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Originally Posted by T.G
Whomever you talked to was slightly confused and mixing up cigars.
Kiki Berger / World Tobacco originally blended the Classic. Then World Tobacco went bellyup and CI picked up the brand about 8 years ago.
Nestor Plasencia now makes the 5 Vegas Classic in Nicaragua for CI.
Nestor Plasencia blended and manufactures the 5 Vegas Gold (SteveR almost got arrested in the Honduras airport taking back a bundle of samples from Nestor). The 5 Vegas Gold didn't come out until about 5 years ago.
Torano makes the 5 Vegas "A" in Honduras.
5 Vegas Miami is Pepin. Manufactured mostly in his Nicaraguan factory, and there is one that is made in Miami.
Limitada '05, '06, '07 & '08 were blended by Jose Blanco of La Aurora and manufactured by La Aurora in the DR.
The original Cask Strength was also Jose Blanco & La Aurora.
Limitada '09, Cask-II, and Relic were blended by Mauel Quesada of MATASA and manufactured by MATASA.
I can't recall offhand who did the 5 Vegas Shorts. I think it might have been Nestor.
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Now that's pretty informative. Thanks for digging up the info.
