Habano Festival 2000 Commemorative Petit corona

[Ken Gargett]

picked up a few single sticks of this from rob about 3 years ago. had them in the bargain box. tried a few then and liked them and found them floating around so grabbed one last night. what a wonderful cigar. elegant yet with underlying intensity of flavour and a lingering finish. there was a light herbal note but worked more to add to the complexity than as anything that would detract from the cigar. spice, cinnamon and a lot more caramel than i remembered. really good construction and a slow even burn. only a couple left but i'd have to think that these are in for the long haul. fabulous smoke, even though a size i normally avoid. 93.

my early notes suggested inconsistent results for these. if so, then this was one of the goodies.

[pnutbutrsangwich]

Bargain Box?! You crazy or rich?:-P J/k Nice review, makes me wish for one even more.:-|

[El Presidente]

» Bargain Box?! You crazy or rich?:-P J/k Nice review, makes me wish for

» one even more.:-|

Definately the former ;-)

[Ken Gargett]

» Bargain Box?! You crazy or rich?:-P J/k Nice review, makes me wish for

» one even more.:-|

i was just trying to help a mate out and take a few apparently unwanted cigars off his hands. i can't help it if he wants to dump the good stuff (i remember the good old days when he had SLR DC's at half price (A$20 a stick) because no one was interested. again, i leapt in to help a mate. and now, does he remember? i have to get in the queue for SLR's at full mark up. the injustice...)

[Tampa1257]

This has got to be one of the absolute finest Marevas that I have ever smoked in my life. It has been a couple of years now since I smoked one and the memory is still fresh in my mind! Great cigar, and I would also give it a high rating, but since I use a different rating scale, I would call it a 6 out of 6 smoke ring cigar as it would be a Classic and a cigar that if ever possible to smoke would be extremely sought after!

[Ken Gargett]

» This has got to be one of the absolute finest Marevas that I have ever

» smoked in my life. It has been a couple of years now since I smoked one

» and the memory is still fresh in my mind! Great cigar, and I would also

» give it a high rating, but since I use a different rating scale, I would

» call it a 6 out of 6 smoke ring cigar as it would be a Classic and a cigar

» that if ever possible to smoke would be extremely sought after!

tampa, i obviously agree but what especially surprised me was the length of time it took to smoke. i m not usually a fan of small smokes but happy to smoke this anytime.

i have to check that bargain bin more often.

[El Presidente]

» This has got to be one of the absolute finest Marevas that I have ever

» smoked in my life. It has been a couple of years now since I smoked one

» and the memory is still fresh in my mind! Great cigar, and I would also

» give it a high rating, but since I use a different rating scale, I would

» call it a 6 out of 6 smoke ring cigar as it would be a Classic and a cigar

» that if ever possible to smoke would be extremely sought after!

And Chuck...to think that for the first 2 years of existence...you couldn't give them away :-)

[avid toker]

» » This has got to be one of the absolute finest Marevas that I have ever

» » smoked in my life. It has been a couple of years now since I smoked one

» » and the memory is still fresh in my mind! Great cigar, and I would also

» » give it a high rating, but since I use a different rating scale, I

» would

» » call it a 6 out of 6 smoke ring cigar as it would be a Classic and a

» cigar

» » that if ever possible to smoke would be extremely sought after!

»

»

» tampa, i obviously agree but what especially surprised me was the length

» of time it took to smoke. i m not usually a fan of small smokes but happy

» to smoke this anytime.

» i have to check that bargain bin more often.

Don't get me wrong, they're good cigars but certainly not worth their asking price these days. I only have a few left myself and will wait to see what aditional time will do to them.

[univibe88]

I wish I was into cigars when these were available at a reasonable price. I'd love to have some, but I agree that they aren't worth today's asking price.

[kluck]

I bought some of these when they first came out, didn't pay too much for them ~ $280. I've smoked 4 and everyone of them was harsh and not good. The most recent one I smoked was a couple of months ago and it still was not good. I must of got a bad box because most people love these. I have a couple of Cohiba SR boxes from the same vendor one box tastes like crap the other is devine, you never know what you'll get I guess.