School me on "Vintage" and Dated Cigars

[ninjavanish]

Originally Posted by guitar4001

i think that i get the jist of your question:

1959 Exodus from Torano - not made in 1959, but that was the year that the partiarch left Cuba.

1926 Padron - not made in 1926, but that was an important date to the Padron family, maybe the year that the elder Padron was born?

1964 Padron - I dunno, maybe the year that the family moved from Cuba?

1968 Macanudo - supposedly original tobacco from 1968, but rolled into a cigar much later.

If anyone can clarify this stuff, please do so.

Actually on the macanudo... 1968 is the year the first macanudo was made.

That cigar was first released in 2009... HOWEVER

In regards to the macanudo vintages... Those are made with tobacco grown the year that is listed on the band... For instance... The Mac vintage 2000 is comprised of 10 year old tobaccos... The 1997... 13 year old tobacco... The 1993... 17 year old tobacco etc etc etc.

[guitar4001]

Originally Posted by ninjavanish

Actually on the macanudo... 1968 is the year the first macanudo was made.

That cigar was first released in 2009... HOWEVER

In regards to the macanudo vintages... Those are made with tobacco grown the year that is listed on the band... For instance... The Mac vintage 2000 is comprised of 10 year old tobaccos... The 1997... 13 year old tobacco... The 1993... 17 year old tobacco etc etc etc.

Ah ok. I assumed that the 68' was the same theme as the other macanoodle "year" cigars. You know what they say about assuming.

Originally Posted by ninjavanish

Actually on the macanudo... 1968 is the year the first macanudo was made.

That cigar was first released in 2009... HOWEVER

In regards to the macanudo vintages... Those are made with tobacco grown the year that is listed on the band... For instance... The Mac vintage 2000 is comprised of 10 year old tobaccos... The 1997... 13 year old tobacco... The 1993... 17 year old tobacco etc etc etc.

1964 was the year the company was started. I believe the Aniversario series were originally released in 1994 for the 30th anniversary of the company. I didn't start smoking cigars until 1998 so I missed out on the original Aniversarios.

Side note: really looking forward to the Padron 50th Anniversary cigar in a few years.

edit: just checked the Padron site to confirm the info on the 1964