Montecristo Open

[Drewmidorn]

Cigar Aficionado have the Montecristo Open Regata as the cigar of the week (91 points...."... a gutsy smoke...")!

Discuss! lol

I've not heard anything good about these and so I haven't even thought about them... is that just the folk I'm chatting to. Am I missing a trick?

D

[nicwing]

I have smoked one, it was extremely ordinary but very very young. Maybe they improve with age.

[Big_T_UK]

Back handers? Advertising revenue (maybe not as a Cuban product)? American palettes?

T.

[Drewmidorn]

Fair enough... two very respectable opinions there... case closed!....

[HabanoSy]

CA being PC I think Drew...!?!

'A gutsy smoke' - nonsense, IMO...

Don't waste your hard earned, again just MHO of course...

Cheers, HabanoSy

[nicwing]

Back handers? Advertising revenue (maybe not as a Cuban product)? American palettes?

T.

The open is a very clever cigar T.

There are a number of sizes and names, some Cuban for the English market and some non Cuban for the American market.

[Drewmidorn]

Even the branding made me think it was an occasional cigar for a golfer!

Hardly the face of rock and roll!

[Drewmidorn]

Mind you I'm sitting here with a Punch punch which is lovely but not the ballsiest of cigars.

D

[saggel]

I've never had a montechristo before so a nice question is whether this one could be a great introduction to them...!!!

[Lee Nub]

You will be having a montecristo soon enough mate

[Drewmidorn]

For my money Saggel I really like the No2 (always have a box in the humi), like the petit edmundo and the edmundo is ok (although i think the draw is often a little loose on the edmundo)... I think the No 4 is an "introduction" cigar for people who have never smoked, or want something a bit better than a Hamlet for their dads. Its not a bad cigar, just not that interesting, but I reckon you'd enjoy a petit edmundo as an intro. The other guys will have other (and probably better) ideas I'm sure.

[saggel]

For my money Saggel I really like the No2 (always have a box in the humi), like the petit edmundo and the edmundo is ok (although i think the draw is often a little loose on the edmundo)... I think the No 4 is an "introduction" cigar for people who have never smoked, or want something a bit better than a Hamlet for their dads. Its not a bad cigar, just not that interesting, but I reckon you'd enjoy a petit edmundo as an intro. The other guys will have other (and probably better) ideas I'm sure.

Thanx mate, I think that...

I've never had a montechristo before so a nice question is whether this one could be a great introduction to them...!!!

my question...

You will be having a montecristo soon enough mate

is solved...

(you all rock, don't you...???)

[Stevieboy]

I've never had a montechristo before so a nice question is whether this one could be a great introduction to them...!!!

Probably not...try a #2 or an Edmundo or Petit Edmundo....perfection every time and if you want to really push the boat out, the Sublime is, well....sublime

[Jimmeh]

Trev and I were at the release of the open range along with a few other characters around here. I didnt enjoy them - however i smoked them all.... Trevor didnt smoke any on the night as he could tell he wouldnt enjoy them from the looks on the rest of our faces...

[saggel]

Probably not...try a #2 or an Edmundo or Petit Edmundo....perfection every time and if you want to really push the boat out, the Sublime is, well....sublime

an advice I feel I should follow...
thanx Stevie