I will say this in some defense of expensive sticks. I bought my first opus X about 5 yaers ago and thought it was Horrible and wondered why i spent $17 on it(keep in mind this was before I knew much about cigars).

fast forward to now....I realized my palate was just not able to tolerate the cigar...not the full bodied strength within it.

I always say try things twice....in the cigar world at least.