Jeremy's New Year Bash - What's your OLDEST cigar?

[ValeTudoGuy]

Nice bottle of whisky there Jeremy, but had it been left in the Dalmore casks for another 10 year's it would be getting of for about a grand a bottle! :0

[MarkLondon]

Hmmmmm....afraid I don't know the year of any of my small stash, but I doubt they are very old at all.

(Hides in newbie shame)

[sheppsea]

My question is, are they strictly limited in production to those years or do they continue to produce them beyond the specified year but using the same blend?

You can assume that all the LEs are made in the same year, and speaking to someone at JJ Fox's a few weeks I think you can almost assume that the are also all from the same month

[PeeJay]

You can assume that all the LEs are made in the same year, and speaking to someone at JJ Fox's a few weeks I think you can almost assume that the are also all from the same month

Aha, well done Shepp. Any expert want to provide me with a month for my RyJ Escudos Maduro LE 2007?

[butternutsquashpie]

My question is, are they strictly limited in production to those years or do they continue to produce them beyond the specified year but using the same blend?
And I know you don't really hate me B!

strictly to that year. LEs, REs, and Reservas alike. HOWEVER, do note that the blends are marked down in the cuban bureaucratic system. note that ones that are produced too much or don't sell as much (or both) are available years after the original production. i've seen a few websites with the escudos still on sale. and most B&Ms have the H Upmann Magnum 48 LE09s still on sale. but all the box stamps are labeled
XXX
YYY 09
Box code and month varies, but 09 ALWAYS remains.
there are some LEs or REs that used to be discont. vitolas. many of the names escape me now, but one i'm hoping for at the current moment is the Ramon Allones 898 Deutchland Region Edition. rumoured to be the same blend as the discont. RA 898, it is sought after by quite a few!

Nice bottle of whisky there Jeremy, but had it been left in the Dalmore casks for another 10 year's it would be getting of for about a grand a bottle! :0

back when i got mine, it was a facking hundred and twenty!! if i knew that, i would've asked for ALL of em....
heyy gents, remember when port ellens used to be 80 dollars!?

[butternutsquashpie]

(Hides in newbie shame)

no such thing Mark we were all newbs at some point or another
go on, what's the oldest one you know of then??

[MarkLondon]

I honestly don't know the age of any of them. Only got singles and none of them apart from the PL Italian exclusivo are specials.

[bubbajvegas]

Luckily this Molinos has a nifty little band to let me know it's from 1998 :-)

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[butternutsquashpie]

Luckily this Molinos has a nifty little band to let me know it's from 1998 :-)
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and that hoyo epi 2 in the back there doesn't have a nifty little band to let you know it's from 2006-2008
i think i got my years right?

[bubbajvegas]

You'll know more than me pal...only ever bought singles,3's or 5's so no dates...might get my first box in 2014 hopefully

[PeeJay]

You'll know more than me pal...only ever bought singles,3's or 5's so no dates...might get my first box in 2014 hopefully

I'm with you on that Bubba.

[monkey66]

You can assume that all the LEs are made in the same year, and speaking to someone at JJ Fox's a few weeks I think you can almost assume that the are also all from the same month

I don't know who told you that at Fox's but it is a crock. Popular LE's are rolled all over the place and in some cases for upto 2 years. This statement may be kind of correct for the Original Release of some EL's and sometimes accurate for some regional editions ...but very rarely all in the same month.

[sheppsea]

I don't know who told you that at Fox's but it is a crock. Popular LE's are rolled all over the place and in some cases for upto 2 years. This statement may be kind of correct for the Original Release of some EL's and sometimes accurate for some regional editions ...but very rarely all in the same month.

In that case it may be that I misunderstood and it was REs (we were talking about the Britanicus at the time) - apologies for misinforming you PeeJay!

[butternutsquashpie]

Popular LE's are rolled all over the place and in some cases for upto 2 years. This statement may be kind of correct for the Original Release of some EL's and sometimes accurate for some regional editions ...but very rarely all in the same month.

hmmmm.. that seems strange to me. would that mean that certain LEs from 09 may bear 10 stamps on the bottom? :/

[JoeyGunz]

Partagas 898 Varnished, 1999.