Stonehaven plumed, 2010 back to 2005. I wait until it's at least seven years old; the stuff really shines as it ages. The end is the end - higher prices and inavailability have taken me out of the chase; bought a lot of Escudo when it was obvious prices and taxes were going to jump - 2005 to 2010.

The mother of all tobacco buys was in Bermuda around 2010 - stumbled into a load of dusty-grimy Murray's Dunhill (tax free) and no inbound duty; 60 tins of my favorite va stuff and a bit of Elizabethan, I'd guess 2000 approx.