Montecristo Robusto - Limited Edition Maduro

[Miami101]

Has anyone had this smoke:

Montecristo Robusto - Limited Edition Maduro

Please let me know:

[Miami101]

Has anyone had this cigar...

Partagas Piramides No. 2 Limited Edition Maduro

[mkz]

I didn´t even know they existed...

[zuma]

My guess would be that, if they are not in Trevor's website ([link]www.CubanCigarWebsite.com[/link]), then they are unlikely to be legit... especially if they have a band with "maduro" on them.

[Guest rob]

» Are these real?

As far as the bands and photos can indicate - yes.

But not necessarily so.

[Miami101]

Thanks for the feed back folks..................

» Has anyone had this smoke:

»

» Montecristo Robusto - Limited Edition Maduro

» Please let me know:

[Ken Gargett]

» PS. There are 2001 Limited Editions, all with 2001 bands, but they were

» released late onto the market , in early 2002. Because of this, there

» were no 2002 banded releases.

apols, of course there were 2001s - it was the 2002 non-exisitng limited editions i meant to mention.

[Ken Gargett]

»

» PS. There are 2001 Limited Editions, all with 2001 bands, but they were

» released late onto the market , in early 2002. Because of this, there

» were no 2002 banded releases.

trev, this comment about the reason for no release in 2002 is about the only thing i'm not in full agreement with on your fantastic site. i have no doubt that, and they won't confirm this unless you get a load of drinks into the relevant people, the reason was simply that with the 2000 and 2001 releases, it was dipping a toe in the water. they had no idea whether this concept would work and when it did, were caught short (part of the evidence is that they had no 'vintage' on the 2000's) of sitable material. they got back into the swing as fast as possible. also worth remembering that the prices for the LE's in the early days were very low in comparison with what we get now.

[Trevor2118]

» trev, this comment about the reason for no release in 2002 is about the only thing i'm not in full agreement with on your fantastic site. i have no doubt that, and they won't confirm this unless you get a load of drinks into the relevant people, the reason was simply that with the 2000 and 2001 releases, it was dipping a toe in the water.

» they had no idea whether this concept would work and when it did, were caught short (part of the evidence is that they had no 'vintage' on the 2000's) of sitable material.

» they got back into the swing as fast as possible. also worth remembering that the prices for the LE's in the early days were very low in comparison with what we get now.

This sounds very likely. I will weave this into the website if I may :-D

[Ken Gargett]

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» Trevor, I would work on Kens post a little before adding it to your

» website.

»

» This button should help it some. :-D

everyone's a critic.

trev, knock yourself out.

[mkz]

Are these real?

[Ken Gargett]

» Are these real?

»

»

these look like the original 2000 - from memory - limited editions. the first lot had only the limited edition band and not the year.

they were not known as 'maduros' specifically, as far as i am aware.

long time since i tried a robusto but i remember them fondly. the partagas - still have a box and went through one or two others. absolutely loved them. stunners.

ps - nor were they known as P2's. also, if i remember correctly, there were no limited editions from 2001 (despite a very high profile american expert announcing he had a cellar full) and it was in 2002 that they came in as an annual release and the bands then incorporated the years.

[Trevor2118]

» Are these real?

»

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These releases exist. 2000 Limited Editions. The monte is a Robosto vitola and the Partagas is the Piramides vitola (not a P2). They were not a Maduro (as per last years Cohiba Maduro) but the wrappers were aged for 2 years before rolling, giving an obvious darker appearance.

PS. There are 2001 Limited Editions, all with 2001 bands, but they were released late onto the market , in early 2002. Because of this, there were no 2002 banded releases.

For full details, see: [link]http://www.cubancigarwebsite.com/2-releases.htm#Edition_Limitada_Series[/link]

[BigSlick]

» » trev, this comment about the reason for no release in 2002 is about the

» only thing i'm not in full agreement with on your fantastic site. i have

» no doubt that, and they won't confirm this unless you get a load of drinks

» into the relevant people, the reason was simply that with the 2000 and 2001

» releases, it was dipping a toe in the water.

»

» » they had no idea whether this concept would work and when it did, were

» caught short (part of the evidence is that they had no 'vintage' on the

» 2000's) of sitable material.

»

» » they got back into the swing as fast as possible. also worth remembering

» that the prices for the LE's in the early days were very low in comparison

» with what we get now.

»

» This sounds very likely. I will weave this into the website if I may :-D

Trevor, I would work on Kens post a little before adding it to your website.

This button should help it some. :-D