Favorite Cigar?

[Coreios]

So just wondering what everyones all time favorite cigar is, and what's your yard burner when not smoking the pipe.

For me my favorite is the Master Blend III by Oliva. Yard burner is the Vintage 2002 by Gran Habano.

Curious to hear yours.

 

[warren]

Tonight? Believe it or not, I'm smoking a De Nobili so, it's my favorite at the moment. Most often I prefer many brands, Churchill in size. As in pipe blends I have four or six favorites. It's usually dependent on what I had for a repast. And, what I'm drinking at the time.

 

[Coreios]

Tonight? Believe it or not, I'm smoking a De Nobili so, it's my favorite at the moment. Most often I prefer many brands, Churchill in size. As in pipe blends I have four or six favorites. It's usually dependent on what I had for a repast. And, what I'm drinking at the time.

I also enjoy Churchill. I like to get a solid hour or better out of a cigar Churchill fits the bill.

Avanti makes great cigars. I love and keep stocked on De Nobili Fired Cured. Way better than KFC in my opinion. Haven't had one in a while though, been piping more often than not.

 

[shanez]

I'm not sure I have  a favorite overall but one of my overall favorites is Liga Privada T52.

 

[Coreios]

I'm not sure I have  a favorite overall but one of my overall favorites is Liga Privada T52.

That's one of the few I've never had.

 

[TinCup]

There's way too many I haven't tried for an all time favourite but from my limited range then it is the Davidoff Signature 2000, great flavour, aroma and very smooth
For grabbing with a coffee or on the golf range then a Neo Reserve mini cigarillo hits the spot

 

[kcghost]

I just love Bolivars they really do it for me.

 

[AlanH]

My taste change concerning my favorite. I really am enjoying most of the AJ Fernandez blends currently ( with a couple exceptions) right now. For cheap sticks the Oliva seconds are ok. Good call on the Master Blend 3 l I am still not a super experienced cigar guy but is sure do enjoy them. I really enjoy all the wrappers, strengths and vitolas in there time a place. I really want to try a Cuban stick just to say I have

 

[Coreios]

My taste change concerning my favorite. I really am enjoying most of the AJ Fernandez blends currently ( with a couple exceptions) right now. For cheap sticks the Oliva seconds are ok. Good call on the Master Blend 3 l I am still not a super experienced cigar guy but is sure do enjoy them. I really enjoy all the wrappers, strengths and vitolas in there time a place. I really want to try a Cuban stick just to say I have

Closest to a real Cuban is a Cameroon.

 

[craig61a]

Padron 7000

 

[TinCup]

My taste change concerning my favorite. I really am enjoying most of the AJ Fernandez blends currently ( with a couple exceptions) right now. For cheap sticks the Oliva seconds are ok. Good call on the Master Blend 3 l I am still not a super experienced cigar guy but is sure do enjoy them. I really enjoy all the wrappers, strengths and vitolas in there time a place. I really want to try a Cuban stick just to say I have

Just make sure you get a 'decent' one. Just because it's Cuban doesn't mean the quality is good, I've had a few minor irritations/disappointments having to open the draw, leaf unwrapping etc
I'd suggest a Partagas for consistency

I mostly stopped spending my hard earned on Cuban and switched to Davidoff (Dominican) just to make sure the quality could be counted on, as well as everything else you want from a decent cigar

Nice cigars are just too dammed expensive to tolerate any inconsistency

 

[Coreios]

Just make sure you get a 'decent' one. Just because it's Cuban doesn't mean the quality is good, I've had a few minor irritations/disappointments having to open the draw, leaf unwrapping etc
I'd suggest a Partagas for consistency

I mostly stopped spending my hard earned on Cuban and switched to Davidoff (Dominican) just to make sure the quality could be counted on, as well as everything else you want from a decent cigar

Nice cigars are just too dammed expensive to tolerate any inconsistency

I agree with you, too many fakes, and Cubans are over rated anyways. They're only elite because we cant buy them. A lot of better stuff. I like Nicaraguan and Cameroon. Which are a lot like Cubans anyways.

 

[buzkirk]

Favorite, Cuaba Exclusivo

 

[pantsBoots]

Closest to a real Cuban is a Cameroon.

Couldn't disagree more, but different strokes for different folks. The closest I've found to Cubans would be a Corojo/Criollo blend, but those are typically Nicaraguan and the terroir couldn't be more different betwixt Nicaraguan and Cuban.

My favorites for nigh on 15 years have been:
Por Larrañaga Monte Carlos
H Upmann Petit Corona (sadly discontinued, so I ration these)
Ramon Allones Specially Selected (much better aged for 7-10 years, so the raisin notes become more musky and honey)

I'll give some honorable mentions to Fuente and their Hype Machine. They need age like a Cuban, but both the Añejo and Opus are heavenly. The Don Arturo and Angel's Share iterations are the tops and I always buy a handful to put back whenever I run across them in the wild, which is rare.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I have so many cigars that I have enjoyed that I couldn't pick an all time favorite... especially among the Cubans, which I have no idea how to find on my own anyways.
But, for a yard burner... GTO makes a seconds in the criollo leaf that is cheap and I buy by the brick.

 

[Coreios]

I have so many cigars that I have enjoyed that I couldn't pick an all time favorite... especially among the Cubans, which I have no idea how to find on my own anyways.
But, for a yard burner... GTO makes a seconds in the criollo leaf that is cheap and I buy by the brick.

I love bundles. Haven't tried anything from GTO.

 

[kcghost]

If you buy from a non-reputable source Cubans are almost always fake. U.S. customers are usually buying fakes. You buy from a proper provider they are as perfect as God allows a cigar to be. Yes, they are overpriced from a consumer point of view but not from a seller's point of view. Something can't be overpriced if it sells out of the product. There are a number of fine cigars in other countries, but there's only one Cuba.

 

[AlanH]

If you buy from a non-reputable source Cubans are almost always fake. U.S. customers are usually buying fakes. You buy from a proper provider they are as perfect as God allows a cigar to be. Yes, they are overpriced from a consumer point of view but not from a seller's point of view. Something can't be overpriced if it sells out of the product. There are a number of fine cigars in other countries, but there's only one Cuba.

Now you make me want to try one even more

 

[pantsBoots]

If you buy from a non-reputable source Cubans are almost always fake. U.S. customers are usually buying fakes. You buy from a proper provider they are as perfect as God allows a cigar to be. Yes, they are overpriced from a consumer point of view but not from a seller's point of view. Something can't be overpriced if it sells out of the product. There are a number of fine cigars in other countries, but there's only one Cuba.

False. Plenty of legit vendors out there. The vendors that got caught peddling fakes in the 90s and early 00s went out of business because customers talk over the internet and there was little to no sales after that. Almost all fakes come from resorts in 3rd world countries, and private sales. The old "they're usually fake" is from stateside marketing hype circa 1995. It was a scare tactic to try and keep people away from the dark side since 1995 saw the first overseas vendors popping up online to send Cubans to whomever wanted them.

 

[Streeper541]

I haven't smoked a stick in a very long time, but my favorite is the Gurkha Black Dragon. It was a phenomenal smoke.