A Cuban Juan Lopez Exclusively For Mexico

[JohnS]

The upcoming Juan Lopez Besame Mucho Mexican Regional Edition will retail for $US60 a stick...

A Cuban Juan Lopez Exclusively For Mexico

The upcoming Regional Edition is named for a classic Mexican song

Apr 6, 2026 - By Gregory Mottola 

Photos/Habanos S.A. 

Kiss me a lot. That’s the name of the new Cuban Regional Edition cigar coming to Mexico in a few weeks and it will be offered in a large format. The Juan Lopez Bésame Mucho measures 6 1/2 inches by 54 ring gauge (a Sublimes size in Cuban cigar factories) and is scheduled to debut at a premiere party on April 24 before its commercial release the next day. 

Full Article: https://www.cigaraficionado.com/article/a-cuban-juan-lopez-exclusively-for-mexico

[loose_axle]

I was hoping we'd see the Dantes again in a new size but it seems they're done with that little experiment.

[Lucas Buck]

Now that’s a name none of us will soon forget! I want to smoke one just for the name. 😁

[JohnS]

Juan López Bésame Mucho Edición Regional México Coming This Month

April 6, 2026 - Patrick Lagreid

Just before April wraps up, there will be a new Edición Regional release in retail humidors in Mexico, as the Juan López Bésame Mucho will make its debut at a launch event on April 24, with its full retail release set for the following day.

The cigar measures 6 1/2 inches (164mm) x 54, a double robusto that has frequently been used for Edición Regional and other limited edition releases. The name Besame Mucho translates from Spanish as kiss me a lot, but it was made famous by Mexican songwriter Consuelo Velázquez, who penned the bolero song “Bésame Mucho” in 1932 and which was released in December 1943. It has since become one of the most important songs in Latin music and has crossed over into pop and jazz as a standard. In 1999, it was recognized as the most recorded and covered Spanish-language song of all time.

Full Article: https://halfwheel.com/juan-lopez-besame-mucho-edicion-regional-mexico-coming-this-month/466316/

[yuppie]

Of course they'd want a 54 ring, the Edmundo Dantes were huge too!

[Lucas Buck]

On 4/10/2026 at 2:32 PM, yuppie said:

Of course they'd want a 54 ring, the Edmundo Dantes were huge too!

The original Edmundo Dantes was a 109 (50 ring). Then a 54 followed by a 52 Belicosos. If you’re going to offer a large ring give me a tapered head please. They went 2 for 3.