I find dominican and honduran to lack depth and complexity which is why I only smoke cubans now. I have been reading other posts on this board and it seems theres lots of talk of fakes. If you do a little research you will find plenty of vendors that ship to the US and that sell legitimate habanos.
There are many things to look at when smoking habanos. The age is a huge factor. Unlike dominican and honduran cigars the age of a cuban can make a huge difference in taste. A 1 year old partagas SD4 for example may be in a sick period and taste like nothing at all. A year later it can be strong as death and complex in flavors. This is the main reason for looking at the age of cubans before smoking. Other more obvious rasons are that many develope into increadibly creamy rich tasting cigars. Especially with 10 or more years on them. I have recently been smoking Monte 4's from the late 60's early 70's and they were excellent. Great leather flavors and still a bit of kick for a 35 yr old PC.
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