I picked up a ten pack of the Ave Maria Charlemagnes and they are outstanding. I've smoked one a day for the last five days and have just ordered a box. Great balance with big flavor without the overpowering nicotine hit. And yes, the bands are a trip! I've scanned one and put it in my Cigar Band Art Gallery: http://robustojoe.com/cigar-art-gallery/
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I am not the norm when it comes to AJ's cigars. I have not smoked any of the newer stuff coming out, but out of 11 different blends of his I have liked 2 of them. The rest just didn't do it for me. And the worse of the bunch being the MoW. I have tried it many times because everybody talks great about it, everyone I have tried has been unsmokable either because of taste or construction.
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tx tuff, did you make certain that they were properly humidified? I know that I have gotten cigars in the mail that were EXTREMELY" wet...i take mail order cigars and place them in the humi for several weeks @ 60% humidity...if they are extremely wet, then I dry box them.
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Not sure if it's on the list or not but he is also blending the San Lotano. Keep in mind this brand is a little backwards as the Connecticut is the fullest as it is a spice bomb with an Ecuadorian Connie wrapper, the Habano is middle of the road which is not too unusual but the Maduro is the Mildest cigar of the bunch and is on the upper end of Mild at best. I was never a huge fan of the Connecticut shade wrapper unless I am looking for something to smoke in the early morning hours but the San Lotano Connecticut is a fantastic smoke and I would highly recommend it just NOT for your first smoke of the day unless you like to start the day with a lot of pepper. The first few samplings of this stick have been very spicy with spice right out of the gate and than mellowing a bit about midway and than the spice kicks back in for the final 1/3. Trying to avoid buying a box of these as I am honestly trying to cut back. The Maduro just did nothing for me and the Habano is just a touch above average.
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I don't smoke anything right off the truck. I keep my cabinet at 65% and don't have any problems with my other sticks. In fact I love Nicaraguan cigars and thats pretty much all I smoke. I'm not dogging AJ, hell he is doing something right, look at all the people here that love the cigars. They just don't do it for me.

The only ones I have had with a construction problem have been the MoW. All the others smoked good (although some to lose) I just didn't care for the taste.
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For those of us that are new to AJ Fernanzdez I would appreciate it if someone could post a complete list of his cigars.

Thanks!
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:-)
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Add to that...

Ave Maria
San Miguel
Cigar.com Sungrown Label
Diesel Unlimited
Moro Castle
Man O War Armada
Man O War Puro Authentico
San Lotano Connecticut
San Lotano Habano
San Lotano Maduro

Also I thought Nica Libre was a Plascencia made cigar?
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Looks like there are some more cigars that I need to sample :-)
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If you are on Twitter, be sure to follow them (@AJFcigars) - they are giving away San Lotano's just about everyday, trying to spread the word about the line.
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I haven't tried all of them on that list but of the 5-6 I have tried I am not a fan.

In my opinion I feel AJ confuses power with flavor.

At least with this list I know which new blends to avoid.:-)
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aj for shure ive tried his new cigars the san lotano maduro wow!!! thats all i got to say.
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Tried all three cigars maduro,habano, and the conne. Friend of is going to be the dealer for aj in the state of texas.
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Wow...interesting this thread was bumped today. I had a La Cuna Bin No 85 while fishing this afternoon and was pleasantly surprised how much I enjoyed it. I picked up a gaggle of AJ's stuff a while ago, and at the time thought most was okay, but nothing special. It's been a while since had one of his sticks, and as I said, today's La Cuna was quite good. Maybe the rest did it some good?:-)
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I was at one of our local B&M' the other day, The Smoke Zone, and was told that of AJ' new San Lotano line, the popular wrappers in order are:

San Lotano Maduro
San Lotano Habano
San Lotano Connecticut

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Connecticut is the best of the 3 IMHO, interesting it is the least popular..
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I didn't realize how many cigars AJF blended until I read this post today and how many of them Are in my top favorites list.

Just got a box of Unholy Cocktails and a 10 pack of Shortys

Need to try one of the San Lotano - read somewhere it was a tribute to his father
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Have you tried Morro Castle? Sumatra wrapper, not "in your face" strength, and way more interesting than most others, IMO.
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+1....except more like 14 or 15 of them. Few were awful. Fewer were great. Just not in my wheelhouse, I guess.
I will say that I received a RP Fusion (or 'Double'?) Maduro lancero (green band) in a sampler one time that was tremendous. Wouldn't mind revisiting that one. Any of the others are just OK .....at cigarbid prices.
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Just tried a San Lotano Habano I received from the Lottery -- it was a very nice smoke. I was impressed! Nice flavors -- pepper, spice, lots of smoke, and it burned well. I will have to get some more of these :-)
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