Cigar Aficionado Top 25 2014

[vcut89]

Did anybody order a box of RP royale yet? Better than opus and padron...get them while they're hot!!!

better than opus and padron? find it hard to believe lol whats it like?

 

[pbibby]

better than opus and padron? find it hard to believe lol whats it like?

I could be wrong, but I think that comment was a bit tongue in cheek. Ha

 

[ChefBoyRG54]

better than opus and padron? find it hard to believe lol whats it like?

Lol was being sarcastic my friend. No RP for me

 

[Craig Mac]

So Far the list is:
10. A. Flores 1975 Serie Privada Capa Habano SP52
9. Monte by Montecristo Jacopo No. 2
8. Ashton ESG 22-Year
7. Padrón Family Reserve 50 Years Maduro
6. Fuente Opus X Perfecxion X
5. Rocky Patel Royale Toro
4. Hoyo de Monterrey Epicure Especial Toro
3. Fume d’Amour Clemente
2. E. P. Carrillo La Historia E-III

Updated

 

[Catawbamatt]

So Far the list is:
10. A. Flores 1975 Serie Privada Capa Habano SP52
9. Monte by Montecristo Jacopo No. 2
8. Ashton ESG 22-Year
7. Padrón Family Reserve 50 Years Maduro
6. Fuente Opus X Perfecxion X
5. Rocky Patel Royale Toro
4. Hoyo de Monterrey Epicure Especial Toro
3. Fume d’Amour Clemente
2. E. P. Carrillo La Historia E-III

Updated

not bad!

 

[ChefBoyRG54]

That patel was high rated on CJ as well. I'm still not trying it

 

[3/5King]

After doing a number of blind reviews, I'm not surprised to see a list that doesn't make sense to individuals that don't do them. I'm not saying that these lists arent swayed by other monetary criteria but I've found that I've rated top end cigars lower than mid range sticks and I'm almost always surprised by the stick I've just smoked. It makes it easier to relate to a list that doesn't make sense to a banded cigar world.

 

[vcut89]

Lol was being sarcastic my friend. No RP for me

hahah you scared me for a minute there =)

 

[Clint]

Their list is a farce IMHO. In years past they had claimed that they only smoke one inch of a cigar for a review. They then tried to justify such nonsense.
I don't know if they've since changed the one inch policy? Maybe they have. But they lost all credibility, for me anyway. I canceled my subscription when they put that $5 whatever it was, cigar as number one a few years back.

I think the One Inch Policy was enacted by Prssident Clinton...

 

[3/5King]

I think the One Inch Policy was enacted by Prssident Clinton...

 

[ChefBoyRG54]

I think the One Inch Policy was enacted by Prssident Clinton...

 

[JuzCallMeDee]

do the "darkside" folks agree with number 4?

 

[vcut89]

not bad!

i wish they did more small batch stuff im a huge Opus X and Fuente fan and the opus gets in the top almost every year but never the lost city or the anjeo or the Angel share and these are some of the best cigars ive ever had!

 

[Theon]

How about the list my over priced bm is putting together?

Funny uf13 made it when they're always sold out lol

Thanks for stopping at 11. "Joe cigar smoker" hey?
Premium prices along with great MI. tobacco taxes.

 

[Argus17]

50$ a box? that was a steal, wonder what site you used, since the archive for cbid doesn't go much below 100$ which i got em for. (and i thought that was a steal)....

Thompson's auction site. November 2012. I looked up the invoice and it was actually $54 per box. Two or three years ago, you could get some great buys there. Not so much anymore.

 

[broadleaf]

I never see tatuaje on these lists it's a bummer, Pete deserves the recognition.

 

[jfettlol]

Nice. I never knew thompson had an auction site. Thx

 

[BSBONO]

My sleeper pick for number 1 is AB Mundial though I don't know what CA rated them and if it qualifies

 

[Jfire]

The best are the ones that come in and want those Cubans on the list they "know you have in the back room".

What about the guy that asks you about the Opus in the back room!?!?

 

[JuzCallMeDee]

What about the guy that asks you about the Opus in the back room!?!?

i did this the other day lol