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I know, now an easy question. I am not sure I can give my opinion without some time to think about it. Also I have quite a few I haven't even tried yet. To follow forum rules please keep this limited to non cubans.
I guess since I started this, I should go first. I have a real love affair with Fuente cigars and have really enjoyed all of the Opus X Angel Shares that I have smoked. So, that is my pick, but reserve the right to change after I have more time to think about it.
What's yours?
My favorite cigar is probably the last Leon Jimenes No. 4, made especially for Don Fernando himself, that I still have resting and awaiting a special moment. Or would it be one of the few remaining first-batch Illusione MKs I have? Of course, I do love the 10+ year old Opus' that are waiting to be burned, and if we're talking about Fuente I have to mention the Don Arturo Gran AniverXario, which is a seriously amazing cigar, that I'll light up the next time I'm at Casa Fuente. But then again, my favorite is probably one of the first-batch Quesada Seleccion Espada Corona sticks I still have.
That didn't really answer your question.
I have a few left of a box of San Cristobal Guajiros from 2007. That's my #1 in the humi right now.
Runner up is still the old Anejo 46, love these and will keep buying them until I run out of space or cigar money...which is pretty soon on both.
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I've got a couple of 2005 or 2007 PGs (Paul Garmarian, boutique seller in McLean, VA) that I'm saving for special occasions. One will be for when my daughter graduates college next spring, and the other for when my truck is paid off, which is next August. Other than that, I've got a few Graycliff 30 Year Anniversaries which I would say are the best in my rather modest collection.
Of the ones I have a multiple of, I really dig the Perdomo Small Batch Maduro lately. Something about them really turns me on.
I'd say Tat Pudgy Face is my current fascinationn
Oliva V Dbl Robusto. Followed closely by Undercrown Gran Toro.
Don Pepin Nacionales W from 2005 for the NC side.
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On the NC side it would be a Opus Fuente Fuente, Anejo 46 or LADC Mi Amor. I can't choose between them.
Edit: WOAM would be in there too. Fuente fan boy? Yep.
Pretty much any of my Padron 1964 Naturals
I've got a Padron '64 maduro in there. That would probably be it.
There's an Opus X Robusto in there too, but I haven't tried one of those yet so I couldn't call it my favorite.
For NC I'd say Tat Black Labels and Padron 1964 Maduro.
This really hasn't changed in the last few years....
Tatuaje Reserva Noellas. Best cigar on the planet imo.
Currently: My Father Le Bijou 1922
Probably the Anejo 46, but I have some other Anejos and such that I've never smoked before that are supposed to be great smokes...
Me too. Nothing touches them to me including any CC that I have previously tried.Quote:
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Sharks!!!!!
WOW!! I have to pick one?!?!
If I had to, I would say the Opus X Power Ranger, with the MF Le Bijou a close 2nd!
Crap! Hard choice you put up there, Steve. Tossups, Camacho Diploma, American Barrel Aged, or the sole LGC Serie R Maduro I have
Its a toss up between the Herrera Esteli lonsdale and Tatuaje Regios Reserva. Those two capture everything I personally love in a cigar and do it in a remarkable way.
That Camacho ABA is a nice cigar. I've only had a few of the Camacho line, but that's the best one I've tried.Quote:
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LOVE the Diploma!
I keep a lot of cigars but to pick the one(s) that I like best might come down to what I pick up and put back so that I can save them. I tend towards medium cigars and don't smoke a lot of nic bombs.
Montague Lonsdales (6-1/2 x 44-rg) from the mid 1990s, nearing the top of the cigar boom. These were a closeout at $39.95, box of 25, from JR who often sells awful sticks on special (like Flor de Baloney or Tabantillas). I believe that they were a list price (normally means nothing) of $150/box at a time when that was an extraordinary price. The box looked the part and the cigars delivered. I bought a box and smoked a couple ROTT and then ordered 16 more boxes (some in maduro). Should have ordered 100. I smoked them non-stop for a several months and so depleted my stash that I've been nursing the last box of maduros for over ten years. Age hasn't changed them much, they were well aged when received.
I believe that these were made in the Philippines reputedly by an all woman staff of torcedors (no claim that they were virgins who rolled them between their thighs). They went out of business.
I preferred the natural but the maduro is nearly as good. Lightly box pressed, they were startlingly long smoking, complex and subtle. Very consistent during the smoke and from cigar to cigar. Never had to chase flavor, it was in every puff. It took a long time for me to enjoy other cigars after this binge and when I started rationing them it was perhaps the only cigar that I had a visceral feeling of missing.
Not necessarily the best cigar that I ever had but one of the best.
I have one of those in my humi as well, but have not tried that either.Quote:
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I'm waiting for a good sunny day when I don't have anything going on so I can make sure I enjoy it.
I'm gonna answer this a little differently...there are three types of cigars in my humidor that aren't expensive, but every one I smoke is a winner, and I look forward to smoking them just as much as the best, most expensive ones there...all of them I have gotten for between $2.00 and $3.00, on special, on line, but they are VERY smooth! And those are the Foundry Chillin' Moose, which I have recently discovered, the Man O War Ruination, and Puros Indios...Yeah, I have some real premium cigars too, and I like smokin' em, but frankly, these three make me just as happy as the expensive stuff!
Just sayin'...
I love a variety of cigars. To me I know a cigar has hit it off when I smoke it more than 5 times. I tend to just go the singles route because what I want changes with my mood, but the one cigar I can never turn down is the Ave Maria. Is it the best cigar I ever smoked? No, but it is rock solid and affordable. I am a cheap bastard and this cigar hits the value/flavor balance on the head.