vintage, old, cigars..when are they vintage!

[vegard_dino]

Hello all

I got a stupid questions. I am reading about vintage, old, cigars for sale. But, when is a cigar vintage? 5 years old? 10-15?

Thanks for looking

:-)

[Boston Mike]

5+ years is what I would consider vintage.

[habanohal]

Vintaged IMO is the 10 to 15 yr mark. Now aged would be 2 plus years or so

[shrink]

But, when is a cigar vintage? 5 years old? 10-15?

A cigar is considered vintage by the vendor when they decide to hype it up and charge a premium for 'em. ;-)

I dislike the term 'vintage' applied to cigars. I wish people would just give the age or boxcode and let people decide for themselves. Anything else is just B.S. On the other hand, if someone has a box of cigars from the 1980's or older, they can call 'em anything they damn well please.

[El Presidente]

» A cigar is considered vintage by the vendor when they decide to hype it up

» and charge a premium for 'em. ;-)

I agree Shrink.

I think 5 years is aged. "Vintage" is up to the purchaser to determine.

[Jay Hemingway]

imho:

aged = 5 years

vintage = 15 years

[vegard_dino]

» 5+ years is what I would consider vintage.

Thank you

[vegard_dino]

» But, when is a cigar vintage? 5 years old? 10-15?

»

» A cigar is considered vintage by the vendor when they decide to hype it up

» and charge a premium for 'em. ;-)

»

» I dislike the term 'vintage' applied to cigars. I wish people would just

» give the age or boxcode and let people decide for themselves. Anything

» else is just B.S. On the other hand, if someone has a box of cigars from

» the 1980's or older, they can call 'em anything they damn well please.

Thanks for the good info/reply.

Yes, I was thinking the term "vintage" was to hype up the price.....:-|

The code on the box or age will be better.. .Thank you for good help

[vegard_dino]

» » A cigar is considered vintage by the vendor when they decide to hype it

» up

» » and charge a premium for 'em. ;-)

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» I agree Shrink.

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» I think 5 years is aged. "Vintage" is up to the purchaser to determine.

Thanks El Presidente

[Mr. Japan]

» » » A cigar is considered vintage by the vendor when they decide to hype

» it

» » up

» » » and charge a premium for 'em. ;-)

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» » I agree Shrink.

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» » I think 5 years is aged. "Vintage" is up to the purchaser to determine.

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» Thanks El Presidente

Honestly IMHO 5 years is not aged except for vendors who want start making profit .

> 9 years = Aged

> 19 years = Vintage (even if vintage is generally referred to a single year production (in wine) so it would be far better just refer to vintage when referring to a special production year. So why not change Vintage to DOUBLEAGED ?