What Cigar are You Smoking? 2023
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I've ignored Graycliff cigars since I first began haunting the online cigar auctions, because it was widely known that while being top-shelf cigars when they were rolled in Bahamas at the Graycliff resort, that had largely been outsourced to various factories and a slew of cheap pretenders started showing up with the Graycliff label attached. After so many disparaging reviews, I wrote the brand off as something not worth my time or dollars.
Fast forward to about a year ago, I read a discussion on the now-defunct Cigar Family forum where a couple folks whose palates I respected were talking about how good the original Graycliff Espresso series was. I looked around online and found a ton of retailers selling the familiar old imitators, but a couple retailers who were selling Graycliff that were apparently NOT knockoffs or pretenders to the throne. After a bunch of hemming and hawing, I got a sampler from SBC of three each of their Graycliff "Black Prince" Espresso blend and "White Night" Crystal blend.
The picture above is one of the "White Nights" (I tore the second band off declaring them as such). This is a phenomenal cigar, every bit as good as, say, an aged Davidoff Millennium. There is obviously some very special, unique, and well-aged cigar in the guts of this thing. I figured it was Indonesian, but the spotty info online actually suggests it might be Greek tobacco that is granting me a new experience.
Long story short (too late), these are grand cigars and I hope they are made for a very long time. Last night, I tried one of the Black Prince cigars and it was easily one of the best cigars I've had in years and years, even better than this White Night. Again, quite unique, and made with obviously aged, very high quality tobacco blended to perfection.
I've already ordered a few more Black Princes and if I get a relatively consistent experience, I will be adding a lot more to my humidors. These are not cigars to smoke while mowing the lawn or carrying on with friends - they demand one's full attention. Absolutely worth trying if you like aged cigars and a complex experience that challenges your palate.
Got several Graycliffs in my humidor, good smokes!
YoT celebrating another week of life shot to hell working for a living. Happy Friday!
El Prestigio (My Cigar Pack exclusive). Very nice, indeed. Superbly constructed cigar!
Hope the start of your weekend is harmonious! Herrera Esteli, Brazilian and the remnants of some Famous Grouse from the previous Rusty Nail (Scotch and Drambuie with a big cube). 
Earlier in the evening I smoked a La Aroma de Cuba Mi Amor
CAO Brazilia Gol! I think CAO gets overlooked sometimes. These and the flathead series are fantastic cigars.
It’s 69 degrees out. Enjoying the porch today with a La Gloria Cubana Serie R Esteli Maduro No. Fifty-Six, 7" x 56.
2010 Cazzies while shooting sporting clays
Since LGC seems to be the thing today.
So few left, LGC 2s some 70s some 80s and one 90s, since i own them i think an 80s for the halibut
So few left, LGC 2s some 70s some 80s and one 90s, since i own them i think an 80s for the halibut
La Herencia Cubana Oscuro Fuerte. Damn it I love this cigar. Only 18 left, need to order more!
Lampert Cigars Don Patron Toro. Not bad, but not my thing. I’m forcing myself to smoke through some of the stuff that I don’t prefer that’s been taking up space in the humidor.
Toscano Garibaldi, and accompanied by man's best friend.![IMG_5716[7587].jpg](https://pipesmagazine.com/forums/data/attachments/213/213721-067349e528cfb3f0ba5d069bc19d7e09.jpg "IMG_5716[7587].jpg")
Going to have a Southern Draw Soli deo Gloria Jacob’s Ladder Robusto, 5.5" x 54 on the porch and soak up some sun before plastering the ceiling in a room upstairs.
