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Great day! Went fly fishing for about 4 hours. Cuts were taking drys in the small stream I was fishing--had a really good time. Got home and went outside to throw the ball for our GSD and lit up a Montecristo Media Noche along with a Snake River Lager. First time with this cigar--a very smooth medium-full. If you like full flavored cigars and tend to dismiss Montecristos as too mild--give this one a try; I think you'll like it.

The media noche have always caught my eye byt never enough to try one. My b&m doesn't carry them though, maybe ill catch a CI special one day. Thanks for the input.

That's how I came to try them, Jay. Regular price on 5 Media Noches is $50. They ran a screamin' deal on 5 each Media Noches and Partagas Blacks for $40. Here it is, but I see it's back ordered right now.

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Whew partagas black. Back when i was smoking series r no 6 i tried a partagas and it gut punched the hell outa me. That is one full bodied cigar. Tread with caution!

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Great day! Went fly fishing for about 4 hours. Cuts were taking drys in the small stream I was fishing--had a really good time. Got home and went outside to throw the ball for our GSD and lit up a Montecristo Media Noche along with a Snake River Lager. First time with this cigar--a very smooth medium-full. If you like full flavored cigars and tend to dismiss Montecristos as too mild--give this one a try; I think you'll like it.

The Media Noche is a good medium cigar (might be medium-full), but a good cigar.

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Great day! Went fly fishing for about 4 hours. Cuts were taking drys in the small stream I was fishing--had a really good time. Got home and went outside to throw the ball for our GSD and lit up a Montecristo Media Noche along with a Snake River Lager. First time with this cigar--a very smooth medium-full. If you like full flavored cigars and tend to dismiss Montecristos as too mild--give this one a try; I think you'll like it.

The media noche have always caught my eye byt never enough to try one. My b&m doesn't carry them though, maybe ill catch a CI special one day. Thanks for the input.

That's how I came to try them, Jay. Regular price on 5 Media Noches is $50. They ran a screamin' deal on 5 each Media Noches and Partagas Blacks for $40. Here it is, but I see it's back ordered right now.

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Whew partagas black. Back when i was smoking series r no 6 i tried a partagas and it gut punched the hell outa me. That is one full bodied cigar. Tread with caution!

I love me some full bodied smokes, If it makes me nauseous towards the end then it was good smoke. As long as the flavor was good. Not like Punch cigars nauseous, there is just something wrong with those.

Will we ever see partagas 160s again? Might be the best non cuban ive had.

There are still some out there, at 28$ a pop.

https://www.jrcigars.com/brand...160-signature-series

Just picked up AF casa cuba. They didnt have any of the tautaje havanas.

Yikes on the 160s!

I haven't read all 108 pages of this thread because I am more an occasional cigar smoker than an aficionado. But today I went into my favorite cigar shop, and learned that they had some A.Fuente Reserva Xtra Vieja. The shop owner literally pulled the boxes down off a shelf where they were hidden, and said that they were so hard to get that they would only be available to "special" customers. (That would be the other guy in there with me I presume, as he is the one who asked about them. I just lucked in on the deal, I guess.)

But, what's the story with this cigar? Is it really so special? (Should I go back and try to score a few more while they are available?)

Smoke one first and see if its worth the price to you. Alot of those xtra special rare smokes arent as good as the price makes them seem. Some of them are, but the consensus here has been that most are over priced. My b&M has some of those in the case up front in the store, and wont sell them online I have yet to try one as most the AF's arent worth the price to me, and they have been in that case up front for over a year now and I think maybe 1 or 2 has sold in that time.

Hell pick up some of these if you want something not too overpriced and damn good.


http://www.atlanticcigar.com/All-Cigars/L'Atelier-Limited-Editions-Cote-d'Or-Churchill.asp

Link isnt working right but if you copy and paste the whole thing it will get you there.

The Shark, 77, is the best Viaje that Fuente has, in my opinion. There really isn't anything special that justifies the price though. Same goes for the Destino Siglo too. At $18 each, I can find better cigars cheaper. If you paid more than that each, I'm sorry.

As of now I am smoking a My Father #3 that has a tight draw with cocoa and some mild pepper in it as well as some doughy notes. I stopped by CI this afternoon for a travel humidity pack, those sticks are coming shortly!, and they had some Viaje on hold for me. The new C4 being one of them. I will be giving them a shot this week...sometime!

Oh, everyone get prepared for a Karma from me of the Montecristo punch cutter that was discussed earlier in this thread. I'm not sure how it's going to go yet, but be prepared!

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The Shark, 77, is the best Viaje that Fuente has, in my opinion. There really isn't anything special that justifies the price though. Same goes for the Destino Siglo too. At $18 each, I can find better cigars cheaper. If you paid more than that each, I'm sorry.

Agreed - even my B&M in MN, which is often way overpriced, were selling them to me around $13 to $14.

Never had the vieja but online the hemmingways are 5-7$ a stick. Id say its a better option and still my go to.

At least until i find the tautajes. Then we'll see. When i first started someone gave me a cohiba siglo 4. Was very awesome. So then i was smoking cohiba red dot at 14-15 a pop. Definately not worth it but i was far from even an amatuer then.

Ok tautajes are en route. Vercuso and hermoso. Also got 10 short stories cause, u know.

Tried an Ave Maria Reconquista a couple days ago. Daaaaamn, full flavor but smooth, perfect draw and burn.

Goat, I was FINALLY able to get to the post office today. Your package is inbound and expected to arrive Friday, tracking # 9505511107865182585426. I truly am sorry it took so long to get these out to you. I hope you enjoy them, as they are a few of my favorite sticks.

Taking the evening off today. I found this Opus X Perfecxion 4 in the bottom of my humidor. No time like the present to fire it up.

Very nice petr

Davidoff fans here? This is a stick that I do not know much about, but my local B&M sent out a note that they have been designated as an appointed Davidoff Merchant and would be receiving sticks today.

Any recommendations?

Got to try an HVC Edicion Especial 2015 yesterday, guys this stick was so good I went back and bought another - the best description I can give it would be smoking a pack of Big Red chewing gum - just a really cool cinamon flavor to the smoke during retrohale.

Forgot to get a pic of the stick, but here is the label - too new to find a snapshot online yet.

The Davidoff Nicaraguan is excellent but expensive. I don't think it is a good value due to the fact you can get other Nica cigars with similar quality and flavors for 33% less.

The Davidoff Dominican were the top non cubans in the 90s. They are medium bodied at best I have only had a few of these but they Also make AVO in Dom Rep. If they carry Davidoff they will carry AVO. I still like an AVO once in a while and their prices are much more reasonable.

If you are looking to recommend a cigar to a novice, Davidoff and AVO are excellent recommendations.