This year, Quesada Cigars is celebrating its 50th year in the cigar industry, and to celebrate the occasion, the company is releasing a new limited-edition line at the 2024 PCA Convention & Trade Show.

The appropriately named Quesada 50th Anniversary is made up of an Ecuadorian habano wrapper covering a Nicaraguan binder and filler tobaccos grown in the Dominican Republic and Peru. The cigars are being rolled at the company’s Tabacos de Exportación factory in the Dominican Republic.

“Having had the privilege of participating as our industry grew and evolved, we looked at the fifty years of our history and developed a cigar that will reflect our manufacturing and blending traditions,” said Manuel Quesada via a press release. “As we have commemorated other anniversaries, reaching fifty years as a premium cigar manufacturing company is a milestone to be celebrated.”

There will be two different vitolas released as part of the 50th Anniversary line, both of which will be packaged in 10-count boxes: a 6 1⁄4 x 56 Toro Prensado that will have an MSRP of $17, and a 6 x 60 Perfecto with an MSRP of $19 each. The Toro Prensado is limited to 2,200 boxes while the Perfecto is limited to only 200 boxes.

In addition, Quesada has created two special humidors as part of the release, each containing 100 box-pressed 6 1⁄4 x 56 Toro Prensado cigars and 10 6 x 60 Perfectos. According to the company, one of the humidors will be auctioned off “for a very special cause” during ProCigar 2024 later this month, while another humidor will remain with the family.

The Quesada 50th Anniversary will debut at the 2024 PCA Convention & Trade Show, which takes place March 23-25 in Las Vegas.

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halfwheel's coverage of the 2024 PCA Convention & Trade Show is sponsored by Drew Estate.
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I have been smoking cigars for over eight years. A documentary wedding photographer by trade, I spent seven years as a photojournalist for the Dallas Morning News and the Fort Worth Star Telegram. I started the cigar blog SmokingStogie in 2008 after realizing that there was a need for a cigar blog with better photographs and more in-depth information about each release. SmokingStogie quickly became one of the more influential cigar blogs on the internet, known for reviewing preproduction, prerelease, rare, extremely hard-to-find and expensive cigars. I am a co-founder of halfwheel and now serve as an editor for halfwheel.