Re: The biggest waste of money cigar for 2009
 

Yeah I am mixed up....thanks for the correction! They both start with La.....after that I get confused...however, all the LADC blends are Pepin now, not just the EE.

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Everything from my CAO sampler that I've tried so far. The only things I have left are an America (which I do like), Brazilia, and MX2. Everything else I've had from them is just blah, nothing to write home about and I certainly won't be buying any I've tried again.

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Alec Bradley tempus. Not a bad smoke, but just not what I expected for the price. I tried a few different sizes and they just didn't do it for me.

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That odd, I love the Wavell maddies.

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Anything Perdomo let me down this past year. Tastes like grass.

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In my experience, nearly every Tatuaje product needs to rest for several months if not longer. Some people like them fresh I suppose, which is why he releases them as such, but I think they're better rested.

The first time I had an El Triunfador, I was VERY underwhelmed. It just didn't have much flavor. Then I had one with a year of age ... WOW, what a difference! The same basic flavors were there, but just a lot stronger and it was a really, really great cigar.

Like the La Riqueza, the El Triunfador is best on a clean palate.

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:tpd: Agree with Dan on this one. Way too much hype for an average stick.

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nuff said, really wish I could have seen that! :r:r:r

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All you folks hatin' on Opus can send your failed investments to me. :ss

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Please try an ESV 91 connie...I agree on the rest of the Perdomos.

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Ill have to try it. Everything else is garbage, IMO.

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Old blend.

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:tpd::D

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have you had the Habano maduro? I think it's wonderful!

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Really. You might check your humidification, as grass is seldom an adjective used to describe Nicaraguan tobacco.

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Opus X. Massively over-hyped, nothing more than a "meh" smoke with a great marketing machine.

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I am going to have to say the entirety of the Arturo Fuente lines...every year, I give the Opus a couple of chances...I remember them from 2001-2003 and absolutely LOVING them...now they suck more than Tiger Woods at keeping things secret...The Anejo still tastes like a charcoal briquet...and damned do I miss the good days of the Don Carlos line! The whole Chateau series puts me too sleep....I guess I do not like the Fuente stuff anymore...perhaps my taste buds have moved on...

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:jd Remind me not to shop at your B&M. :r

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Nub Connie

(or is that older than 2009 -- I'm n00b)

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I really enjoyed these as well especially the torps

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Hesitant to admit....but I had a Tatuaje Cojonu I'd been saving on New Year's Eve, and I just didn't get it....found it to be boring. Could have been the atmosphere, or what I was drinking...but I was disappointed.

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Same here. Bigger joke than Nubs.

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That was the First box i bought from a B&M. Loved every minute of them! Got them right before SCHIP hit and they sold me a box for a C-note... That's cheap considering at the time CI sold them for the same price! :tu

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G3 Gurkha...Didnt like the taste from the start to end

Re: The biggest waste of money cigar for 2009
 

Never wasted money on a cigar. Even when I bought a bad one the money was well spent learning I would never buy another and that I could pass on that knowledge to my friends. Bought at 3 pack of White Owl Peach, and to see the expression on Huy's face as he smoked it was priceless!

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I used to smoke a lot of Fuente stuff but as my tastes changed and I tried other cigars I found I do not like Dominican tobacco as a general rule. I still like an aged WOAM & Anejo 46 & 77.

My biggest disappointments have been any Tat, major hype little substance. I love Nic tobacco but these just don't do it for me. I did have a El Triunfador that was good but the others left me thinking.

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Me too. One of my all tiem favorites, and about $4 a stick, too.

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I dont go for the new hot sticks any more. I wander around the stuff that has a good following.

I land on one, smoke a box or two, then move onto something else, smoke a box or two.

The most overrated thing I smoked was a freebie. I got an MX2 from the rep. Eh. Nothing to get worked up over.

Something I did like but is way over priced was the Zin Scepter series.

They were nice sitting a relaxing with a beer or bourbon cigars but priced like they were celebration cigars.

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Every Cain I smoked (3 different ones), the Drac & Liga T52.

I've only been smoking since Dec 2008, so everything was new for me in 2009. That's a short list for as many cigars as I smoked. OH...and an OR Opus RdC at a charity herf in Kingston, NY last summer. Amazing herf!!! (major kudos to the crew at Uptown Cigar, and all who pitched in) But all of the Opus OR's turned out to be fakes. Good thing...cause I wasn't impressed... :r

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For realz? I've been wanting badly to try one of the lanceros. Now you done gone and busted my bubble.

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Yeah, I love a good deal of what Tatuaje has to offer. But for some reason I didn't like these. To me they tasted of chalk. The inhale was pleasant but the exhale left a very chalk like taste.

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I think they are talking about the new ones, not the old lanceros. Those are damn good. Haven't had the new ones yet.

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I am talking about all of them. From the original release to the recent ones. Fresh, aged, and new release. IME, all have had a chalky aftertaste to them.

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just curious if it was the '09 or the '03

The '09 was one of my favorite NCs of the year and by far my favorite Tat of all time. I bought a '03 hoping for the same result and was really disappointed. It tasted just like a regular Tat brown without any sharpness to the flavor. Dull and sweet would be a perfect description.

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Didn't like the one I had either. And I'm a huge Tat whore

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I missed this one on my list. I chucked the 09 about 2/3's into it. Maybe I'll try one again if it's given to me.

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Liga Privada and Tatuaje were boring for me.
Major hype but they just do not do it for me.

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Illusione CG4
With all they hype, I wasted a good $8 that I know I could have bought 2 less expensive sticks and had 3times the flavor.

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It was the '03 JJG. I've found that cigars are a lot like wine in many ways. For example, I can have a wine one time and it can taste completely different the next time. It depends on so many factors.

Re: The biggest waste of money cigar for 2009
 

I too was underwhelmed at the Liga Privada no.9 especially given it’s pricetag!

Was a good smoke, just not a good 12 dollar smoke.

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Hated the Liga Privada #9 and a Dunhill signed range tubo. I didn't even bother to finish either one.

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I am surprised a few of you disliked the Liga Privada #9 so much.
This is one of my Top 5 favorite smokes!
It does suck that they cost as much as they do!

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So far, most isoms that I've had have been overpriced, in my opinion. Though I'll admit I've still not had very many. A number of BOTLs have gifted/traded me some in recent months, though, so I think 2010 will be full of further research :)

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I agree--I love the LP#9. It's one of my Top Ten for 2009. Though I too wish they went on special occasionally.

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They were ok but do not demand the price paid IMO.

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Just shows you different strokes for different folks...probably my favorite new cigar (to me) of 2009

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I also think that graycliff is kind of a rip...

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The #1 Cigar for 2009....
The 1964 Padron Family Reserve 45th Anniversario

Definitely not worth the $25.00.........

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Andretti, Joya de Panama, Tobaccos Baez SF, Casa Magna Oscuro.

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In 09, for me it was the Oliva V Maduro... Terrible cigar...