During the 2014 Procigar festival, Quesada debuted a new blend commemorating the company’s 40th anniversary in business. Appropriately named the Quesada 40th Anniversary, the cigars feature a Mexican San Andrés wrapper and now equal three regular production vitolas as well as three limited editions. However, not content with just one blend, Quesada released a different cigar under the Quesada 40th Anniversary line named the Quesada 40th Anniversary Corona Clasica that was created by the company’s patriarch Manuel “Manolo” Quesada Jr. and is only available at events he attends and then offered to those retailers after the events are over. Last month, SmallBatchCigar.com announced it would be receiving a smaller vitola in the Quesada 40th Anniversary Clasica blend, a 4 1/2 x 40 belicoso. As with the Quesada 40th Anniversary Corona Clasica, the blend of the Petit Belicoso Clasica is made up of an Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper covering a Dominican criollo binder and filler tobaccos from both the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua. The release is limited to just 100 boxes of 50 cigars, priced at $6.99 per cigar. There are now eight vitolas in the Quesada 40th Anniversary line. Quesada 40th Anniversary Robusto (5 x 52) — $8.95 (Boxes of 20, $179) — Regular Production Quesada 40th Anniversary Toro (6 ...
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