bwgan Posted June 17, 2015 Posted June 17, 2015 Best 1. Edmundo Dante 109 - hands down, easy easy easy 2. La Escepcion Slectos Finos Worst 1. QDO French thingy, Robusto Embajador I think 2. VR Swiss Petit Beli
Orion21 Posted June 17, 2015 Posted June 17, 2015 The best by a mile are: Ramon Allones Celestiales Finos (Asia) Punch Super Robusto (Asia) Bolivar Short Bolivar (Asia) La Escepcion Selectos Finos (Italy) The Worst: Bolivar B-2 (Canada) Bolivar Britanicas (Britain) Bolivar Simones (Canada) Ramon Allones Super Ramon (Canada) For my money the Asian regionals have been the best by a country mile. I'm most disappointed in my "worst" list being made up of Bolivar. I LOVE the Bolivar marca, but the regionals listed have consistently failed to even come close to matching the enjoyment of regular production. 1
cadillacdoc Posted June 17, 2015 Posted June 17, 2015 Best: 1. Por Larranaga Magnificos ER UK 2. Ramon Alloñes Phoenicios ER Lebanon 3. Edmundo Dantes El Conde 109 ER Mexico Really good: Most of the rest, never really had a terrible one (Don't care for the stubbies). Most guys here seem to not care for the Sancho Panza Quijote ER Spain or Bolivar Simones ER Canada, but I've had amazing ones. 1
Laxman Posted June 17, 2015 Posted June 17, 2015 IMO there are a lot of good regionals worth owning. By far the best two are: 1) PL Magnifico 2) Donte Conde 109 (07) Honorable Mention: PL Robusto, Punch Series D'oro 1 (08UK), Le Escepcion Selectos Fino, 05 RA Beli, RA Phoenicios ER Lebanon. Not sure why there is no love for the Bolivar Simones. Nice change of pace cigar. Worst based on price and taste would be: 1)ERDM Choix de Le époque 2Punch Sir John, Germany There is a decent size list of so so Regionals not worth the time or effort of tracking down and not worth more for the extra band.
Stevieboy Posted June 17, 2015 Posted June 17, 2015 Best: 1. JL4 Asia Pacific 2. RG Petit Piramides Germany Worst 1. Punch Small club France 2. Punch Sir John Germany
Dimmers Posted June 18, 2015 Posted June 18, 2015 For my money the Asian regionals have been the best by a country mile.... Great to hear! I haven't had the opportunity to sample many non APAC regionals, but love just about every APAC example ive had. My fav regionals right now: SLR Pacificos JL No4 Special non APAC mention to the VR Maestros - ive only sampled 5 times (and last was over a year ago now), but all have been spectacular.
CdnLimitada Posted June 23, 2015 Posted June 23, 2015 My favorites are the ones that Lotus guy doesn't like at all. QdO Superiores and Encantos. I tend to like mild to med body. I've had an ERDM Infantes that was not very good but it was only one so small sample size. A couple of the ERDM 2008 Italia Regional have not been great either. There were not bad mind you. Honorable mention to LFDC Grandiosos, 2011 French regional Fonseca.
DWC Posted June 23, 2015 Posted June 23, 2015 I don't smoke many RE's but I really fell for the RA Caprichos. Love the flavor and balance, not too crazy about the size. (rg)
Quint Posted June 24, 2015 Posted June 24, 2015 I love this. There are none. But there are a few. I would put that number more toward 10 to 12 that would compete with regular production, and half a dozen or so that outdo. I say the best RE's are as good as the best regular production and the turds are turds whether regular production or RE's. Find a great regular production and buy it and save yourself the money paying for the extra band.
Benzopyrene Posted June 24, 2015 Posted June 24, 2015 Best : PL magnifico, La escepcion selecos finos, and Conde 109 Honorable mention: Bolivar especiales #2, Italian torpedo from like 09 I believe cabs of 50 ( they were good), SP eslavo is awesome as well, Cuban RE La gloria from the jars Worst: Bolivar 5th ave (terrible like smoking printer paper), Bolivar Simones
jfire Posted June 24, 2015 Posted June 24, 2015 Best : PL magnifico, La escepcion selecos finos, and Conde 109 Honorable mention: Bolivar especiales #2, Italian torpedo from like 09 I believe cabs of 50 ( they were good), SP eslavo is awesome as well, Cuban RE La gloria from the jars Worst: Bolivar 5th ave (terrible like smoking printer paper), Bolivar Simones What's up Luke!?!?I'm smoking that 08 ERDM Italy torp from a 08 cab right now and it's excellent! My top 3. PL Robo 07 Asia Conde 54 ERDM Italy 08. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
intense Posted June 24, 2015 Posted June 24, 2015 Best: bolivar poderoso, belux 13 Bolivar libertador, France 06 Worst: Juan Lopez maximo, Swiss year don't know. Punch poderoso, Swiss 09 I guess..
Maplepie Posted July 4, 2015 Posted July 4, 2015 Worst: Bolivar 5th ave (terrible like smoking printer paper), Bolivar Simones Benzopyrene, eh? Do I hear a fellow chemist/ explosion enthusiast? Seems like that might be the only thing we have in common as the Bolivar 5th and Simones would probably make my list of the top 10 REs. Shame you disliked them...
Mr. Japan Posted July 6, 2015 Posted July 6, 2015 La Escepcion Selectos Finos Italy Bolivar Especiales Germany 1
mash Posted July 10, 2015 Posted July 10, 2015 Best: Edmundo Dantes PL Robustos QD Superiores Worst: Bolivar Especiales No. 2 PL Regalias de Londres Monte C
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