Choose a cigar

[El Presidente]

I have $50 riding on the outcome of this poll. Will reveal the background tomorrow 

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You are a guest at a long lunch with half a dozen cigar loving friends. . You have all been friends for a long time and the last Friday of each quarter you take it in turns to host. The menu is up to the host and each of the guests brings 1 bottle of something decent + throws in $50 for the food and the post lunch cigar which is always organised by the host. 

This lunch you are surprised when the host brings out an old Selanor humidor that when the lid is lifted reveals 4 sections each containing 20 bandless Lonsdales. 

The host explains that these cigars were rolled by the famous cuban roller "Maximus Robusto" from the famed factory of mañana" and that all four  were rolled to exacting blends that are very different. 

All cigars are medium bodied.The perfect after lunch cigar. 

The blends are as described.  The drink is up to you to choose. The meal was not heavy. 

Which blend do you select. 

[JohnS]

So hard to choose, El Pres! 😁 (Of course, eventually I did!)

[coug28]

Monte

Upmann 

RASS 

Cohiba 

 

just how I envisioned’em when I voted at least. 
 

interesting to take another poll after this - choosing only one brand and seeing if the outcome is similar. 

[Cigar Surgeon]

[Habana Mike]

Went with option 2 as a huge Upmann fan. Appreciate all so it was a tough choice.

Would have been option 3 after a heavier meal. Options 1 or 4 if preprandial...

[Zaxeiler]

I’ve come to associate top quality bread/sourdough notes as uniquely Cuban - leading me to option #2. In NCs, I can find good chocolates in maduros, stone fruits in things like Ligas, and citrus and/or spices in other places too. 
 

Not to say those notes aren’t specific or different in Cuban cigars (they are) - but a truly good twangy, bread note seems harder in NCs. I seem to find only in the rare Tatuaje. 

[Ken Gargett]

i voted in the way that i thought would win you the bet (but it was also the way i would have voted even if no dosh involved). 

i shall reveal once we hear more. 

[99call]

This boils my piss,  as I had to vote Cohiba, even though due to the description I was actually voting for QDO.   I will caveat it in saying the citrus has to be orange, as opposed to lemon. Ha! not that i'm obsessed or anything. 

 

[Fuzz]

Rolled by Maximus Robusto? I choose none!! I know that dodgy bugger.

[BrightonCorgi]

Interesting results tallies so far.

[El Presidente]

Lost my bet. 

I said 40% of people would go for cocoa/coffee/cream.

Damn you........you people are too discerning! 

The results surprised me. 

.....in a good way 

[SpecialK]

10 hours ago, Fuzz said:

Rolled by Maximus Robusto? I choose none!! I know that dodgy bugger.

[Ken Gargett]

9 minutes ago, El Presidente said:

Lost my bet. 

I said 40% of people would go for cocoa/coffee/cream.

Damn you........you people are too discerning! 

The results surprised me. 

.....in a good way 

i had assumed you went cocoa etc. and voted that way. 

 

[Fuzz]

58 minutes ago, Ken Gargett said:

i had assumed you went cocoa etc. and voted that way. 

 

Ditto, it is more preferred tasting profile.

[Fuzz]

1 hour ago, El Presidente said:

Lost my bet. 

I said 40% of people would go for cocoa/coffee/cream.

Damn you........you people are too discerning! 

The results surprised me. 

.....in a good way 

Soooo.... you gotta down trow and run around the office?

[El Presidente]

15 minutes ago, Fuzz said:

Soooo.... you gotta down trow and run around the office?

$50 gone and I thought it was a safe bet. I even rigged it slightly by putting it first on the list 

[Ken Gargett]

25 minutes ago, El Presidente said:

$50 gone and I thought it was a safe bet. I even rigged it slightly by putting it first on the list 

so that means that at least one of your customers knows your market better than yourself? 

obviously, given the way i voted, it is not me. 

[ParkitoATL]

4 hours ago, El Presidente said:

I said 40% of people would go for cocoa/coffee/cream.

What are some good Cubans with a cocoa/coffee/cream profile?

[Meklown]

6 hours ago, El Presidente said:

I said 40% of people would go for cocoa/coffee/cream.

 

40% sounds high .. but that combo came out tops though, if that's any consolation to you.

If it were just 3 profiles to choose from, I think 40% would have been a possibility!

[Cazador]

Coffee and chocolate flavors are why I stay away from maduros. 1 note cigars. 

[99call]

4 hours ago, ParkitoATL said:

What are some good Cubans with a cocoa/coffee/cream profile?

Anything Montecristo.   Especially these cigars

- Monte Petit Edmundo - Especial - Especial No 2 - Monte No 2 - Monte No 4 - 

Rafael Gonzales also have some good chocolate notes

[BrightonCorgi]

I voted for the least popular one.  I knew there would not be as many votes for it, but nice to see some others have the same taste! 

It could be that is probably the least common flavor grouping in cigars (leather/mushroom/dried fruits dominant)?

[Chibearsv]

Generally, I prefer the creamy chocolatey cigars in the morning with coffee, lighter flavors like citrus, biscuit, bread.. in the afternoon, and the heavier earthy and leathery flavors to end the day.  After the described lunch, all that popped in my head was Siglo III