WHAT AGE HAS A VINTAGE CUBAN CIGAR

[Mr. Japan]

I was in London for the HWD and launch of Trinidad 55 Cabildos, the most interesting part for me was the seminar where we heard that soon Habanos will come out with a super vintage (or grand vintage)...

Just bullshitting marketing where they want to sell to young smoker a 5, lucky a 10 years old cigar and call it vintage overcharging it.

My personal classification for Cuban cigars is

My Classification of Havana cigars

Baby  directly from the roller 

Fresh  < 1 year

Young  1 - 3 years

Mature  >3 to 10

Aged     >10-20

Vintage >20  over

Historical >30 over

Monumental > 50 

 

Nothing below 20 can be called vintage . just my 0.2 cents.

[Puros Y Vino]

For many years, you could grab old/aged boxes in Havana and NOT pay any premium for it. If anything, they seemed to be glad they sold. Perhaps, the shopkeepers had a different perspective. Boxes with older codes that sat, were deemed to be sales duds perhaps? It looks like the days of finding vintage at list price is over.  😐

I like that list. I'd suggest that "Historical" should be 100+ years. Cigars that old almost seem like a crime to smoke. Maybe just preserve as a relic?

 

[Sandman]

Agreed. Myself I’d take a fresh Habanos over anything labeled “aged 10 years” from Habanos. 

[Arabian]

According to Ana Lopez from Hunters & Frankau,10 years and over is considered Vintage. 

[BrightonCorgi]

  On 7/10/2024 at 4:50 PM, Arabian said:

According to Ana Lopez from Hunters & Frankau,10 years and over is considered Vintage. 

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Should meet half way at 15 years & older.

[El Presidente]

  On 7/10/2024 at 10:45 AM, Mr. Japan said:

My Classification of Havana cigars

Baby  directly from the roller 

Fresh  < 1 year

Young  1 - 3 years

Mature  >3 to 10

Aged     >10-20

Vintage >20  over

Historical >30 over

Monumental > 50

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Can't argue Gino 

[Chitmo]

I’m gonna start telling my wife she qualifies as historical! 😉 

[RDB]

Yeah my instinctive, wholly subjective opinion would be 20+ is ‘vintage’ for cigars. 

[mohammed.s.almutlaq11]

If I had to choose between 2 boxes, one is fresh and the other is 5 years old, I would choose the fresh box because I start buying more than one box 3 years ago and I never finished any box. Plus, I didn’t like my cigars when they have 4+years on them.

[Chas.Alpha]

“Vintage” holds the same place in my heart as does “Aficionado.” I have a vintage 2003 GMC Sierra with 320,000 on it! I love this POS and have babied her since I bought it. $72,500 It’s “Vintage…” 🙄

[Nevrknow]

  On 7/10/2024 at 8:55 PM, Chitmo said:

I’m gonna start telling my wife she qualifies as historical! 😉 

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PLEASE let us know how that worked out!😂

 

😁

[Chas.Alpha]

  On 7/10/2024 at 8:55 PM, Chitmo said:

I’m gonna start telling my wife she qualifies as historical! 😉 

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Tell her we’re willing to pay top dollar for all of your cigars that she doesn’t send thru a cycle in the washing machine. 😳

[Chitmo]

  On 7/11/2024 at 7:31 PM, Chas.Alpha said:

Tell her we’re willing to pay top dollar for all of your cigars that she doesn’t send thru a cycle in the washing machine. 😳

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Nah, cigars are safe. She’d go for the car or watches first. 😂 

[Ken Gargett]

  On 7/11/2024 at 10:45 PM, Chitmo said:

Nah, cigars are safe. She’d go for the car or watches first. 😂 

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what on earth makes you think she'd stop there?