The Glorious Fundadores

[Deeg]

Serious question - have you ever had a bad one?

It's a tough call, but if I had to pick one cigar as the only one I could smoke for the rest of time, it might be the Fundadores (assuming money was no object of course).  It's a great cigar generally, obviously.  A fantastic size.  But what's amazing to me is that it's the only CC that I've smoked quite a lot of and never had a dud.  Bad draws: 0.  Uneven burn: 0.  Wonky construction: 0.  Some are sublime, most are great, a few are very good - but they're never flat or uninteresting.  They're 100-120 minutes of a consistently tasty profile that evolves over the course of the cigar.

[99call]

19 minutes ago, Deeg said:

have you ever had a bad one

Not a bad one,  but a few plugged ones, and that's just the worst.  You can smell the quality and opulence of the foot smoke, but just cant get the thing to play ball. 

[Deeg]

4 minutes ago, 99call said:

Not a bad one,  but a few plugged ones, and that's just the worst.  You can smell the quality and opulence of the foot smoke, but just cant get the thing to play ball. 

I guess I've been lucky - never had a plugged one (pretty miraculous in a skinny) or indeed, one with a draw far off perfect.

[Hammer Smokin']

Fundadores and CoLa's are the two best cigars I've smoked for consistency. SW's and Espies have a higher reach point, but I've had some less amazing ones (not bad ones, just less amazing). All Fundies and CoLa's have been fantastic! 

[Corylax18]

I've had to deal with the Odd tight/plugged draw, which is even more painful with a cigar like this. But flavor wise, yes, extremely consistent. Consistently delicious. I've had almost the same success rate with Coloniales too. Interestingly enough, I usually run into more open draws with the Coloniales though. I cant remember the last time I had one that was plugged.(the next one will be 😄) I love both cigars though and keep plenty of both on hand.

[BrightonCorgi]

The initial and early years were just ok to good.  They've steadily improved after that.

[joeypots]

3 hours ago, BrightonCorgi said:

The initial and early years were just ok to good.  They've steadily improved after that.

Damn, thanks for posting this. I never had one that I thought was worth the hype but I haven't had one for a very long time. 

[BrightonCorgi]

2 minutes ago, joeypots said:

Damn, thanks for posting this. I never had one that I thought was worth the hype but I haven't had one for a very long time. 

Current ones are great, but not as good as the Cohiba Lancero.  Haven't had a recent Monte Esp. to compare the three.

[LLC]

I’ve had a few that were too tight but when construction is good they are great. 

[Riverstyx]

I love ‘em but I’ve definitely had a few that were pretty flat flavor wise. 

[mprach024]

Lovely cigars.  When not plugged.  To which I have had many.  Flavor wise, good to very good.  I’ve had many over the years that were much like any dud of a Trini, woody, papery, bland.  When they are good they are great.

[Edicion]

They're not high on my list, find them somewhat inconsistent. Most I've had remind me of Cuabas, nothing against Cuabas, just a woody, cardboard, earthy flavor that's not very pleasant for being a Trini. Might need to find some further examples perhaps. 

[Ry27]

I’ve had one that was awful, no taste whatsoever and a very ugly wrapper. I have bad luck with Trinidad, unfortunate bc the good ones are great 

[BrightonCorgi]

Robusto T's have been my favorite regular Trinidad release.  They should've never stopped making them.

[Chibearsv]

4 hours ago, Lrabold89 said:

too many tight/plugged fundies in my experience...flavor great, but this has steered me away from them .....

I'm getting similar results from the couple boxes I've tried too.  They are a very nice cigar when they flow but I can't stand working and huffing to get smoke production and that's happened easily on 1/3 of the ones I've tried.  If the price point was more reasonable, I'd be more inclined to buy more; but at their current prices, they are not very high on my list.