Hi everyone, hope this Sunday finds you all well. I'm looking for some recommendations, specifically from what I would call the "legacy" brands. I don't know if that is the right word for it but I consider legacy to mean your Cohiba, Montecristo, RyJ, Partagas, H. Upman, ect... maybe I just mean companies whose reputations originated on the island. The cigar industry is an ocean of offerings from cheap to top shelf, flavored to fermented, cigarillos to 8x80s and I seem to have lost myself in that ocean. Most of what I have tried have been brands that may not be technically new, but new to me and for the most part I've enjoyed them, the Leaf and the Firethorn come to mind. But I want to make a cigar pilgrimage back to some of the brands that paved the way and I don't know where to start. I thought if I could give you what I look for in a smoke, that you might be able to furnish a few recommendations. Generally I like darker leaf and small RG (Churchills are ideally as thick as I go but lanceros, panatellas, and petite coronas are my wheelhouse) but if there is something in a larger RG or a lighter wrapper that I just have to try, I'm open to suggestions. Any and all advice is appreciated!

Note: As true habanos are not legal here, I'd appreciate only NC recommendations.