POLL CLOSED! FINALE - FOH Top 5 Tastiest Cigars of 2019

[JohnS]

I think in a survey like this what is more important than listing one's opinion of their 5 tastiest cigars for 2019 is authenticating their preferences have been influenced by practical outcomes. Some members here have done so; they have openly stated that their final votes might have been different if they had the opportunity to smoke more 2019 examples of cigars they didn't smoke. In my case, I didn't vote for the Partagas Lusitanias because I didn't smoke 2019 examples of this cigar, although I do assent to the common opinion here that it is an excellent cigar.

And so what does this all mean? Simply this: a re-vote is not a popularity contest. It's a survey to ascertain an objective outcome; one doesn't vote based on what they think is a good cigar, what cigar they'd like to win etc. For a true result we need to clarify that the final outcome is based on the criteria of the poll being met. As @MasterYotti stated in the initial post on this thread, "During this study, we are looking to gather the tastiest regular production Cuban cigars that your palate has loved experiencing from 2019! I ask that you take the bias out of your votes for each marca, and judge only by your taste buds". I couldn't agree more.

[Habana Mike]

Agree there should be one more pass with the top 10? from this result.

 

[MasterYotti]

Today is the last day! ? Please make sure you vote before the poll closes!

[MasterYotti]

2 hours ago, juri said:

by my math we have a tie for 1st... shocking ?all of the top vote getters are considered 'classics' so no really earth shattering news, BBF making the top 5 isnt but being tied for first is the biggest takeaway along with D4s doing so bad

honestly if you take out BBF and bump CoRo to to 5th that would of been my guess going in or maybe D4's, it is nice to see 5 different brands in the top 5

 

Partagas Lusitanias. 45

Bolivar Belicosos Finos 45

H. Upmann Sir Winston 41 

Trinidad Fundadores 40

Cohiba Esplendidos 39

I would agree! It is great seeing different marcas taking the top 5! We will be doing one final poll, since I think it will be valuable to the study! I will be posting it momentarily. ?

[Rhinoww]

45 minutes ago, juri said:

Cool, the major drawback is with so many cigars on a list everyone is going to put at least one of those Classics in their ‘top’ 5 but it might be 4th or 5th .... when your looking around for those last couple

 

it would be great if you could see what position the majority voted them as, like you might get 40 votes but less then 10% of those were for 1st

Very interesting question 

[MasterYotti]

5 hours ago, juri said:

Cool, the major drawback is with so many cigars on a list everyone is going to put at least one of those Classics in their ‘top’ 5 but it might be 4th or 5th .... when your looking around for those last couple

 

it would be great if you could see what position the majority voted them as, like you might get 40 votes but less then 10% of those were for 1st

That would be very interesting! I am not sure how I would go about creating a poll that showed the order in which a member would vote them. Is there a way to do this?

[Meklown]

12 hours ago, juri said:

by my math we have a tie for 1st... shocking ?all of the top vote getters are considered 'classics' so no really earth shattering news, BBF making the top 5 isnt but being tied for first is the biggest takeaway along with D4s doing so bad

honestly if you take out BBF and bump CoRo to to 5th that would of been my guess going in or maybe D4's, it is nice to see 5 different brands in the top 5

 

Partagas Lusitanias. 45

Bolivar Belicosos Finos 45

H. Upmann Sir Winston 41 

Trinidad Fundadores 40

Cohiba Esplendidos 39

Interesting how 3/5 are relative large sized cigars while only 1/5 can be considered a thin RG

[Chibearsv]

That's a great top 5 list although I am shocked at the top 2.  I'm not necessarily a skinny lover but the Fundadores for 2019 is a spectacular cigar that towers over both BBF and Lusitania in my opinion.

[MasterYotti]

I will be creating the new poll momentarily! ? Please standby!