Cigar of The Year

[Kdot]

Gentlefolk,

Its come to that time of year where all the "best of" and "top 10" crap hits the idiot box. Being guilty to watching and enjoying these types of shows, I believe we should do something similar on this here forum.

Lets take a vote for the UKCF cigar of 2009.

My thoughts are we should nominate our single most favorite cigar cuban or non cuban on a thread like this for a week or two, take the 4 most popular and have a vote to see which comes out tops.

What do you think?

[whisky77]

Decisions?

Excellent idea Kdot.

It`s been a few months since i smoked the MC Sublime, but that must surely be a contender this year.

NC is a more difficult choice for me, as I do not have a lot of experience with them at all, but the Rocky Patel cigars I have been gifted by BOTL have been first class.

[Deano]

Sublime would be mine, but as it's been out a couple of years, maybe the Duke - considering how good it is and it being a 2009 LE et al.

[whisky77]

The Duke.

Seriously need to try those Dukes at some point in the not so distant future.

[celsis]

Yeah, I feel the same. After being disappointed by the Open series, I need to try the Dukes.

[moidoid]

I don't get to smoke as many as I would like and have had some lovely smokes this year. I would have to say though that the Partagas Serie P2 is both a cracking smoke and always reliable in quality and burn. So it gets my vote.

[stephan]

I'd also like to nominate RyJ Duke

[tippexx]

I'm pretty new so hav'nt experienced much (will have to get a Duke), but here goes. CC Cuaba Divinos. NC Dunhill Signed Series Demi.

[mb55317]

The Duke is good, i had my first the other night, very tasty especially with a glass of Havana Club 7yr old It has to be up there with the best IMHO.

I also thought the Cohiba Maduro 5 Secretos was a flavour bomb but thats been out a while too..

[MaledettoToscano]

Yeah, I feel the same. After being disappointed by the Open series, I need to try the Dukes.

The Open series is just...

Amazed Montecristo brought something so disappointing out.

Having said that I must humbly admit that the single most enjoyable cigar I had this year was a "lowly"... Monte 4.

Not to say this is my cigar of the year as I've had a few and all the rest were nice but not great. But that one single Monte 4 was a work of art, a complex perfectly balanced symphony of earth, cedar, spice and honey

[Robusto]

I think I'd probably nominate the Duke as well, followed ever so closely by Hoyo de Monyerey Epi2 Limited Edition, Sublime and a la Gloria Cubana monster - a telegraph pole whose name I've forgotten - that was out of this world.

The P1 was just a sexual experience and in a league of its own.

OH... The JL2...

No.

I'll stick at the Duke as an affordable and tasty best of in 2009 for me.

[Lascaux]

partagas lusitania for me

[MaledettoToscano]

partagas lusitania for me

don't know why but I saw that coming ...

I'm keeping the one you sent for Christmas, I'm sure I'll enjoy it.

[cj121]

I've not had the privilege of smoking a wide range of cigars like many fellow UKCFers, so I'm going to hang back a little on this one until the last lap of the year.

[monkey66]

To be considered:
R and J Duke
Trini Robusto T
Trini Fundadores