Got it as a gift from a friend returning from a recent trip to Canada. Doubted it's authenticity until I smoked it and it had the ISOM's distinct taste. Smoked wonderfully! Even burn, nice full-bodied taste, great aroma. (Got two ashes from the entire smoke, each about 2 and 1/2 inches long) Then I got to the middle, the aroma became stenchy, but the flavor held up! Smoked the stinky stick till it became a nub burning my fingers. Upon post-smoke autopsy (a ritual of mine), I saw how masterfully these were made! The silky rosado wrapper wound it's way around the stick 1 and 1/2 times, there were 2 binders, and the filler was uniformly rolled! I have never dissected a cigar this well-made. Compared to other ISOMs, it would rank as a close number two pick, after the Cohiba Esplendido (when I get a real one). Falls short on complexity when compared to the Cohiba.

If you want more, email me for the website. Honestly ... I found a company in England that is HIGHLY reputable, and WILL ship to the U.S. Fairly reasonable prices too (considering) ... they offer about 20 different makers of genuine cuban cigars ... and will sell singles, 3-packs, 5-packs, 10-packs and boxes. I thought it was too good to be true, but it's the real deal! If interested, email me at [email protected]. You've got to check out there site ...

I must give hhjr71 credit for this site. He is the one who actually led me to them ... I'm sure he will answer any questions you may have, as he has bought from them also ...

site is great , large selection and definitly authentic and if i remeber correctly there was no shipping charges unless its a large order,, they screwed up once to and sent me about 3 to 4 hundreds dollars of cigars ment for somone else , not bad considering my order was only about thirty bucks , shh , dont tell them i didnt , lol

And, don't forget to stop in on the Taste Testers of the Month featuring for the month of September.......yours truly!. (and a few good Cuban Montecristo #4's)....Brent

...can't wait to see you there! I'll tell you right now ... you've got my vote 😉