I'd say it's the additional transport step that means that the cello is required. You really don't want a single cracked foot on your $100k+ box.

The contrast is the other recent humis like the Partagas Tropicales and the San Cristobal 1519 that are produced and packed in Cuba and don't have cello.

In the case of the Fundis, as I wrote in another thread recently these were originally intended as a more conventional anejados release in their standard boxes, so I'd say with high certainty the cello was added at the same time as the foot bands and so they weren't "aged in cello," at least not for the 10 years part of the age statement.