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What is a Belinda
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phenix007 Offline
#1 Posted: Thu, Sep 11 2003, 3:28 AM EST
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Help please....last nite had a darn good smoke..and didn't know exactly what it was or I embarrassed to say...don't exactly know where I got it...I think as a bonus stickin a past trade..Anyway...about 6x48 beautiful dark wrapper...band looked similiar to Padron...brown with white letters....Called a Belinda...by Menendez...don't believe I've seen them on cbidor heard discussed on the board...anybody help me out...I may have gotten it from
WER....Tony...Or HockeyDad....would sure like some more...my email bohncarlathotmail...Thanks
chipslave Offline
#2 Posted: Thu, Sep 11 2003, 3:35 AM EST
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Here is a review of them:

Belinda is a rich, heavy-bodied, handmade Cuban-style cigar in keeping with it's proud lineage. Silky Sumatra wrappers, grown under the perpetually overcast sky of Ecuador, are combined with mature, long filler, Havana Seed tobaccos from the famed La Meca farm on the Rio Jagua in Spanish Honduras to re-create the characteristic taste of the fine Havanas of pre-Castro Cuba.

If you are looking to buy them, try a Google search...
chipslave Offline
#3 Posted: Thu, Sep 11 2003, 3:37 AM EST
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phenix007...

e-mail me at [email protected] I know where you can get boxes for a good deal.
phenix007 Offline
#4 Posted: Thu, Sep 11 2003, 3:39 AM EST
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Thanks Clip....I just thought of doing a thread search here and found some info too...I think it must have been the Esquitos...ever come up on cbid??are the hard to find or is it prbable to find them on trade board???
ikonoklast7 Offline
#5 Posted: Thu, Sep 11 2003, 5:18 AM EST
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Belinda is one of the old Cuban brands...and may still be made in Cuba today. I'm not sure.
SteveS Offline
#6 Posted: Thu, Sep 11 2003, 5:42 AM EST
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What an incredible coincidence ...

I too was gifted with one of these a while back and I smoked it on Mon evening ... a very good smoke, it was a 6x50 but I only know that from having found them in a Google search ... what surprised me most was the price on these puppies ... it's pretty rare that I like a new cigar as much as I did that one and learn that it's a bargain to buy ...

Not entirely sure how long the one I smoked had been aging ... I've had it for months and can't even remember where I got it ... who knows how long it'd been aging before it was given to me? ... so, it may be that right OTT, these leave a little to be desired and aging is a critical factor ... we'll see.

BTW ... although I found several sources, all of them are backordered on the 6x50 size ...

Slimboli Offline
#7 Posted: Thu, Sep 11 2003, 5:47 AM EST
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I did a 'Google' Search, and came up with all kinds of info on the Belinda ...

The Belinda is a classic Cuban brand forgotten by Havana, but was made by the master expatriate Cuban cigar maker, Estelo Padron, in Honduras.

This is a well-aged smoke with a rich, nutty flavor of medium body. Not only tasty, but also an exceptional value.

One site said that they are not longer being made ... and when supplies run out, they will be gone forever.
redsquid Offline
#8 Posted: Thu, Sep 11 2003, 9:06 AM EST
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My favorite local shop just got these in (the ammo can of 100). I had been itchin' to try these,and they were quite cheap. I'm not sure if it was the natural or the maduro (kinda like Padrons' regular line). It was very good, but came across very flat. I attribute this to having just finished my first Hemmingway though, and there was no contest. I really knew better, but the curiosity just got the better of me. I would consider a box (or ammo can) of these. I have higher hopes for the Belinda Black though.
redsquid Offline
#9 Posted: Thu, Sep 11 2003, 9:08 AM EST
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And I haven't heard anything about them being discontinued. That would be crummy.
GTofMurphy Offline
#10 Posted: Thu, Sep 11 2003, 9:30 AM EST
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The Belinda "Black" is a great smoke. I am on my 2nd box. This is the normal Belinda fill with the wraper that is used on the Partagas "Black"
GT
Slimboli Offline
#11 Posted: Thu, Sep 11 2003, 10:14 AM EST
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Padron uses a Partagas wrapper on the Belinda Black?
phenix007 Offline
#12 Posted: Thu, Sep 11 2003, 10:50 AM EST
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Thanks to clipsave ...I got a source from him and have ordered a box of 20....price was too good to be true..as a note it is a Belinda Black...they have several vitolas that are very similiar in size...I only hope they are the same blends....price ranging from 30-45 bucks...If I got the correct one ...what a buy...
tonester666 Offline
#13 Posted: Thu, Sep 11 2003, 10:52 AM EST
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Glad you liked it. I received several in a trade and was able to part with one.
chipslave Offline
#14 Posted: Thu, Sep 11 2003, 10:52 AM EST
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behold the power of google! :)
phenix007 Offline
#15 Posted: Thu, Sep 11 2003, 10:59 AM EST
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Tony...it was you and I thought so....gifted me a little jewel...did you get my follow-up drop????I just ordered some Belinda Prominentes,,,do you know if that was it????You are in line for my next find...phenix
redsquid Offline
#16 Posted: Thu, Sep 11 2003, 11:02 AM EST
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Both the Partagas and Belinda use a Medio Tiempo (sp?) wrapper. Whether they are from the same source is unclear. Everthing I have heard is that they are very similar, if not in fact the same.
tonester666 Offline
#17 Posted: Thu, Sep 11 2003, 11:26 AM EST
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I had 2 sizes not sure which I sent. Never received a second drop. Do we still have a trade pending?
phenix007 Offline
#18 Posted: Thu, Sep 11 2003, 11:26 AM EST
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Found it a notch or two milder than the Partagas i've tried...but full creamy smoke.
phenix007 Offline
#19 Posted: Thu, Sep 11 2003, 11:31 AM EST
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Oh yea ...let me go back and check my saved e-mails and see what we were doing....it's be really hectic and crazy around here lately both work and home....we'll pick up the trade then...just remembered why no 2nd drop...I haven't gotten the Pearls that I wanted to send you too(from a previous trade)...I'll catch up and send some stuff to you...Carl
phenix007 Offline
#20 Posted: Thu, Sep 11 2003, 11:32 AM EST
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oop... my posst is aimed at tonester
wer Offline
#21 Posted: Fri, Sep 12 2003, 2:56 PM EST
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I just got back into town and of course, what do I immediately do..? check out cbid.

I sent you one of these in our recent trade Carl. It was an Exquisito. Glad you liked it.

Your end arrived in good shape too. Thanks much.
phenix007 Offline
#22 Posted: Sun, Sep 14 2003, 2:16 AM EST
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Wer thanks a bunch...I've bot a box on line ..let me knowif you can use a couple..Carl
kccody Offline
#23 Posted: Mon, Sep 15 2003, 10:14 AM EST
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SteveS

I sent you the Belinda Black when I sent you those Xquisitos to try out. At the time I sent it I had only had them a little over a month.
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