All different brands. The guy who came up with this whopper of a label idea and sold it so well must be the richest man in Habana. Anyone know the story on these?

If the first, I don't know, you bought them.

If the second, the margins are higher for a slightly differentiated product. Some call it a gimmick. Others call it "iiiiiigottttaaaahaaaveeeittttttt"

Hope that answers your question rick! Hehehe

Yea I bought them. They were on my Partagas D series spec ed. and then I started noticing them on lots of CCs.

Actually I just keep noticing them and was thinking, am I the only one? And why the same band across different brands. Maybe it is the socialist system at work. One band, same band for everyone. No one is better than anyone else. We all use the same band...

They're probably no good.

Best I have had is the HdM torp EL 2003 followed closely by the Cohiba DC EL 2003. the 04 PSD1 was also good, but needed time.

Put special label on cigar

Sell cigar for $16

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I have to respectfully disagree. These are aged wrappers with a completely different blend than what we see normally out of these factories/labels. Enough have sucked, immature/premature, that EL's get a bad rap from some people...but maybe it needed age, and that is the mystery. Many NC's we "expect" an aged product OTT.

When you smoke an EL that is "on" you will know exactly what I am talking about. Then again, so much inconsistency from the island that you really just have to guage how much you are enjoying it and the setting you are in and go from there.

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Hopefully, this helps:

Started in late 2000 or so. Limited production runs. Sizes not ordinarily found in the range of the particular brand(or often even other brands). Often stronger and a bit different flavor than normal brand. Wrappers are carefully selected and come from top of the top of the plant, then are aged at least two years. Made for long-term aging with higher proportion of ligero and seco leafs. Usually semi-plain wooden boxes. Some complaints of draw problems, but one expert says that this is due to insufficient aging. I believe that each LE is produced and released for a total of three years, including its initial year, but may not be right. Recent EL's may include aged filler as well. A rather respected smoker has written that fiends don't let friends buy EL's, or something to that effect. This is likely based upon higher price and some spicier difference in flavor than usual.

(multiple sources)

By this description, I should just keep buying NCs, cuz I get all that good stuff routinely with them. And it tells me that the usual CCs are not "carefully selected" etc.

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As I recall when I bought the EL Partagas Ds I was told they were aged for 2 years. And I bought them thinking, cool, a cc I can buy and actually smoke instead of look at.

DED

they look like bands... 😟