Manuel “Manolo” Quesada Jr. Celebrates His 75th Birthday with a Limited Edition Cigar

The Manolo Quesada 75th Anniversary comes in a 6¾x48 Churchill, Quesada’s favourite vitola. Only 1200 boxes will be made and the cigars have binders from Nicaragua and the Dominican over a Nicaraguan binder and Ecuadorian Corojo wrapper.

“I have been very fortunate, and blessed, to have worked in the tobacco world for 63 years and for 48 years in the cigar manufacturing side of the industry,” says Quesada in a press release. “Surprised as I was, I have celebrated my 75th birthday on April 10th and, as I did on my 70th birthday, I have blended a cigar to mark reaching this meaningful stage of my life.”

Quesada was born and raised in Cuba, but his family fled the country in 1960. While the family lived in Miami, Quesada’s father rebooted the business in the Dominican Republic. In 1974 they founded their own factory, Matasa where they made cigars for many others, and for themselves under the Fonseca and Quesada names.