Your best & worst of the "über premiums"


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Aswering to the OP, the best at this point in the last four - five years are:

2010 Cohiba BHKs

2009 La Gloria Cubana Tainos

2010 Por Larrañaga Regalias de Londres UK Regional

The worst list is tooooooo long?

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2008 RA Phoenicios

2010 UK RE La Flor De Cano Short Robusto

2011 Asia Pacific RE Punch Sabrosos

2008 EL Montecristo Sublime

2008 EL Cuaba Piramides

2012 Spain RE Diplomaticos Seleccion Privada

Cohiba BHK 52

2008 Cohiba Robusto

2010/2011 H Upmann Sir Winston

2007 Asia Pacific RE Por Larranaga Robusto de Larranaga

2008 EL H Upmann Magnum 48

Off the top of my head, that's what I think has been worth the price from 2007 in terms of premium smokes

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  • 1 year later...

In order Best to least best

Best: Edmundo Dantes 54, Boli Especiales, ERDM suiza, Punch 2013

worst to least worse but still very bad

Worst: VR Canada, ERDM UK, Monte 520

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In my experience (albeit limited to multiple singles or 1 or 2 boxes only) the Asia Pacific regional editions are generally pretty damn good. Not stupidly priced either.

Maybe they aren't "uber premium" but for this punter they are haha

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Worst: cohiba1966 that I smoked in the cigar lounge of a London hotel, it cost 100 pounds, unfortunately it didn't do anything for me. Also: the Habanos millennium cigar (cohiba or cuaba, I forget) that cost me some 35 pounds in London at the time. I lit it up on new years eve 1999 and it was unsmokeable, completely plugged..

Oh, the RyJ Churchills Reservas I received at the Habanos festival were also both completely plugged.

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I was able to take advantage of a 3 sampler pack deal of the Montecriston No.2 Gran Reservas upon their debut. I truly enjoyed the regular production Monte No.2's than the Gran Reservas. Kind of bland they were to me.

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Good to great: Monte 520, Monte GE, Punch D'oro, Grandiosos but my favorite is the QdO Superiores (if these are considered premiums)

Not good: Any RA Extra that I have tried, I have given up on the Upmann 2009 LE for now. They seem so far away that I won't touch one for another year I think.

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