There's definitely something curious going on with the Los Blancos Premiere Selection.

On one hand, you have Katman doing his usual flavor bomb, going on and on about banana, berry and black cherry flavors. Said it's a $6 stick (this was in April 2014).

http://kohnhed.com/2014/04/09/blanco...-cigar-review/

Then on the other hand, you have CI selling the (presumably) exact same cigar (Maduro torped) on sale for $39.21 for a box of 24. That's marked down from $156, BTW. That's some Gurkha savings. I also couldn't find the premiere selection available from other distributors like Famous, JR or Thompson. Blanco themselves have a few sizes available on their website (not the torpedo) for $5-6 range (only available by the bundle/box).

http://www.cigarsinternational.com/c...ection-maduro/

I'm not sure that this proves anything. While I enjoy Katman's reviews, he definitely likes a lot of crap cigars I wouldn't touch. But somewhere in the last year this seems to have gone from a decent $5-6 dollar smoke to a $1-2 short filler shit missile. I'm not a BG/CO fan, but I do think it's helpful in this case for someone who might have seen Katman's review and the cheap price on CI.