Davidoff Shipping Year Of The Snake For 2025

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Davidoff Shipping Year Of The Snake For 2025

The Swiss cigarmaker is releasing next year’s zodiac cigar a bit early

Nov 13, 2024 -  By Thomas Pappalardo

When one cycle ends, another begins. For Davidoff of Geneva, the Chinese zodiac came full circle in 2024 with its zodiac-themed series of cigars, which hit the market in 2012 in advance of the Year of the Snake, which began in 2013. Now it is time to begin again with a new Year of the Snake for 2025, expected to start shipping tomorrow.

While the original Year of the Snake was made in a Churchill format, this year’s edition is rolled in a thinner, snake-like size measuring 7 inches by 43 ring gauge. The blend consists of an Ecuadoran wrapper and binder atop a filler blend of Dominican (a hybrid the company refers to as “98”) and Mexican San Andrés Negro tobacco. According to the company, this marks the second instance ever in the Davidoff portfolio a cigar has been blended with Mexican filler tobacco, and the first use of the Dominican “98” hybrid. In terms of strength, it’s supposed to be a medium-bodied cigar.

The limited-edition smoke has a suggested retail price of $62 each. Only 4,200 red boxes of 10 are allotted for the U.S. market. 

For those who prefer thicker ring gauges, the Year of the Snake 2025 also comes in two larger formats. The first is the 6-by-52 Flagship Exclusive Toro, which is only available through Davidoff retail stores. These retail for $89 each, and come 24 per box. Only 600 boxes are being produced.

The other format is the even larger 6-by-56 Gran Toro, which is part of the Year of the Snake Masterpiece Humidor set, accented with 24-carat gold. The snake motif was designed by Chinese illustrator Feifei Chen and rendered by French marquetry artist Mariane Léger, who used 326 individual pieces of wood to create the image. Not available for individual sale, 88 Gran Toros are included with the humidor (in Chinese culture, the number eight is lucky and symbolizes good fortune). A total of 25 humidors have been made, with five designated for the U.S. market. It retails for $49,000.

The 2025 Year of the Snake cigars are produced in the Dominican Republic at the Cigars Davidoff factory.

Source: https://www.cigaraficionado.com/article/davidoff-shipping-year-of-the-snake-for-2025

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Davidoff Honoring the Year of the Snake

November 14, 2024 - Press Release

In addition to the Year of the Snake Limited Edition lancero cigar, Davidoff will launch a Masterpiece Humidor with an exclusive gran toro cigar, an accessories gift set and a Year of the Snake Flagship Edition toro cigar available in very limited quantities.

The cigar editions and the accessories gift set will include a precious collector’s coin that will increase engagement, excitement and exchange amongst cigar lovers and collectors worldwide.

Davidoff and the Year of the Snake

2025 is the Year of the Snake, a sign of elegance and balance.  As in 2013, the Snake heralds Davidoff’s new cycle of limited editions dedicated to the Chinese zodiac in 2025. “To mark this very special occasion, we wanted to delight our aficionados with novelties around our Lunar New Year celebrations, while preserving our original intention of these product launches: Celebrate in style, honour the zodiac and create truly unique cigars that will fill our aficionados’ time beautifully – for the first time with three different formats”, says Edward Simon, CMO at Oettinger Davidoff. “I am convinced that with this new cycle we will distinguish ourselves through our leap forward in terms of innovation and packaging design. The changes we have made make our collection more relevant than ever to our customers around the world.”

Limited Edition 2025 Lancero cigar

When enjoying this cigar, the flavours dynamically glide across one’s palate, often changing direction while maintaining Davidoff’s signature balance. Especially the Dominican San Vicente and the Mexican Negro San Andres filler tobaccos, which are both known to stimulate the areas on the palate responsible for sour and salty sensations, drive the fresh and lemony notes without ever overpowering the palate. The blend is not only unique in taste, but also in tobacco innovation: This is only the second time that Davidoff’s Master Blenders have used a Mexican filler tobacco in a cigar, and the first time that they have used a Dominican hybrid seed 98 tobacco from the Martin Garcia terroir, which adds sweet and creamy notes. The wrapper and the binder are both from Ecuador and perfectly balance the flavours. Intensity: 3 out of 5 Dimensions: 43 RG x 7“ | Ø 1.7 cm x 17.8 cm

Flagship Exclusive toro cigar

For its esteemed Davidoff of Geneva since 1911 flagship store customers, Davidoff launches the Year of the Snake Flagship Exclusive. While the brand has released flagship exclusive editions dedicated to the Chinese zodiac in previous years already, this new launch takes exclusivity to a new level: The Flagship Exclusive now has its very own, specifically created cigar format that is not available anywhere else. The 24 toro cigars offer a taste experience similar to the Limited Edition lancero. The edition is limited to 600 boxes worldwide, and is only available in Davidoff of Geneva since 1911 flagship stores. Intensity: 3 out of 5 Dimensions: 52 RG x 6“ | Ø 2.1 cm x 15.2 cm

Pioneering packaging design

While each of the previous editions continuously took a creative new approach to translating the zodiac sign’s character traits into packaging design, the new cycle brings greater change by embracing global social developments. As a first step towards a more circular approach, Davidoff now reduces the use of hard-to-recycle materials and presents both its Limited Edition and the Flagship Exclusive in an elegant wooden box that surprises aficionados by allowing a glimpse of its exciting interior through a wooden frame. The cigars have a second band in red with yellow accents. As red is considered a lucky colour in Chinese culture, and yellow is one of the lucky colours of the Snake zodiac sign, the combination is believed to bring good fortune and prosperity.

Accessories Gift Set

The Davidoff Year of the Snake Accessories Gift Set is the ideal gift for aficionados born in the Year of the Snake. Discreet on the outside, the inside reveals a precious porcelain ashtray that can rest two cigars, an eyecatching cigar case for two cigars and an elegant punch cutter with two different blades, all in the Year of the Snake design. The excitement of opening the beautiful box is enhanced by a Snake pop-up display that allows aficionados to showcase their Gift Set with the lid open. To elevate the cigar ritual, the set’s collector’s coin can be used as a cigar stand. Limited to 500 pieces each, the accessories are only available as part of the Gift Set.

Masterpiece Humidor

The Year of the Snake Masterpiece Humidor is the most valuable piece of the Year of the Snake collection. Its lid shows a fascinating scene of a Snake spiralling upwards through waves while protecting tobacco leaves, which were taken from the Year of the Snake cigar blend and adorned with 24-carat gold. While the artwork was initially designed by Chinese illustrator Feifei Chen, French marquetry artist Mariane Léger creatively translated Feifei’s illustration into 326 individual pieces of varying shapes, sizes and textures and applied them to the humidor. Together, the two women designed and created a piece of art with a beautiful, mesmerising design and an expressiveness like no other. The humidor is accompanied by 88 gran toro cigars made with the same special blend as the limited lancero and toro cigars. In Chinese culture, the number eight is considered the luckiest. It symbolises good fortune and sounds similar to the word for wealth in Mandarin or Cantonese Chinese. Intensity: 3 out of 5 Dimensions: RG 56 x 6“ | Ø 2.22 cm x 15.2 cm

Launch & Availability From 14 November 2024*, the Davidoff Year of the Snake Limited Edition cigars and accessories will be available at select Davidoff appointed merchants and flagship stores around the world.

*Launch dates and availability may vary depending on country.

Source: https://www.cigarjournal.com/davidoff-honoring-the-year-of-the-snake/