Les 5 château de Davidoff

[99call]

Saw the first image in an auction coming up,  and was in process of getting ready, getting my ducks in a row, then gutted!!!! predictably too good to be true, full of mangled shitty dutch dusties

I've never seen one of these in the flesh before  Les 5 Château de Davidoff

 

[benfica_77]

That's heart breaking....at least you saw the inside before bidding. 

[99call]

6 hours ago, benfica_77 said:

That's heart breaking....at least you saw the inside before bidding. 

Yep, still exciting to see one in the wild though, glad i did my due diligence 

[99call]

Interesting evolution of the "Les 5 Château de Davidoff". 

Here is the original Hoyo version, before the more complete Davidoff branding had been formulated

 

[BrightonCorgi]

Would make a nice box to store customs of similar sizes.

[99call]

25 minutes ago, BrightonCorgi said:

Would make a nice box to store customs of similar sizes.

Yep not long now till Les 5 chateau des Davidoff gets broken into and becomes Los Cinco Vegas del Nudie

[Wookie]

Does this mean that Davidoff Cubans were essentially Hoyo de Monterrey blends? 

[99call]

6 hours ago, Wookie said:

Does this mean that Davidoff Cubans were essentially Hoyo de Monterrey blends? 

thats a good question, I think at this time Hoyo had all Chateau formats in production,  apart from the Yquem.

At his heart I think Zino was a business man, and was often focused on the door of least resistance.  draw from that what you will. 

I think @ATGroom or @Ryan would be best answering this question

[Ryan]

7 hours ago, Wookie said:

Does this mean that Davidoff Cubans were essentially Hoyo de Monterrey blends? 

The Chateau series yes. Produced under license for Davidoff by Hoyo de Monterrey from 1946. Davidoff himself said 1945. He may have had some hand in the blending.

The No.1, No. 2 and Ambassadrice were created between 1967 and 1969 and rolled in El Laguito.

The "Mille Series", (1000s, 2000s), came in the mid-70s, maybe 1976.

The Chateau Series came under the brand name Davidoff (rather than Hoyo de Monterrey for Davidoff) starting in about 1975.

The Yquem was discontinued in 1982 and replaced by the Mouton Rothschild in 1983. Then they all went away between 1989 and 1991.