Guantanamera Cristales ISOM's

[Dickson]

Thoughts? Thanks in advance guys.......

[WOXOF]

Machine made, pretty mild for an ISOM. I bought a couple of these while in Jamaica. Went into a local shop looking for some ISOMs(yeah I know, stupid newb) and the shop owner recomended these for a beginner. I think they were authentic, why would anybody want to fake a cheap smoke. I'm sure the $8 a piece that I paid was marked up quite a bit.

I haven't had any since then, but I know I've had a lot better cigars than the Quantanamera.

[Newfie]

Pretty well everything WOXOF said is true. They are machine made (and it looks like the machine was sick) and they're fairly mild, but very nice flavour. I brought 20 back from Cuba with me and loved 'em as an early morning smoke.
I can easily get them here for about $6-7 CDN ($5-6 USD) a stick in boxes of 10.
PM me if anything interests you.
Jim

[slcraiders]

Dickson,

My favorite machine made -or- partially machine made ISOM is the Quintero Brevas. Economical, yet flavorful Less expensive than those Quantanameras you are inquiring about...

[JHarri31]

Quick/Dumb Question...

I searched the BB for ISOM and it was defined as "Island South of Miami"....so should I take this to mean any cigar, wrapper, filler produced or grown on an Island South of Miami....

Thanks

[nhcigarfan]

Yes. Generally speaking ISOM is any Havana Puro.

It doesn't include European Cigars that have ISOM tobacco in its blend. I believe the European version of Villager (sp) a dry-cured cigar contains a blend which includes ISOM tobacco. I know old villager 5 packs sold at one of my local shops said "contained cuban tobacco" which was blacked out with what appeared to be a sharpe.

Nor does it include the ISOM brand that I think JR sells.

[Dickson]

Thanks for the reccommendation SLC. PM sent Newfie.