I had about 10 Mayorga maduro robustos languishing in a box of miscellaneous sticks in my cooler. I've had them for maybe 3 or 4 years, don't really remember. Hadn't smoked these for a long time, but I've been going through them for the last couple of weeks, and there's a lot to like here; nice construction and burn, good sweet maduro flavor. As they say, one dimensional, but that dimension is pretty good. If these are still available cheap, I may buy more.

Cheers,
G
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I was surprised yesterday by how BAD my first Drac was! I defiantly will have no problem letting my other Drac sleep for a few years now
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Carillo Short Run robusto size on the recommendation of a good friend. Much better than I expected.
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The new Avo Heritage.So good I am picking up a box next week.
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A Tat Verocu #5 was outstanding. I thought it would be a decent cigar, but I was impressed.
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Had a Pepin 'My Father Le Bijiou' last night at an event and it was quite nice. I smoked a Tempus on the way there and the Le Bijou blew it away. Haven't been much for NC's lately and it was a refreshing change.
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Finally got around to smoking one of my Tat T110's. To be honest, I was not blown away. Don't get me wrong, it was a solid stick and it fit the bill of potent sticks, but it seemed as though it was going for more power than flavor. Maybe it was just because I was stressed and haven't smoked in a WHILE. I will have to give them another chance sometime in the near future.
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my thoughts exactly :-)
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Omar Ortez madurro for a $5.26 stick at the B&M i had to break my no more boxes rule for awhile and buy a box of 60
I also had a Cain maduro and habano recently which the first time I had a Cain I was thrown off but lately the Oliva company has been mighty tasty. I must be hanging out with todd and the rest of you inmates to much lately to get my palet the way it is.
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These are 1 set of sticks I always keep in humi but i'm a JdN Fan.
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One of my favorite ncs!
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Rocky Patel Puro Cubano.... very,very nice mild to medium smoke. The writeup says this is a Rocky P's mistake because it differs from the original blend they thought was going to be a full-bodied smoke. Instead a mild to medium cigar blend showed up and voila, another success! I first received this in a sampler (1) and tried it and quickly ordered 2 boxes (that's how much faith I had in the taste and blend). Even right out of the box, they are great but may really improve with a little slumbering...
Ylo2na
OOOPS... cbid and CI offers them.
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I have been really surprised by the 5 vegas A series. They are a good budget smoke with a bunch of flavor.
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Two have surprised me recently...

Final Blend Maduro (grabbed a box they were so good...believe these are a Famous exclusive stick)
Padilla Dominus (grabbed a 5er they were really good...not as cheap as the Final Blends, hence the 5er :-))
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Last stick i had that i was surprised by was a brickhouse, i believe it was a robusto. It was $5.99 which was why i stayed away for soo long. I saw it rated at like a 90, in i believe it was cigar aficianado, and went for it. I am glad i did.
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I smoked a CAO La Traviata Robusto tonight while watching the tournament. Generally I'm not a huge fan of CAO's offerings, so I didn't expect much from it, but was presently surprised by how much I enjoyed it.

(Bumped an old thread...)
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Was kinda hesitant about the AB Family Blend, but man it was one hell of a smoke!
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Quesado Tributo Julio.
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L'Atelier 56 was all sorts of amazing a very solid stick, can't wait to try the smaller sizes :-)
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The Lat 46 Ss is great.
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