Panning for cigar gold: Nominations for the Best bang for buck (Sub $15) 43-52 ring gauge cigar in the world today.

[El Presidente]

 

This thread series is about discovering real value for newcomers to the cigar world. 

Panning for cigar gold: Nominations for the Best "bang for buck" (Sub $15) 43-52 ring gauge cigar in the world today.  

• Nominate no more than two.  
• 43-52 Ring Gauge only. 
• Must be Sub $15 USD duty free/online, taking into account occasional discounts. 
   

[Chibearsv]

Padron 1964 Principe Maduros are better than I ever expected. 

[rascalmonkey]

Last week I had an astonishing Puro Desnudo PC N4 - all of a sudden in the final 1/3 that thing threw out a bunch of flavor. 

[TheFez]

• Foundation Tabernacle Havana Seed CT 142- I'm partial to the Corona but pick any vitola you like

• Villa Casdagli Lonsdale

I really, really like almost everything Casdagli! 😅

[zacca]

• Illusione Epernay Le Petit
• Warped Isla de Cocodrilo Corona Gorda.

 

edit: intentionally leaving Cubans off because for the US, the only ones you can actually get for sub-$15 are mixed fillers or barely above cigarillos. 

[TheFez]

9 hours ago, zacca said:

• Illusione Epernay Le Petit
• Warped Isla de Cocodrilo Corona Gorda.

Oooh, these are a good call!

[riderpride]

Some good mentions, but I'll add the Illusione Cruzado Churchill to the mix at 50% of the price limit of $15. Crazy deal.

Honorable mentions to the N4 and Sovereign Suns.

Cheers!

 

[Çnote]

6 hours ago, TheFez said:

I really, really like almost everything Casdagli! 😅

Oh yes! 

[Çnote]

Viaje Oro Koa immediately comes to mind but that really doesn't help as its not regular production.

The entire Tatuaje Escasos line qualifies though, all six sizes. 

[Garand]

• Fonseca No. 1
• El Rey del Mundo Choix Supreme 
• Saint Luis Rey Regios
• Por Larranaga Galanes. 

 

[ElLoboLoco]

Tatuaje Brown Cazador

La Flor Dominicana Capitulo II

The more chasing of new blends has led me back to old classics. At some point a man get tired of the chase. 😂

[Dadof3]

12 hours ago, Garand said:

• Fonseca No. 1
• El Rey del Mundo Choix Supreme 
• Saint Luis Rey Regios
• Por Larranaga Galanes. 

It looks like in that grouping the Fonseca is the only one I can see clearly beating the $15 US threshold? At least in France.

[Li Bai]

5 hours ago, Dadof3 said:

It looks like in that grouping the Fonseca is the only one I can see clearly beating the $15 US threshold?  At least in France.

Most definitely...I'd add the Corona de Lonsdale but at 13€ it's a bit above 15$.

[Lucas Buck]

Montecristo Media Corona

RG Coronas de Lonsdales.

[BG318]

HUHC

That's all I have under $15.

[ElLoboLoco]

Hopefully I find some in August while visiting my oldest. 😀

[LizardGizmo]

Robusto Trinity is easily #1 for me. The newer bundles are somehow even better than before.

Padron 1964 Exclusivo Maduro. Old faithful - still finds a way to surprise me.

[Boxer31]

Sub $10 - la aroma de cuba/ mi amor and NC trinidad espiritu 3 for around 12-13. 

[JDoughty]

Everything Fabrica 005, of course! Those are my go to smokes, for the amazing flavor, low price and construction quality. They are largely replacing most CC's in my rotation because it is so easy to restock with no tariff or confiscation woes and the flavor profiles are satisfyingly Cubanesque. The Magnum 44 is rapidly becoming my favorite daily stick, along with the Trinity Robusto, the Sovereign Sun and of course the Lancero and Lonsdale. Delicious. 

[Ford2112]

• Oliva Serie V Melanio Robusto 
• Trinity Robusto

I could smoke either often and be quite content.

[LizardGizmo]

4 hours ago, Boxer31 said:

NC trinidad espiritu 3 for around 12-13. 

This cigar in belicoso (only one I have had) is excellent! Might be one of my biggest surprises of the past year. 

[Boxer31]

5 hours ago, LizardGizmo said:

This cigar in belicoso (only one I have had) is excellent! Might be one of my biggest surprises of the past year. 

This was first Non-Cuban Trini I have ever tried. Sampled both the Beli and the Toro - excellent. Agreed it was a very pleasant surprise - this was a recommendation from one of my local shops.  

[AshMe Nothing]

5 hours ago, LizardGizmo said:

This cigar in belicoso (only one I have had) is excellent! Might be one of my biggest surprises of the past year. 

I bought a box of the Trini around Christmas. Smoked one 2-3 months rest and stashed them away. Excellent smokes.

The Cuesta Rey Centro Fino Sun Grown #9 gets my vote. ~$90/box of 10 it fits the criteria. One of the best I’ve had this year. Much lighter smoke than the Trini. My only regret is I didn’t buy more than one box.


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[VasileDulap]

• Romeo y Julieta Petit Royales
• Vegueros Tapados.

[El Hoze]

I’ll jump the gun and (I believe?) be the first to mention the the Bond Roberts Dalia. I have a very strong suspicion that cigar over time will be at the very very top of my cigar rotation.