One for the old timers. Remember these?

[El Presidente]

I am not sure this company  is still around but they had a fair bit of press in their day. 

Did any of the old timers on here ever taste one? 

The marketing angle was that they were using pre embargo tobacco. 

 

 

The reviews were generally neutral to unkind. 

 

 

Pinar 1958 Serie B Rothschild

A couple of weeks back we discussed an interesting question about a legal pre-embargo Cuban cigar. The cigar in question was, I believe, the Pinar P3000. Supposedly, this cigar was made completely of pre-embargo Cuban tobacco. Understandably we were skeptical. The embargo has been in place for 45 years, and we’re talking about an organic product that steadily degrades with time, even in ideal conditions. What are the chances that tobacco pushing it’s fifties was stored in proper conditions all these years. And what are the chances it’d smoke-able even if it was?

CONTINUE  https://stogiereview.com/2008/01/16/pinar-1958-serie-b-rothschild/

[EdmundGTP]

Pretty sure I had a couple of these around 2004/2005. I knew very little about cigars, but don't remember anything remarkable about them, and they didn't seem worth the cost. I'd never had a Cuban, and was mostly smoking CAO Italia's at the time. 

[anacostiakat]

  Heh.  Yea.  Knew a guy who swore by them.  Refused to believe they were fugazzi.  I think at the time I burnt one. It was ok but not something I wanted to buy. Heh

[BrightonCorgi]

I remember these.  After the big story and little delivery of the 50th Anniversary Partagas...  I've been dubious since.

[Dlowil]

I brought over a Cuban (BBF) to smoke with my Father In-Law After I got into Cubans this Year. He told me a story about Pinar and showed me this little treasure. Said he went out of his way to buy them in the early 2000’s. Said they were some of the best cigars he ever had. He LOVED The BBF

[ha_banos]

The emphasis put on them being legit on the naming and labelling. Indeed this usually leans the other way. This was when I got into cigars. Didn't come across these over here.

Reminds me of Arnies story of rebranding his construction company to 'European Bricklayer and Masonry Experts' which he did rather well out of!

[Havanaaddict]

Yep, I worked prt-time at a cigar shop back then, it was an interesting cigar that was priced high for the time. It could have been a true story, as it only needs one leaf put in each cigar to call it Cuban. 😉 I smoked a handful of them (50% off) mild but it did have a unique flavor!