Mike33 Posted April 11, 2007 Posted April 11, 2007 This is a question aimed at Rob, but if anyone else has input, by all means.... I've noticed recently that many vendors all over the world are starting to get in cigars with the same age and many times, the same box codes. Some examples: Cohiba Lanceros from '01, Monte #3 from '98, ERDM from '98, Hoyo Du Prince from '98, ect. My question is, how are these being released to vendors in different parts of the globe (Spain, Switzerland, Asia, Australia) all at the same time?? I know Rob has mentioned the PCC's vintage program. Do most distributors have this same type of program and do they hold back many of the same cigars??
El Presidente Posted April 11, 2007 Posted April 11, 2007 To be honest Mike I do not know. I only know that PCCHK has a vintage release program based on 5 years storage. It is likely other distributors also have something similar.
bassman Posted April 11, 2007 Posted April 11, 2007 They must have made a lot of 98 Monte #3s. They have been consistantly available forever!
El Presidente Posted April 11, 2007 Posted April 11, 2007 » They must have made a lot of 98 Monte #3s. They have been consistantly » available forever! The cigars from 98 which are available are not popular cigars amongst the masses as opposed to the discerning membership of this board ;-)
Tom Bolivar Posted April 12, 2007 Posted April 12, 2007 Talking to my local dealer and to the marketing boss of the German Habanos Distributer they told me that sometimes a stash of old boxes are found in a warehouse and then get sold (rather unlikely though but happens every once in a blue moon). And another explanation is that the distributers interchange cigar stock that does not sell well in their own country. For example about a year ago all of a sudden Partagas Coronas Grandes from 2000 showed up in German shops. A cigar that Min Ron Nee says, according to his book, he has never seen personally. People went crazy about them and they were sold out a short while after. Obviously the question was raised, where those sticks come from all of a sudden and the explanaition was that an Italian retailer (I hope I remember that correctly) had a stock of those cigars and was not able to sell them in Italy. So they sold them to the German distributer who sold the sticks in no time.
Quint Posted April 12, 2007 Posted April 12, 2007 Interesting enough I was just thinking about why are there so many '98 and '99's around seems like those are the most popular years for aged stocked now adays....
strayvector Posted April 12, 2007 Posted April 12, 2007 Concerning the '98s and '99s...with certain vitolas you have to ask yourself why so much are available from those years and none from years before or immediately after. This is where buyer beware is appropriate and prior to buying them, make sure your vendor has no problems with taking subpar stock back.
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