With hundreds of different cigars being produced by Rocky and k. whore every year, it's a wonder that there's enough sh*tty tobacco left over for companies like gran habano and drew estates to continue existing...

opelmanta1900 wrote:

With that said, the only RP I still have left is a single OR Winter Blend, which was a gift from John. I've had the pleasure of smoking half a dozen of them, and they where fantastic. It shows he COULD make good and even great cigars if he actually wanted to. Sad.

Mrs. dpnewell wrote:

I loved several RP cigars about a decade back. If he changed the wrapper on the Decade, that's a shame. Haven't tried any newer efforts, as I have enough stash, but the OWR maddie was always good (actually bought a box of 50 of them years back; they are gone now). Love the 2013 and the Decade Cameroon. His CI Legends version was actually pretty good, and the Edge were good back in the day (the original Sumatra extension was really, good, but I haven't tried one in a long time). Always liked the Sungrown, but have not gotten around to trying the maddie fiver I have aging. The 15 year was decent, 20th better.

One thing I have noticed is that none of the cigars he puts another person's name on (Hamlet, Nish) are worth a damn. IIRC, CA ratings back me up on that. I avoid any RP cigar that doesn't have RP's name on it solo. BTW, the ITSF was always better in the maddie wrapper. Have a fiver of the re-boot, but until I'm feeling better, won't know if they are any good. The original ITSF maddie was a good cigar at a bargain price. The natties were never any good, IMO.

pacman357 wrote: