2008 Montecristos

[Deano]

Nah only that different colourings etc can indicate it's fake. And that different colourings mean nothing.
Basically you can't tell lol.

The cigar is the key, and mine look and smell top notch, which must be good.

[goldencigars]

Seem to have some band colouring differences. Early september on left, sep 2008 on right.

yes it is ok,monte has changed a bit their band, in 08,it is not jast printed band it is
emphasized seal,you monte petit edmundo are legit.
I sow it in monte sublimes and monte petit edmundo

[Deano]

Excellent, thanks.

[cohibaIV]

Anyone got any Monte's from Sep 2008 onwards? Want to compare band colours...

Just to add to this thread, I have noticed that the bands on the New MC Sublimes EL 08 have the writing embosed (I think thats how you spell it) in the band and not plain printed.

Also they have a darker colour brown than the 07's MC #2's that I have..

[whisky77]

MC wrapper and band.

Just to add to this thread, I have noticed that the bands on the New MC Sublimes EL 08 have the writing embosed (I think thats how you spell it) in the band and not plain printed.

Also they have a darker colour brown than the 07's MC #2's that I have..

Cohiba IV,
i think the only reason for the darker wrapper on the current MC Sublimes is due to the ageing process.The wrapper for the Sublime is taken from the upper part of the leaf which obviously gets more sun and is not the normal Colorado-claro colour we would see with MC.
Filler leaves and wrapper are aged for two years on the Sublime,i think this is the first time both the wrapper and the filler have been aged by MC(wrapper on MC EL 2006 robusto was aged, not filler).
The new embossed bands were new late last year and i have compared a Sublime band with a box of 2008 Edmundos.Both the same.Hope this helps.

[cohibaIV]

Cheers W77....

Does that mean ALL new MC now have imbosed writing in the bands??

[whisky77]

Bands

Cohiba IV,
We can only assume that it will be the case for all MC from late 2008 onwards.I have a box of No2 from 2007 and i think when i crack those open they will have the older type band.Hopefully some of the other members can give us additional feedback on the bands from the late 2008/2009 MC releases.