Bad Partigas

peteh · March 2017

Bought a box of Partigas (red label, Robusto, about $80). TERRIBLE construction. Too tightly packed, even with 5 holes drilled thru, will not stay lit, uneven burn, just a mess. Gave up about 1/2 way through. HUGE disappointment. Is this a bad batch? After nice previous experiences now reluctant to ever buy again.

0patience · March 2017

Partagas what?
I am assuming by red label, you mean a non-cuban red label

Could be over humidification.
Could be just off the truck that has been traveling in high humid areas.
Could be a lot of things and you didn't indicate whether they were just bought, shipped or picked up at a B&M, what humidit you keep your cigars at or what.

All these have an impact.

In all the years, I can't ever recall getting a plugged non-cuban Partagas.

peter4jc · March 2017

Three years, and two comments... just sayin'... at least you've helped us know what to stay away from. Kinda reminds me of this guy, Fred...

A guy (Fred) gets fed up with modern society, and decides to become a monk. At the monastery, the head monk tells him the rules, one of which is it's a silent monastery, and you're only allowed 2 words every 5 years.

So five years go by, and Fred goes to the head monk and tells him, "Food bad." The head monk registers the comment, and Fred goes back to the silence.

After ten years, Fred uses his 2 words to tell the head monk, "Bed hard" and again, goes back to the silence.

At the fifteen year mark, Fred goes to the head monk and this time his 2 words are, "I quit". To which the head monk replies, "It doesn't surprise me. Ever since you got here, all you've done is complain."

miller65rod · March 2017

MMMM

Cuban Partagas are great and smoke like a freight train heading South.

BTW no seegar is perfect and u can always get a plugged one. Drilling all those bee holes will not help either. Poke it once and if it doesn't clear up it is a lost cause.

Amos_Umwhat · April 2017

I had a rather different Partagas experience recently. During the shipping clusterf--- we recently experienced, I stopped at a local shop that carries a few decent cigars to pick up some Partagas original coronas. As I looked through the box, choosing carefully, I noticed that several on the bottom row had lighter wrappers, and that the cello was quite yellowed. On closer inspection, one could see little twinkles developing. The girl that stocks just adds cigars to the old box.

SCORE for me.

Bad Partigas

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