kombat96 wrote:I'm becoming a bigger fan of aj Fernandez stuff. Last 2 years or as he has killed it, great blends and well rolled cigars.
Yeah, when people ask what kind of cigar palate I have, usually I just reply, "AJ Fernandez".
I've found most of his blends improve greatly with time, sometimes to an amazing extent (e.g. the 5-year-old batch of 2012 Diesel Unlimiteds I smoked in 2017 that were all astoundingly good).
I also love his stuff because of the bang-for-buck effect, especially when you're able to ferret out really good deals or win C-Bid auctions ultra-cheaply. I've had cigars of his I got on deals/auctions for only $2.50 that, with some years of aging, easily out-classed $15 cigars from other manufacturers. Unreal.
The man's a cigar blending god, and he's not greedy with his prices. Best part is, he's still very young, and cigar blending isn't like pro sports, it can easily be done by really old men, so we should have him around for decades to come, assuming the FDA doesn't screw us all over soon and ruin the industry in the USA.
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