Budget Habanos

[Diesel Grinch]

This looks interesting.

DG

[bigwhiteash]

No doubt!


I wish I could smoke Cuban cigars

[pmp]

Good read. I agree on the montecarlos. I am smoking a box now from 07 and there is a little harshness on the first inch but overall these are very tasty now.

I would have to put my vote in for h upmann corona majors. They are cheap, they taste great, and they come in tubes so they travel very well.

[craig]

Good read. I agree on the montecarlos. I am smoking a box now from 07 and there is a little harshness on the first inch but overall these are very tasty now.

I would have to put my vote in for h upmann corona majors. They are cheap, they taste great, and they come in tubes so they travel very well.

Haven't had those, I guess because they are priced just below Party Shorts / Bolivar CJ / RASCC - and Partagas Shorts are one one of my favourite smokes

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While I'm here, let me add a few more smokes to the Budget Habanos comparison:
Quintero Panatela - Sep 06 - so that all the Vegueritos vitolla can be reviewed. Needs more time.
Quintero Brevas - date unknown(!) - but smoking well now.
Jose L.Piedras Cazadores - Jul 08

And a planned review schedule:
Feb 09 - Por Larrañaga Panatela at 1 year
May 09 - JLP Petit Cetros and RG Panatela Extra at 18 months
July 09 - Quintero Londres Extra at 2 years, Quintero Brevas
Aug 09 - JLP Cazadores and Petit Cazadores at 1 year, Por Larrañaga Panatela at 18 months.
Oct 09 - Quintero Panatela and JLP Conserva at 3 years
Nov 09 = JLP Petit Cetros and RG Panatela Extra at 2 years

[pmp]

Haven't had those, I guess because they are priced just below Party Shorts / Bolivar CJ / RASCC - and Partagas Shorts are one one of my favourite smokes

I don't really every smoke anything smaller than a mareva these days so those on my radar. BPC, PLPCs, Party PCE, and Dip 4s are more comparable. The corona majors can hold their own. Not very complex but still good. I wish they sold plpcs in 25s.

[craig]

I don't really every smoke anything smaller than a mareva these days so those on my radar. BPC, PLPCs, Party PCE, and Dip 4s are more comparable. The corona majors can hold their own. Not very complex but still good. I wish they sold plpcs in 25s.

I wish they sold PLPCs in Canada!

I must admit that I've shied away from H. Upmann because the two vitolla that I've smoked (Mag46 and Sir Winston) needed years of aging before I found them enjoyable.

Amongst mareva's, I currently like the Monte and the Boli PC. From your list above, have you had the PCE's? I was wondering what they are like.

[CoventryCat86]

I'm a huge fan of the JLP Cazadores and I actually like them young.

The last Sir Winston I smoked was about four to five years old and I thought it smoked great.

I also love Quintero Brevas and as with the JLPs, I don't mind it when they're young. I have some 15 year old Quinteros around here somewhere and yes, I do notice the difference between the aged ones and the raw ones but like I said, I don't really care if they're young.

[pmp]

I wish they sold PLPCs in Canada!

I must admit that I've shied away from H. Upmann because the two vitolla that I've smoked (Mag46 and Sir Winston) needed years of aging before I found them enjoyable.

Amongst mareva's, I currently like the Monte and the Boli PC. From your list above, have you had the PCE's? I was wondering what they are like.

The corona majors and regalias are quite good. I wouldn't overlook them. Also if you haven't had an upmann no 2 you really need to. Those are downright fantastic.

Party PCEs taste more partagas-like to me than the shorts. If you are a fan of that full dark bittersweet flavor that partagas has then you will like them. I like my cigars more earthy. Partagas is very underrepresented in my humidor but I keep those around for people who really like partagas or uneperienced smokers who want to try something cuban that is full bodied.