Greatest cigar you've ever smoked?

[Simon Bolivar]

2 true, Snr , 2 true

[Spartan18]

A Monte No2 I smoked last summer....when these are good they have no equal.

[Fat1]

I always look back to my one and only trip to cuba, this was the first time in my life that I had tried premium cubans. Specifically I recall the few days I spent in Havanna, wondering around the city in a mojito haze with a packet of Siglo IVs (and the family) for company. I am sure now that the cigars were probably not all that amazing but the combination of the booze, location, heat and smoke was simply intoxicating at the time.

In terms of more recent smokes, my best experiences (in no particualr order) have come in the shape of a JL2, a SLR serie A and Alec Bradley tempus

[M1F2R3]

This thread has progressed nicely! Great answers everybody.

[CaptainQuintero]

The first ever Flor De Cano short robusto that I picked up this year was hands down amazing, one of the best cigars I have ever had. So much so that I went down the next day and bought up the rest of that box. They haven't been up to that standard since but hey

My first BHK52 was fantastic too, probably only just behind the FDC but hardly anything in it. That was just a single though so I don't know if the quality is the same over multiple boxes.

07 ERDM lonsdales are incredible if you can get some which aren't plugged too

AND I'm not ashamed to admit it lol, a 1995 Quintero Panatela this spring sticks in my mind so strongly. It had the spice of partagas with sweet ceder combined with magnificant creamy toasted tobacco. I only have one of them left from that box now but nothing before or since from the marka (Or many others) has been like that one beautiful little stick it was just a little piece of Cuban magic that you get every once in a while regardless of marka or vitola

[joeray]

For me it was Behike 54, when I was in Turks and Caicos last Oct.

[HabanoSy]

Unfortunately, I have yet to experience the pleasure of smoking a cigar from the 60's/70's...

So I would have to say that the best cigar I have smoked to date is the...

Ramon Allones Phoenicias RE Libano - Full flavour powerhouse, yet retains a certain finesse all the way through...

If I was to have a second, it would be...

Ramon Allones Eminencias RE Suiza - Pure refinement from start to finish like a well aged single malt...

Cheers, HabanoSy

[Zigatoh]

Is it just me or have the RA REs and LCDH exclusives just been pretty amazing all round? (least the ones i've tried anyway)

[JimJamYaHa]

Most amazing smoke I had was a PL UK regional last summer @ JJ Fox which just tasted amazing

[JimJamYaHa]

The following weekend I had an Oliva series V robusto which again was perfect. I've tried smoking a variety of stogies but nothing has come close to them

[NathanJD]

In my limited experience the behike 52 sits on the top of the stack