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Your Favorite Cigar?
Sleddog46
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I was wondering what your favorite stick is? I've only been at it for about 9 months and have several I really like but am curious as to what is considered a really fine cigar. I never seem to be able to distinguish the flavors that you guys always talk about. The only flavor I taste is vanilla, and that's usually near the end.
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Torano 1916 is at the top of my list, along with others.
Partagas Serie D#4 is my favorite as far as cubans.
As @cbuck said, don't worry too much about distinguishing flavors.
Concentrate on what you like, then determine what they have in common.
You may find a pattern. If all the ones you really like have the same wrapper, then you know that is a wrapper you will gravitate to.
But be aware, as time changes, your tastes may change.
There was a time when I loved maduros, but over time, I found that the cameroons were more to my liking.
As for what is a fine cigar.
It is the cigar, that no matter whether it costs $1 or $20, that you find appealing.
The one that you look at and see the quality in it, the color is that beautiful color that catches your eye and when you smoke it, you get lost in thought and the smoke clouds.
THAT is a fine cigar.
What is the fine cigar for you? Unknown.
That is up to you to find out.
If someone tries to tell you that the cigar that you find does it for you, isn't a fine cigar, tell them to go pound sand.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
I myself find for daily consumption to tend towards Chillin Moose or 5 Vegas Gold. Two wildly different cigars pallet wise. But I do enjoy stuff from any type, except maduro's. Though there are some outliers, I really like Perdomo Maduro's.
Try a broad range. Mild to Full. Find and buy taster packs, I found more than a few that were 2-3 of each cigar so I could taste them enough times to know whether it was truly something I disliked or just a bad stick, and that worked out best for me.
But as @0patience states. Whatever you find you like, good. Keep at it. And if others don't, show them the door.
On the high end I LOVE Opus X and anything put out by the Fuente family. I don't know what it is about their cigars bit they're on a different plane.
Aging Room and Cohiba are a good mid-priced smoke, and I tend to lean towards anything with Dominican filler otherwise although I never quit sampling.
On the cheaper side, Fuente Curly Heads are also pretty tasty, CAO puts out some good stuff, and every once in a while I'll puff on a Drew Estate.
I do tend to have expensive taste, and it goes beyond just cigars. I'm told it's because I'm the oldest kid in the family and got spoiled for a good couple years before another baby came along. Who knows
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"LET'S GO FRANCIS" Peter
Probably the best advice I received when I first started smoking cigars was to try them all and have a good selection of go to cigars that I can choose from in the humidor. I still consider myself new to this hobby and have been trying every brand/size I can. I now have 15 or so that are my go to cigars depending on my mood but if I had to pick my favorite (as of today) I would have to go with the AVO LE 2007. Just a great cigar.
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My cousin in White Plains NY fell on hard times.
He was "let go" after 27 years as the General Mills photographer, his photos are everywhere.
He likes cigars.
I sent him 2 big boxes of non 5 Vegas cigars.
When we lost everything in the tornado he was one of three family members that helped us. He made our Thanksgiving and immediately after the storm sent the biggest freakin box of coffee and crackers, the UPS guy was wide eyed, at least one of every brand the General Mills umbrella covers. And that is a lot.
I did hold back the Pueblos, all but one, cause they don't make them anymore.
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"LET'S GO FRANCIS" Peter
-- Winston Churchill
"LET'S GO FRANCIS" Peter
I see a Box of them in my near future.
What you can't forgive......you will become.
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