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Gloria Cubana Wavell and Series R
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hnixon12 Offline
#1 Posted: Sun, Aug 5 2018, 1:19 PM EST
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Just tried these on the whim...i like them! good prices too... and at local B and M! only tried a couple so far
Anyone a fan?
cacman Offline
#2 Posted: Sun, Aug 5 2018, 1:32 PM EST
Joined: 07-03-2010
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Like the Wavell Maduro. Used to chain smoke the minuto maduro when they were made.
jespear Offline
#3 Posted: Sun, Aug 5 2018, 4:58 PM EST
Joined: 03-19-2004
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hnixon12 wrote:
Just tried these on the whim...i like them! good prices too... and at local B and M! only tried a couple so far
Anyone a fan?


IIRC, mjtoal's brother used to smoke the LGC "R".
I'll ask his opinion next time I talk to him.
frankj1 Online
#4 Posted: Sun, Aug 5 2018, 9:28 PM EST
Joined: 02-08-2007
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gotta be close to ten years, used to smoke a lot of wavell maddies.
might be time to revisit.
Pudding Mittens Offline
#5 Posted: Sun, Aug 5 2018, 11:15 PM EST
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Some say LGC's quality/flavor is a mere shadow of what it was. If I recall right, Ernesto Carrillo sold it to one of the giant cigar corporations, and many say the product went downhill a lot after that.

My own memory seems to support this, but it's been many years since I had a pre-sellout one. The recent ones I've had haven't been impressive to my palate though.

I'd advise buying a 5-pack or something and evaluating. Don't jump in and buy a box or more at first until you're sure they aren't lame nowadays.
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frankj1 Online
#6 Posted: Mon, Aug 6 2018, 8:43 AM EST
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maybe I won't revisit
DrafterX Offline
#7 Posted: Mon, Aug 6 2018, 8:52 AM EST
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Smoked a bunch of the maduro wavells too... Didn't care for the naturals much... Mellow
midmofan Offline
#8 Posted: Mon, Aug 6 2018, 2:56 PM EST
Joined: 04-25-2014
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The story I read once was that after the sale, Carrillo retained control somehow over the Series R blend but none of the others, hence them coming out with a lot of similar but not quite blends like the Wavell, etc
Cathcam13 Offline
#9 Posted: Mon, Aug 6 2018, 10:25 PM EST
Joined: 01-11-2018
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All I can say is don’t get the serie R Maddies they taste like pepper and cheap tobacco, I like the regular serie R, but this maddies are disgusting.
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