FLB03TT Posted January 22, 2014 Posted January 22, 2014 Most brands start one place and end up somewhere else, with several changes of scenery along the way. The "journey" for the vast majority of NCs is like driving across Iowa!!
SCgarman Posted January 22, 2014 Posted January 22, 2014 That seems like a closed minded statement. There are many good non Cuban cigars that are complex. And there are some Cubans that I have smoked myself that are indeed one dimensional. VARIETY is the spicy of life!!
FLB03TT Posted January 22, 2014 Author Posted January 22, 2014 That seems like a closed minded statement. There are many good non Cuban cigars that are complex. And there are some Cubans that I have smoked myself that are indeed one dimensional. VARIETY is the spicy of life!! After 20 years of smoking both CCs and NCs I stand by my post. Note I use the words "most" and "vast majority." I've smoked thousands more NCs than CCs and if you factor in the price of NCs that even approach "most" CCs you'll pay more for a NC that is inferior to a similarly priced CC.
Smallclub Posted January 23, 2014 Posted January 23, 2014 I guess you love the ride across Iowa if you've smoked them for 20 years…
FLB03TT Posted January 23, 2014 Author Posted January 23, 2014 I guess you love the ride across Iowa if you've smoked them for 20 years… Didn't have a map to Cuba. 1
Orion21 Posted January 23, 2014 Posted January 23, 2014 I've said this many times, but living in the US I have tried A LOT of NC cigars. Some are enjoyable, but up until recently many were very similar. Dark, brooding, pepper bombs with a lot of nicotine. Some would dial this profile up or down, add in some sweetness or creamy texture. But the overriding similarities between many of the brands turned me off until I found Fuente. Fuente does it right. They have a large portfolio of good to great cigars. I generally keep to the Anejo and Opus lines if I smoke NC's because they are always excellent. It's not the hype, but the profile of the cigars which I enjoy. I'm sure it also helps that the Opus can be very "Cuban like" when I enjoy them most and the Anejo smoke very much like some EL cigars. Actually the Anejo 60 was my cigar of the year in 2012. However, Cuban cigars across the board are much better for me. Yes they can be inconsistent, but when they are "on" NC cigars just don't come close.
Ginseng Posted January 23, 2014 Posted January 23, 2014 Here's an indication of how personal taste is. I find most Cuban cigars change or evolve in some way. I find that most non-Cuban cigars do not change in the same way. They get stronger as they burn down but don't show "pleasant" or "surprising" character changes. Most. Some do present interesting turns (Cabaiguan, for example) but most do not. As for Fuente, I really don't care for any of the lines and aside from an occasional OpusX I don't smoke them any more. And what's more, I don't find any of their cigars at all Cubanesque. As for the Anejo, I say "hell no." I used to try these every year they came out and without exception, found them to be foul, varnishy, and bizarre, like smoking a turpentine-soaked Twinkie. Horrible. Wilkey
FLB03TT Posted January 23, 2014 Author Posted January 23, 2014 Lighting a turpentine soaked Twinkie could be pretty memorable though.
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