herfsnipe
Sunday, August 1, 2004 7:29:00 AM
Anyone had these before? Should get mine this week, and I'm just wondering. I won the Green Label. Thanks
Slimboli
Sunday, August 1, 2004 7:55:00 AM
The 'Green Label' is made by Rolando Reyes of Puros Indios ...

White Label --- Christian Eiroa of Camacho ...

Blue Label --- Manuel Quesada of Matasa ...

Red Label --- by Nick Perdomo of Tabacalera Perdomo ...

I read in CI's catalog that about a year ago ... they asked these four top manufacturers to create, blend and roll the finest cigar they could make for a retail price of under $5 or under, and true to CI's style, they marked them below $3 per cigar.

Let us know how it is!

Ridgerunner65
Sunday, August 1, 2004 9:32:00 AM
The 'Green Label' is pretty much as described.
mydsooner
Sunday, August 1, 2004 7:02:00 PM
I have two boxes of the Reds and they...uh......suck! Man do they suck! Might as well roll up a peice of shag carpet and smoke it. Just my .02

jeezy peezy!

Jeff

Slimboli
Sunday, August 1, 2004 7:11:00 PM
... and those were made by ...

... uh ...

... oh ... never mind.

bassdude
Sunday, August 1, 2004 8:08:00 PM
Thanks to Jose I sampled a red and a white. One was very good the other OK for a yard gar. I smoked both while fishing and have no clue which one I preferred.
RussellKaufmann
Sunday, August 1, 2004 8:27:00 PM
I have smoked all four.

The best is the Perdomo version, it has an exceptional depth of taste and has one of the best looking wrappers taht I have ever seen. I purchased about 6 boxes of these babies and look forward to seeing them age.

Next, IMO, is the Camacho version. It is probably the strongest as it kicked me back and forth. If you like Camacho products, you will love this fantastic smoke. It really was tough to break the white and red into number one and two.

Third is the Purios version. It is a very nice smoke and I still highly recommend it. The flavor profile is very much inline with other Purios cigars.

Last, but definitely not least is the MATASA version. I like it very much, but the competition was just too fierce. If you buy them and don't like them, I will gladly destroy each one of them for you no matter how long it takes me.

Da-Glyde
Sunday, August 1, 2004 10:32:00 PM
Slim, I get it. hehe

GIG'em

gerber
Monday, August 2, 2004 2:34:00 PM
I've tried them all and found all four to be very tasty, complex, and exceptionally well made. Hope CI will be offering samplers again for folks like me that can't afford the full boxes.
pabloescabar
Monday, August 2, 2004 2:57:00 PM
hey Jeff, you have a way with them's words.

Im chocking on the shag...

pabloescabar
Monday, August 2, 2004 3:00:00 PM
choking...

I say.

DiceMan
Tuesday, August 3, 2004 12:07:00 AM
Got the whites. OTT not bad, showing some promise. Time will tell after I get the humidity down
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Tuesday, August 3, 2004 3:30:00 AM
Shag it baby!!!!
jbearclaw
Saturday, August 7, 2004 5:20:00 PM
I have a box of whites and I love them. A little young, but damn good. I'm a Camacho fan. I love them all.