I'd probably kill you for that box of Reyes, Darryl. :-)
No doubt, they are ON. Big time. The Reyes I smoked from your box is easily one of the best cc's I've ever smoked.

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As long as I'm enjoying it, my favorite is whatever I happen to be smoking at that moment.
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Several come to mind, but if I had to pick one and only one, it'd be the Padron 45th Anniversary in Maduro. Every one I've had the pleasure of smoking has been just....on.
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Very close second to the 80th maduro

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pretty good :-)
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as for favorite cigar: give me an Opus X with 3-5 years on it and I am good to go.
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My favorites have been:

05 PLPC
04 Sig VI
05 CoLa
02 LGC MdO 3

Don't think I've ever had a bad one of those.
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Regular Production NCs:
Hemingway Maduros(save for the WOAM, never really did much for me)
PAM 64
LP No. 9

More limited stuff/CCs:
Tat Face
08 HdM Epicure No. 2
Viaje S&B ?
Oliva O blue cloth band(seriously probably the best stick I have ever had :-))
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:-) I forgot the Oliva Blue Cloth....that WAS a good smoke. :-)
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bolivar corona...rated it a 100 point cigar 10 years ago and havnt smoked any cigars that come close since.

second place on my all time list goes to a few davidoff 1000's i had in london a couple of years ago.

derrek :-)
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Ain't this the truth.
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Bolivar Corona Extra (which has tragically been discontinued)
Montecristo No. 2
Padron 1926 No. 9 Natural
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Hard to say what was the best or my favorite especially if I am including ones I have sampled in PPPs. However a couple stand out


Almost every cigar from this bomb in '07 (thanks Twillis) but especially the '83 ERdM PL

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40s Cabana thanks to Balls

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And an 02 RA 898, though I think this one was less to do with the cigar and more with the location and the company.

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Many more spring to mind though they are almost all tied to a good herfing experience so I often wonder how good they were or was I just in that good a mood.
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Rocky Patel 15th Anniversary. Oliva Serie V is right up there too.
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:-)

Man... why did they have to stop making those? :-)
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I agree a great cigar, but at least the Sunsets at Shack will be around
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I'm not sure I could pick just one but these come to mind:

Monte C
'01 Cohiba Lancero
'98 Boli Corona
'98 ERDM Tainos
'02 Sir Winston
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This is pretty much it for me.I'm pretty easy to please.

I've smoked five dollar cigars and even a five hundred dollar cigar and honestly, no one cigar has ever stood out.
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My 3 favorites are a bit more humble than some of the other ones posted here. :-)

5 Vegas Series 'A' Archetype
AF 8-5-8 Maduro
Gurkha Doble Maduro Toro
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Padron 3000 maduro
Siglo maduro #2
Partagas super CC
Onyx reserve #4

yep thats my one favorite at the moment.
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No pics from me on this one. But the best cigar I've ever smoked was smoked at about 4,000 feet above sea level somewhere in north Carolina between neel's gap and the trailhead of the AT in Georgia. In the company of my best friend (and best man) and my father. It was cold as hell out and the wind was blowing like crazy. Paired with the soft glow of a campfire and the mix of peach shcnapps and Bacardi 151 I had squirreled away in my pack, that 2001 Boli Belicoso fino was so memorable, it still feels like only yesterday.
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