Cigar Aficionado Top 25 for 2011
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Tnt Cigarguy
BoM Jan 12
Really Really............I dont even know how to respond to this.
I hope your just messing with us pete.
If it is true congratulations 2 Alan.
Sucks the cat got let out of the bag early though.
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Cigar Cowboy
BoY...in Hell!!!
Nope I heard the same thing too
Smoked one once. TON of smoke (think Native American smoke signals), really, really peppery, a little sweetness... kind of creamy-ish. It was quite hearty. I could see why the first inch might be good. After that, however, it's just the same thing for however many more inches... I didn't really make a point to remember the size. Taste was consistent, but not very complex from what I recall, then again maybe my palette sucks and I missed something? Which, by the way, is totally feasible.
At any rate, congrats to them. I'm sure they deserved it
No disrespect to Alan Rubin, I like the Tempus, but this may be worse than the 2008 Casa Magna at #1. CA is a joke...
i confoos.
i just got a box and was quite disappointed. like JVB said: boatload of smoke which is fun, i guess, but it was so peppery at initial light that it actually hurt. i felt like i was smoking wasabi. that went away within a 1/4 inch and was replaced with a bunch of intense flavor, but none of it all that good. i got some savory black cherry, but there was so much going on that i think my tongue was confused. to give them the benefit of the doubt, maybe the professional cigar-smokers at CA were able to differentiate the madness, and got a bunch of delicious flavors instead of an overwhelming hubbub.
my cigar buddy only smoked like an inch and a half of his and tossed it. i smoked the whole thing (which took a long time for a robusto) and just thought it was ok, not cigar of the year caliber.
also, like JVB said, it was hearty as heck. i smoke at least one cigar a day, and this still got me buzzed. that hasn't happened with anything else i have smoked in the last year except the 5 vegas relic.
summary: what the heck? AB prensado = not all that good.
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njstone
BoM January 2010
I don't think the 85th was reviewed in time to get on the list.
danthebugman
BoM Nov '10
Cigar Cowboy
BoY...in Hell!!!
Turns out money can buy love
njstone
BoM January 2010
To each his own -- your description actually makes me want to retry the Prensado more than the CA rating! But I like strong cigars.
ciggy
"TommyBoy"
I fail to understand how alot of the cigars made the list...but that is just sad in my honest opinion. Guess my taste buds are far different than those who judged. Number 1...really!?:squinteye
javajunkie
BoM July '12
i am still waiting for CA to post, but if it is true that the AB prensado is the killer of the list, kudos to alan et al.! i think it is a wonderful smoke. i would have liked it IN the top 25, maybe In the top ten, but probably not TOP of all 25. that's what i get for smoking the whole cigar down to the nub like a noob.
Fourtotheflush
BoM Apr 12'
I haven't tried this cigar yet. So I'll reserve my judgement of it being number one until I do.
Its funny because this happens every year where CA builds up this "insert drum roll here" whats going to be #1 only for people to say.. "what, I can't believe that made it in the top 10, even 5!!" At least with the Padron Family Blends, they actually belong there. Think fellas, its all about making consumers happy while still rewarding your best clients. There will always be a Fuente in there as well as a Rocky Patel. I think last year, there was a Camacho in the top 5. Good thing now is that there are actually true review sites like Stogie Review and Halfwheel and forums like ours where you have real reviews/discussions on current and new smokes as well as the "oh yeah remember those" which we find back in the humidor.
Back in the day, there was only CF and ASC with really no review sites.
We always took the top 25 with a grain of salt and yes while its interesting to see what CA decides will be in the top 10 but like any other publication where ads are paid for, there will eventually be a reward. I personally like the fact that my favorite cigars/companies made it into the top 10 but not in the 1 or 2 slot so that there won't be the major shortage that would have happened if they made the #1 or 2 slot when casual or poser smokers go and buy all of them out. G1
Back in the day, there was only CF and ASC with really no review sites.
We always took the top 25 with a grain of salt and yes while its interesting to see what CA decides will be in the top 10 but like any other publication where ads are paid for, there will eventually be a reward. I personally like the fact that my favorite cigars/companies made it into the top 10 but not in the 1 or 2 slot so that there won't be the major shortage that would have happened if they made the #1 or 2 slot when casual or poser smokers go and buy all of them out. G1