engletl wrote:The old Signature and Virtuoso we every good smokes.
I haven't bought any since they sold to General
Just got a fiver of Virtuosos recently, the first one was plugged, they really need to rest a bit after ashing the second. Pretty disappointing for a Torano. The 50 years I have in the Cuban Toro have been excellent.
I have a part of a box left of the Exodus 1959 I've been sitting on for about 10 years, old blend so I guess I better smoke the sparingly.
The blend changes after selling to General are a disappointment. Blend changes to a perfectly good blend are a BAD idea, chases brand loyalists away. Look at Camacho, they are such a radical departure from the EIROA Camacho's, the 'New & Bold' blend specifically the Corojo is a big dud they bear no resemblance to the Corojo cigars that the Eiroas did such a great job with when they revived the all but defunct Camacho. They put that brand back on the map in the early to mid 90's and they were fantastic, that revival really introduced stronger full flavor cigars to the market in the boom.