Cohiba spectre

[puff o'wind]

I've just found these...not In my humi just online. A gimmick or a genuinely Good cigar? Knowing Cohiba, maybe a bit of both...seeing the packaging probably more gimmick. Definitely a high end product but if it was music I'd be tempted to shout "Judas!" However I cant blame a company for trying to add value and reap the benefits...its what they exist for I guess. They do look good and it is one band I would not remove.

Anyway,all at nearly a hundred pounds a stick I doubt that I shall ever taste One.

[simwells]

They seem to be reviewed well but stealing another well known Cigar brand name to make a high end brand is a very odd tact that I?d struggle to support. Or is that not the situation?


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[puff o'wind]

Im not sure what.you mean. They are Cohiba brand AFAIK.

yes, they do get Good reviews.

[simwells]

It?s General Cigars brand that they have called Cohiba supposed to be Dominican made versions of Cohibas but as far as I know there?s no relationship with the real Cohiba.

They make a number of different ?knock off? Cuba brands outside of Cuba, decent smokes I believe but I don?t agree with the approach.


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[ha_banos]

There's Cuban Cohiba and NC Cohiba [emoji854]

There's plenty other CC brand names that have been used by NC producers too.

See this article

http://www.cigaraficionado.com/article/what-s-in-a-brand-name

[simwells]

There's Cuban Cohiba and NC Cohiba [emoji854]

There's plenty other CC brand names that have been used by NC producers too.

See this article
http://www.cigaraficionado.com/artic...n-a-brand-name

Didn?t realise a lot of that, cheers for that. I?d still struggle to support a non Cuban Cohiba though, doesn?t exactly have the same legitimacy of the other brands


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[sheppsea]

Didn’t realise a lot of that, cheers for that. I’d still struggle to support a non Cuban Cohiba though, doesn’t exactly have the same legitimacy of the other brands


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Cohiba is an exception

Its not quite as simple as that for most brands - the owners of the brands before the revolution took the names with them to new countries after Castro nationalised the CC versions

[glezga]

I was wondering about that too. i seen Montes on a US website that were very affordable - similar label too.

learn something new every day here

[puff o'wind]

Hmmm. Me too. I thought a brand was a brand...seems not.