was so different and better than what I had before. maybe the two years or being the first run,but man it was nice. over medium and spice, pepper and milk chocolate flavors. very balanced and full of flavor. maybe this is what C.A. magazine was hitting on when they highly rated the brand as cigar of the year. very nice but not a 96, even though it was a different size they rated. I give it a solid 93 and well worth the $6-ish that they retail for. I want to see if the El Centurion is this good. I doubt it, even though it is in the same price range and I think same strength range. I still like the L'Atelier Lat 46 better that uses the same wrapper but a higher priming. Lat 46 to me destroys all the other Lats. Thanks to My Father factory !!!:cbig: