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It's been a solid year and a half...I wanted to resurrect this and get everyone opinions on what they are currently thinking.

If I had to pick two

'98 Partagas Charlotte
'98 Partagas Decada Limited Reserve No. II

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Partagas Dunhill Selection #777.

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Por Larranaga Dunhill #32. 99 pts. Havent had the perfect cigar yet.

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Unfortunately, I never found another 100 pointer, Bob. :(

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Have to say that my heaven stick is a cohiba VI...

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Someday my friend, someday. :banger

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I would still say that the Oliva V is as close to perfect as I have ever had but I would also add the Perdomo2 Maduro in robusto size. Both very tasty and consistant.

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I would have to say the CoRo; it's the stick that sent me down the "Dark Side" of the slope.

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Every single stick from my box of 08 Sig IIs has been spot on delicious.

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I'm currently blazing through a cab of the '09s; as a matter of fact, I nubbed one last night! They rock!

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I have 3: Padron 1926 #2 natural, Anejo, Opus X petite lancero (3-4 yrs old)

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A ten year old Esplendido and an '02 Opus Fuente Fuente

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No question about it: Cohiba Gran Reserva!

Now if you are asking about an affordable 100 point cigar, then I would go with Padron 45th Anniversary Maduro or a Padron 80th Anniversary Maduro.

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Padron 26 or Bolivar PC. Not that those are 100 point but its is as close as it has come for me....

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I haven't tried many cigars, since my local shop doesn't have EVERY brand and I usually can't afford the quantities to make buying online worthwhile, but out of the ones I've had so far, the closest I've had to perfect are the Padron 64 Maduro and the Tatuaje Havana VI. I like the Oliva V, but if I can get either of the others, I do. I also had a box of Cain Habano 550's, and out of the whole box, there were like 3 - 5 actually good ones that could've easily gotten a 98, but the rest were 90's or high 80's

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CAO MX3 with about 6 months time on it....:dr :dr

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Only one for me was a Siglo VI.

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Never had what I would call a 100 point cigar yet.

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Padron 64 or a Fuente Hemingway(wrapper really doesn't matter, though the maduro has maybe a slight edge over the natural). I don't think its possible for there to be a bad cigar from either line.

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Had several very close to 100 point cigars:

08 Party Short
Opus X Perfeccion X with a couple of years of age

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I don't believe in 100 pt (or "Perfect in every way") cigars, but the Cohiba Gran Reserva was the closest I have come....so far...

~brooks

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first the story:in '02(my last day in cuba) poked around the lcdh for 3/4 of an hour with nothing catching my eye.just about gave in to my fallback choix(erdm grandes d espana). i then spotted 4 boxes of bolivar coronas from '98 and without a second thought got em. smoked a box in '03 '04 and '05. the last one remains sealed and deeply buried somewhere.

now the review:to this day they are still the best cigars i have ever smoked...every box was "the best cigars i have smoked"...they will remain my 100 point cigars untill someday something better comes along.

derrek :hm

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I have never had a 100 point cigar and in a way hope I never do. I would want to smoke them exclusively and probably couldn't afford 'em!!!

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Sounds fantastic brother! :tu
Great year for those smokes. Hopefully by the time you break into that last box something will come along to take its place.

I don't have a 100 point cigar either but as far as smokes that have consistently performed at a high level for me, it would have to be the '04 crop of VR Farmies. Those were fantastic and perfectly suited for my tastes. I can't even recall how many bundles I smoked through in '05 and '06 but it was a lot.

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ANY Arturo Fuente Anejo

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It is fascinating to see the wide selection here, a few that I have not tried but will one day like the 1492 and the 777 that is so highly touted by the Admiral and Nino.

As I look back I can not think of a 100 point cigar really however if you take into account the where and with whom I can easily say the '26 Belli I enjoyed with some friends in Cuzco, Peru and the '99 Lancero I had one night in Trinidad with a buddy were definately 100 point experiences.
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They exist. Honest. :)

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I had a dusty old White Owl once that was pretty amazing. Don't really know if it was the cigar, the age (older than me and that's old. Not a old as Sailor but old) or the fact that a brother here thought enough of me to give me one.

I'll never find a 100 pt cigar cuz I have the taste buds of a goat.

All I know is when I fire one up and something inside makes me think, damn, that's a nice smoke! It's all good by me.

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Padron 1964 Imperial Maduro. Padron 45th Maduro is on that list as well.

I love those cigars, if I could afford it I'd smoke them everyday. Has anyone else noticed that a lot of vendors are out of various sizes of the 1964? Wonder if there is a shortage of them, or vendors just aren't stocking boxes anymore due to the high cost.

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To me that is what really counts:tu

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:tpd: I Have to agree with this whole heartedly! I love reading thru this thread. The list of smokes to try has grown significantly!:tu

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I agree with Brooks that I haven't met the "100 Point Cigar" yet, and perhaps shouldn't.

But I've come close, twice, both in the last month, actually. I had the pleasure of smoking a Bolivar Petite Corona from '98, and that was really a "perfect cigar" in the sense that I couldn't have asked for anything that it didn't give me, and then some. I'm still a noob in the CC world, and have had so many bad ones that I'd really given up. But this has renewed my interest :)

The second was my first Padron Anny 40th Maduro. The most expensive cigar I've ever smoked, but also one of the very best. I was expecting it to be good (love the '64 line), but this thing still managed to WOW me! Just loved the sweetness of the first third.

Other "always do the trick" sticks for me are:

Tatuaje Verocu East/West Coast
Tatuaje Black (jar)
Tatuaje Boris
Liga Privada T-52
Liga Privada #9 Flying Pig
PAN/PAM '64

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I've gone through almost 3 boxes of Bolivar Legendario RE Switzerland. Consistently close to perfect. In fact, I think I'll go light one up now :tu :tu

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Well I never have had a cigar I rated the perfect 100 .. I rated the Padron 1964 Exclusivo Natural that was 10 years old a 99 out of 100. It was awesome ! Then the other cigar I rate a 99 is a Partagas 150B . And another one rated 99 would be a Opus X Perfection X that was 8 years old.

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I've smoked several of great cigars but none has been an "end all be all" to me. I don't think there would be one......everyones tastes are different.

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Until recently I had never hit the perfect 100. Several 99s... But never a 100.

My first and only 100 is the LG Diez Small Batch #3. Freakin' stellar!
In a close second: LFD DL700 Maduro
Third: LFD Coronado

There are numerous others that deserve high ratings, but none have been as perfectly consistent as the ones listed. That or I haven't smoked enough of them to label them as 100s. I have NEVER had a single bad stick of the DL700 or coronado... and I've smoked more than a box worth of each. The LG is new to me... I picked up 3 a few days ago and it WOWed the hell out of me. Each one was perfectly consistent and stellar!

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Just had a Murcielago Rothschild this morning that was absolutely phenomenal and I would consider to be a 100 point cigar.

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I may have a slightly different opinion on the whole 100 point thing. I think a cigar hits a 100 points for me if it's a true representation of a certain flavor profile, and of course burns fairly well. I call these 'perfect cigars'. They don't have to compete with each other, be overly complex or expensive, nor be physically beautiful, just deliver the goods in the smoking department. I have a lot of these but off the top of my head:

Tat black CG and robusto
Tat noella and noella reserva
La Riqueza 5 and petite robusto
Frank and Boris

DPG blue robusto
DPG black robusto
DPG JJ robusto

Illusione cg:4
Illusione 68
Epernay robusto

Oliva v belicoso
09 V maduro
Cain F robusto

Monte 2's that are on...

There's more, but that's a quick list...

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never had a 100 pointer either, but the more recent cigars to come out of Cuba have been some of the best I've ever smoked.

my top 3:

'08 Vegas Robaina Famosos/Familiars
'08/'09 H. Upmanns (all of them)
'04 Partagas Shorts

It just seems like the H. Upmann marca is getting the best tasting tobacco right now, not sure why, but they taste much more rich and complex than most all other CCs I've smoked lately.

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Tough call but for me it would absolutely have to be the Davidoff 100th Anniversary Robusto in the NC world. In the CC world, hands-down, it would have to be the Dunhill Estupendo from 1984.

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Brickhouse

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1492
1994
1983ish RyJ Corona
88 Upmann Sir Winston
70s Cohiba Lancero

My top 5

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My top two rated cigars that I've smoked to date have been:

2009 H Upmann Mag 46
Tatuaje Pork Tenderloin

The H Upmann I had in DBall's BTT and it was the highest rated cigar I had. At 9.9 (or 99 if you want to rate it on the 100 point scale) it was almost perfect in every way except some very minor draw issues at the beginning of the cigar that cleared up.

The Pork Tenderloin I didn't review or rate, but everything about it was amazing. From the beautiful wrapper, the perfect draw, and the amazing flavors, if I had reviewed it I'm sure I would've given it as close to if not a perfect score.

Unfortunately for both of these cigars I only had the one H Upmann for the review and then I only have a 5'er of the Tenderloin :r


The other cigar that is my higher-end, go-to, highly rated, and consistently enjoyable stick, is my box of VSG Sorcerers :tu I fear I'll go through these too quickly though so I only have been smoking one a month or so.

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I consider myself lucky, being both a young cigar smoker and a newer cigar smoker I'm still looking for a good go to brand. The absolute best I have ever experienced was Liga privada 9 by drew estate.

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For NC's, I'm a Fuente whore. Though I haven't had all these tat's/illusiones (I've had 2 tat's and 1 illusione) that a lot of the members seem to be listing. Maybe I need to expand a little.

But my heart (and palate) belongs to cc's. I haven't had a bad one yet. The Boli PC was outstanding. Love the Cohiba flavor profile too. Even the Quinteros are nice smokes.

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Don't know if I can properly rank cigars since I have been smoking for under two years.

My favorites by marca that rank highly with me:

Cohiba: 30th Anniversario from the Jar
Partagas: Dunhill Seleccion Suprema No. 150
Montecristo: Dunhill Seleccion No. 4
H. Upmann: Pre-embargo Monarcas
Dunhill: Atados and Varadero

... and still searching for more :)

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BBC has spoken. :D

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I learned from the Poon! ;)

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Padron 80th

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Give me a 2000 Maddy or Delicias Maddy and I'll be a happy camper. Love them things. Amazing price too.

Haha, post #100 about a 100 point cigar. Coincidence? I think not!