500 dollar cigar?!

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Couldn’t justify spending five bills on a cigar.


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39 minutes ago, Ford2112 said:

Did anyone actually watch that whole video ? Lol

I watched about 3/4 of it smoking a cigar (no, not a $500 one..) and to be fair it was a pretty decent conversation ranging from what they would rather spend $500 on and some general cigar based chit-chat.  

They didn't really talk that much about the cigar they were smoking (It must have been that good) which at least made the video seem more of a podacast and slightly less than the obviously paid advertising it is.  

 

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17 minutes ago, Enduin said:

On the other hand, a legitimately special cigar, say made from a single farm tobacco, rolled just by one famous master roller, sold in a fancy humidor with precious metals and stones for $20000 that would be real exclusivity.

I have actually smoked an Oro Blanco. It was given to my father in law by a senior person at Davidoff in DR…he gave it to me when he heard the price! It was very good, but clearly not worth anything near $500. Maybe $35? 

However the price is at least somewhat a function of the fact that the tobacco used in the Oro Blanco is in fact extremely limited. It is a Dominican Puro and grown in areas that I am quite frankly surprised they pulled a cigar that good together, in particular the wrapper. The wrapper on the cigar I had was gorgeous, I need to find a pic. The only other Dominican puro worth mentioning is clearly Opus X. I’ve smoked 100s of Opus X over the years and the Oro Blanco was a level above any Opus X I’ve smoked other than those that came directly from Carlito Fuente’s hands to mine, i.e private stash and not something you can buy no matter how much $ you have. The construction on the Oro Blanco I smoked was fairly stunning, I believe only a handful of rollers at Davidoff worked on the project…marketing for sure, not like Hamlet or other another famous roller but the construction was quite notable. Like a Reseva Grand Reserva. 

My father in law was from Gurabo, the area where the key tobacco of the Oro Blanco was grown so I have gotten to know the tobacco farms there fairly well. Pretty shocking they pulled the tobacco from the obscure areas they did, Mao, etc. Very different than where they grow Opux X wrapper down in Bonao. 

I’ll say for context, when alone I smoke Cuban Cigars exclusively. I’d take a perfectly rolled Siglo VI over an Oro Blanco all day. But my wife is from Santiago, Dom Rep…the tobacco capital of DR. Trust me that is not an easy conversation with your Dominican wife that you effectively think DR is incapable of producing a cigar worth smoking, LOL. But I’ve been fortunate to spend time with Henke Kelner several times and Eladio Diaz, the blender of the Oro Blanco, once. I wouldn’t compare those guys to the gold wrapped Ghurka stuff, I’ll just say that. These guys are the real deal (ironically neither are still with Davidoff).  Not to defend the person who spends $500 on this thing, they should have their freaking head examined…I don’t care how much money you have. But in the world of cigars, looking at the $$$$ that is spent on these “limited” Opus X humidors etc. (OK it helps charity), or the cigars dipped in Louis XIII (what a waste of cognac), the Oro Blanco would not stick out to me as the most egregious example of ridiculous marketing. That may be more a statement about how egregious the marketing has gotten than about a $500 mediocre cigar. LOL

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Ok, I'll confess. I bought one. (slowing walking backwards). Let it sit 6 months then smoked it. It was good. Very good. But $500? No. $100 at best.

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On 1/4/2022 at 9:40 AM, therealrsr said:

I really wish I could boycott Boveda after watching that crap.  Unfortunately that's not an option.

You technically could........

 

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