Sounds as if you like the same things I like. For my money, the Fuente Chateaus are worth the tiny bit more that they cost than the Rothschilds. Also, since you like strong cigars, for about a buck a stick more (at MSRP), the Double Chateaus are a much bigger stick and seem to me to pack a while lot more of a wallop in the Vitamin N department. I smoke them and RP Edges regularly (both in maduro), and the Chateaus seem to leave me a lot more buzzed than the Edges, despite the Edge's hype.
Just what I was gonna suggest. The Sungrown is really good.
Obviously, taste is totally an individual thing. For me, the 5 Vegas are somewhere between a tolerable yard 'gar and awful. I lit up a Series A toro this morning, smoked about an inch, and tossed it. But hey, that's just me. However, I have a hard time seeing anyone who likes Fuentes also liking 5 Vegas.
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Very good choice. Nice sweet maduro, full bodied cigar.For the price range ($75-ish) and flavor preference (full bodied, strong) you're talking about, I'd highly recommend the Dominican Partagas Black. CI sells a box of 20 in the "Magnifico" 6.0 x 54 size for $68.95, so you'd be right at $76 shipped.
http://www.cigarsinternational.com/prodDisp.asp?item=CS-P4&cat=3
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I had a funny experience with the Partagas Blacks. I really loved the first few that I had. Then I suddenly stopped liking them. I don't know if they changed or if I did... :dunno:For the price range ($75-ish) and flavor preference (full bodied, strong) you're talking about, I'd highly recommend the Dominican Partagas Black. CI sells a box of 20 in the "Magnifico" 6.0 x 54 size for $68.95, so you'd be right at $76 shipped.
http://www.cigarsinternational.com/prodDisp.asp?item=CS-P4&cat=3
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I 2nd that! Go for the Padron 2000's in Maduro.
