.....This is what I have gotten out of some of the smokes I have sent, or will send to Jim.
.....PUEBLO DOMINICANO TORO (6.5" x 50) = UNDERCROWN ROBUSTO (5" x 54) The PUEBLO has a bit less flavor. A flavor that is VERY Similar.
.....PERDOMO CUBAN BULLET CHURCHILL (7" x 50) = CAMACHO 1962 PRE-EMBARGO TORO (6" x 48) Could not tell the difference. Actually liked the CUBAN BULLET better.
.....LA CUNA HABANO BIN.85 SALOMON (7.1" x 58) has a nice Habano wrapper and is a smooth, creamy medium smoke. Other BIN.85 sizes like this Churchill, have a Connecticut wrapper, and are a completely different cigar and not worth a 2nd smoking.
.....the current batch of GURKHA DOBLE MADURO falls way short of older DOBLE sticks I smoked from my GURKHA Cigarniavore in the spring.
.....read that due to lack of sales PADILLA 1948 and SERIE '68 are, or will be discontinued to make room for new blends according to Padilla. Don't see 1948 offered here much anymore. Love SERIE '68.
.....CARLOS TORANO LOYAL & GURKHA FUERTE are not to good.
.....ROCKY PATEL CARGO is not good at all.
.....PINAR DEL RIO RESERVA LIMITADA & MAN O WAR RUINATION are very good.
.....SIGLO LIMITED RESERVE ain't nothing special either.
.....PUEBLO DOMINICANO, MAN O WAR RUINATION, CAMACHO TRIPLE MADURO, 5 VEGAS CLASSIC, & LA HERENCIA CUBANA age very well.
.....won The Horn Oâ Plenty Super-Premium Sampler last month.
5 - 5 Vegas Relic Perfecto (5.75" x 54)
5 - La Gloria Cubana Wavell (5" x 50)
5 - Fonseca Serie âFâ Robusto (5" x 52)
5 - Rocky Patel Puro Cubano Robusto (5.5" x 50),
.....and I got it today. Full of very yellow cello smokes. Nice surprise. Some fine tasting, aged cigars. The FONSECA SERIE 'F' fuerte was very good. Perfect burn and draw with nice mildly spiced, natural tobacco flavor.