
Recently I had the opportunity to talk with Kathy Pickering, one of the owners of Catelli cigars. We talked and smoked for a while and it was interesting listening to her talk about the blend and the company. Since then I have had two of the Catelli Hanano Modelos and really enjoyed them. I always try to smoke a cigar very early in the morning before going to work and I picked the Habano knowing the time I had allotted would not allow me to finish the stick. With about 1/3 to go I decided to hell with it; I'll be late today. It was that good. The taste profile reminded me of La Riqueza. They can't be bought here locally at present, but I intend to run some down. I don't know what the msrp is on these cigars, but if reasonable priced I'm going to buy a box.