Cigar Recommendations?

[pmacdaddy]

I have never had a good experience with the non-Cuban Romeo y Juliets. Also find Cuban Cohiba far superior and consisten compared to non-Cuban Cohiba.

For Dominican I usually go for White Label Montecristo.

[packerbacker7964]

My friend brought back some Montecristo Habana's from Cuba. When we talk at work about where the best anything comes from he always says Cuba. Peaches, Pizza, beer just name it and it's better in Cuba. I always ask him if everything is good there then why did he move from the Pardise Island? Back to the story, he's right about the cigars though. I'd love to be able to smoke these the rest of my life. I don't smoke cigars but these make it enjoyable beyond belief.

[GPK]

what was Clinton's preference?

[Samarta]

Originally Posted by GPK

what was Clinton's preference?

the Monica Cristo I believe!!

[somerfrost]

Originally Posted by Samarta

the Monica Cristo I believe!!

LOL...the fish flavored blunts!

[ELA]

I've been smoking cigars for my entire adult life and have been a true connoisseur and LOTL (lover of the leaf). With that said, no offense to what I consider one of the finer things in life -- but good, great, mild, full-flavored, etc. cigars . . . are like ice cream -- everyone's taste buds are different. With that said, one thing that is very important when talking about cigars is consistency -- remember, we are talking about a hand-made product (yes, the higher-end non-Cuban cigars).

As far as consistency, you will not find any cigars (outisde of Cuban) more consitent that the Fuente Opus X and the Padron Anniversario. Davidoff is very consistent as well. They are of course also the most limited in production and the most difficult to find.

I smoke Cuban cigars daily, and have been smoking mostly aged cigars for the last 5 years. I can probably count the # of non-Cuban cigars I have smoked in the past 5 years or so and they have either been Opus X, Padron Anniversayio. I have smoked a few very limited/special edition Davidoff's, and a couple of other limited/special edition smokes.

Opus X and Padron Anniversario, relatively speaking, for many cigar smokers are considered to be expensive. Other than Davidoff, they are probably the most expensive production cigars made in world.

Eric

[ELA]

BTW, the Cuban version as opposed to the non-Cuban version of all of these cigars -- Cohiba, RyJ, Montecristo, Paratgas, Hoyo de Monterrey, and so on -- they are like night and day. They aren't even related and have nothing to do with each other.

Eric