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Green Lantern 09:35 AM 01-10-2009
Checked cigaraficionado.com this morning to see if any recent news has been added and I decide to look at the TOP 25 cigars for '08 and looks like they accidently added #1, 2 days early.

My guesses were Rocky Patel Decade, an Opus X, or maybe a Cuban...

Casa Magna Colorado Robusto
http://www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar...2008_1,00.html

I almost spit out my coffee. I mean don't get me wrong this cigar is good but way out of the left field.

Firing one now as we speak:-)
I'll write up a review on it after I'm done
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SmokinApe 10:58 AM 01-10-2009
Never even heard of it...
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rsamos 11:25 AM 01-10-2009
Originally Posted by SmokinApe:
Never even heard of it...
Good to know that I'm not the only one.
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md4958 11:45 AM 01-10-2009
Box split anyone???:-):-):-)
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field 11:46 AM 01-10-2009
Originally Posted by rsamos:
Good to know that I'm not the only one.
:-)
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chippewastud79 12:02 PM 01-10-2009
Rumor has it, they were owed an advertising favor by CA :-)
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icehog3 12:06 PM 01-10-2009
Originally Posted by md4958:
Box split anyone???:-):-):-)
I'm out, Moe, someone else can have mine. :-) :-)
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MikeyC 12:08 PM 01-10-2009
Originally Posted by chippewastud79:
Rumor has it, they were owed an advertising favor by CA :-)
I wouldn't doubt it. The sales of this cigar will sky rocket now.
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dmoby 12:26 PM 01-10-2009
Did not like this cigar when I smoked it a while back as a sample, way to sweet.
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lenguamor 12:33 PM 01-10-2009
Their top 5 are non-Cuban. :-)

As are 8 of the top 10.

Right.
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goalie204 12:33 PM 01-10-2009
why is the #2 cigar rated 96 and the #1 is rated lower at 93
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Silound 12:35 PM 01-10-2009
If anyone has some, I'd like to try the Robusto. Everywhere I look, places are already sold out as of this morning.
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Green Lantern 12:46 PM 01-10-2009
Comes from Fonseca cigars, In all honesty it is like the Joya de Nicaragua slighty milder and smoother.
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Silound 12:51 PM 01-10-2009
Originally Posted by Green Lantern:
Comes from Fonseca cigars, In all honesty it is like the Joya de Nicaragua slighty milder and smoother.
That sounds tempting for sure...I like JdN cigars, but the flavor is often hidden behind the strength of the stick.
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JohnnyFlake 02:23 PM 01-10-2009
Hell, I'm a sucker!!!

I'd be in on a box split of the Robusto, Churchill or Belicoso. If anyone finds a box, of any of those, and is looking for a split. I'll take a fiver for sure.
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19thHole 02:31 PM 01-10-2009
Originally Posted by JohnnyFlake:
Hell, I'm a sucker!!!

I'd be in on a box split of the Robusto, Churchill or Belicoso. If anyone finds a box, of any of those, and is looking for a split. I'll take a fiver for sure.

:-) I wouldn't mind getting in on this as well.
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icehog3 04:06 PM 01-10-2009
Cuban cigar companies cannot pay Cigar Afflictionado for advertising. Therefore, the Casa Magna is the greatest cigar made. :-)

When some say, "The Casa Magna is a great $4 smoke", remember....Cigar Afflictionado doesn't consider price in their rankings...they are saying the Casa Magna is the best current production cigar in the World right now at any price. Gimmie a break. :-)
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chippewastud79 04:22 PM 01-10-2009
Originally Posted by icehog3:

When some say, "The Casa Magna is a great $4 smoke", remember....Cigar Afflictionado doesn't consider price in their rankings...they are saying the Casa Magna is the best current production cigar in the World right now at any price. Gimmie a break. :-)
Sure they are. Cigar Afficianado did a double-blind, reverse hand job, "how much are you going to pay us?", asian massage parlor happy-ending survey. And its just the facts that Casa Magna was the best cigar produced in 2008, I am looking forward to where they end up ranking in history or in the "Cigars of the Decade" issue. :-)
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TomHagen 04:59 PM 01-10-2009
I smoked a belicoso Casa Magna at my B&M about a month ago... eh! It was definitely good for the price (then), and would revisit it. My buddy at the B&M had similiar impressions as I did. Good, not great.

Of their top 10, (I have never had a Sir Winston), I would take the La Aroma de Cuba Ed Esp... can't find the new La Gloria, and to be honest the Padron 80th was a let down, even for a huge 1926 fan...
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ca21455 01:29 PM 01-11-2009
Originally Posted by icehog3:
When some say, "The Casa Magna is a great $4 smoke", remember....Cigar Afflictionado doesn't consider price in their rankings...they are saying the Casa Magna is the best current production cigar in the World right now at any price. Gimmie a break. :-)
Actually that is not true for the top 25, here is part of Gordon Mott's explaination:

Casa Magna! I know you’re all surprised. We were too after our initial round of Top 25 tastings. And, then, that cigar just kept holding its spot among the top five cigars. In the end, the other factors—price, availability, intangibles—that we consider when making our final choice proved to be the tipping points in favor of the Casa Magna Colorado Robusto.
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