Mrs. dpnewell wrote:I remember my first Genesis Project back at CigarFest '11 or '12, when it was first introduced. I instantly fell in love with this cigar and recommended to the board. In fact, it was the only cigar here that I actually was willing to pay full price for, which at the time was $59.95 a box. I ran out of these not long after my exile in '14.
Fast forward to today. I recently won some cheap, and smoked my first one in years just a few minutes ago. It was nothing like I remembered. Bitter and harsh. I thought I had read somewhere that the blend was changed. So, my question. Was the blend actually changed during my exile years, or do these just need a very, very long nap?
David (dpnewell)
I bought a few hundred of these in box format, as well as fivers and 10-packs, and samplers.
2012 were the best imho.
The last time I purchased was a few teners in Sept & Oct of 2014, and when I smoked them in 2016/2017 I wasn't impressed. There was a harshness and a cheap acrid taste to them, that was never there before........and they had a long nap when I smoked em!
I also purchased a two boxes in early 2014. Fortunately, those are smoking and tasting great now, but still not as good as 2012. I'm thinking I got lucky with those 2 early 2014 boxes..............maybe they were older stock.
I was a Bueso fan in the old days...............but doubt I'll be buying any more any time soon.