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Jfire

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1) please try to rank them in order as best as possible
2) please try to include 5/10 from available purchases this year. (Most likely 12-15 year box code dates)
3) you only have had to smoked a cigar once to have it rank in your top 10.
My list
1) Cohiba Esplendidos ARG Mar 2015
With out a doubt knockdown dead gorgeous.
So complex honey, burnt sugars, flavors for miles and complex as hell.
2)Partagas D4 Mar 2011.
A box I've aged since months after its box code date. Rich, evolving and a nubber of a cigar.
3) Cohiba Robusto MEL(...) 2014
It's been the year of me not having aged enough Cohiba. Rich, Strong coffee first. Then honey and barnyard in the middle. Followed by tea and mint at end.
4).Partagas short Cab (RUE SEP2011)
I've aged these for four years. And it paid off. They are rich, smooth and full of bread/cinnamon goodness. A quarter of a cab left. I'm now hoarding them.
5) Monte #4 (July 14)
I need to find more of these box codes . So young but so good for their youth. I smoked a box and a half in one year
6)Punch Coronation tubos (URA OCT 07)
I had a couple of these. They were available till just a couple months ago. Someone here bought most of the stock lol(not me lol)
A great little PC.
7) H Upmann Sir Winston (Dec 2010)
These started out slightly muted and have been progressing every year. A couple more years and the will easily be 92-93 or cigars. Clean,nutty, rich and smooth Cuban tobacco.
8) Cohiba Siglo II (PUM May 13)
Still a little young but they are starting to produce that honey/creme brûlée thing.
9)H upmann mag 46 Cab (USE MAR 08)
Dirty bastards of cigars when the cab was a year old. It's taken them this long to break a top 10. I smoke about 2-3 a year and will continue to do so. They keep smoothing out.
10) Partagas Mille Fluer (SAB JUL 2012)
Should probably replace the the mag 46 above in spots. One of the best values in all of Habanos whole line up. Smooth, bread/spice. Rich tobacco. Slight twang on the back of the palate. They need 3-5 years (sometimes) of aging but for $3.20 each when they are "on". I think to myself I stole the cigars for the price.
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1) ROA JUN11 H. Upmann Connie #1...still available in 2015. Reached for these more often than any other cigar this year, classic Upmann woody flavors.
 

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1 ) about 6 weeks ago - jlpc '13 . gifted to my son following the birth of his baby girl .
Jr decided to hold off for @3 months to firing it up, and surprising dropping in that sat evening .my spot is on the lanai . we loaded up and quickly stoked up a roaring chiminea .
when choosing to ask if I can light it for him, I most gladly obliged
Thusly toasting then old school toothpeeling off one Hell of j lo cuban pc gem .
Hard as a rock feel with ample resistance brought about a bolden classic array of sweet and tart twangage . out of the piñon firewood and the 40s night air , bursts of sugary cc smoke intertwined a most remarkable moment of olfactory Nirvana .
Old Juan Lopez would've been proud to know that this Father Son occasion was marked with some of his finest
tobac rolled up to pc perfection . havent smoked another cigar since
 
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Thanks @jolietilfire great idea bro. Only been buying for the last year so still pretty new to CCs but here goes!

1)Sig IV TUO Oct 12
2)CoRo MUO May 14
3)PL Encantos URG Dic 10 (sorry a little outside the age range but readily available this year and so damn good!)
4)RyJ ex. 4 GEO Feb 14
5) Sig 1 MUO Abr 15
6) Connie A RAE Jun 15 (I imagine this will be much higher next year)
7) ERDM Choix Supreme MOE Oct 14
8) Monte 4 MUO Nov 14
9) BRC ULA Ago 14
10) Rass 14 or PSD4 14

PS- I smoked an RyJ Churchill that was amazing this year. Don't remember how old it was though. I have a box in the air from Sep 14 and I have a feeling I may be amending my list soon;)
 
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Can only do top (5) based on how much I remember enjoying them at the time:
1) Por Larranaga Encantos URG FEB11
2) Montecristo #2 AME SEP13
3) Partagas SD4 ESO ABR14
4) Trinidad Reyes AEM OCT14
5) Ramon Allones Specially Selected BMS FEB14
With honorable mention to the Partagas Culebras. Smoked thru a box of 9 and have another resting in the humidor.
 

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I don't know if I can do a full 10 with my memory, but I'll try:
1. 2011 H.U. LCDH (I think that's the Royal Robusto)
2. 05/14 H.U. Majestic
3. H.U. EL12
4. 2012 RASCC
5. Partagas C, EL12
6. Ramon Allones Exclusivo Asia Pacifico (eta: I thought these were more recent than they are. oops)
7. 10/2011 Reynaldo Hotel Conde de Villanueva
8. 2013 PSP2.
9. 2009 RyJ Wide Churchill
10. @Smoqman Santos blend from 02/14
 
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1. 2014 Cohiba Esplendidos
2. 2013 Cohiba Siglo VI
3. 2014 Partagas Lusitania
4. 2014 ERDM CS
5. 2013 H. Upmann #2
6. 2014 H. Upmann Mag 46
7. 2014 Diplomatico #2
8. 2013 RASS
9. 2008 ERDM CS
10. 2013 Montecristo #2
 
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1. 2014 Cohiba Esplendidos
2. 2013 Cohiba Siglo VI
3. 2014 Partagas Lusitania
4. 2014 ERDM CS
5. 2013 H. Upmann #2
6. 2014 H. Upmann Mag 46
7. 2014 Diplomatico #2
8. 2013 RASS
9. 2008 ERDM CS
10. 2013 Montecristo #2
So I couldn't help noticing you like the ERDM enough to list it twice. Do you notice significant differences between the '14 and the '08?
 
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The ERDM from 08 is spicier to me than the 14. I don't know if this is due to differences in tobacco crops or if it is due to aging effects or if it is just me. Both are tremendous particularly for a morning cigar. This one doesn't get a lot of love from the beat writers but it is one fine cigar for my palate. It's near the top of my favorite marcas. I could be perfectly happy smoking the 14's but I was given a heads up by a brother that there were some 08's available so I bought them.
 
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1. 2011 USE HU Conny #1
2. 1998 Punch Ninfa
3. 2014 RyJ Mille Fleurs
3. 2014 SLR A
4. 2014 H Upmann Petit Corona
5. 2008 Sancho Panza Non Plus
6. 2014 Trini Reyes
7. 2011 RyJ Cazadores
8. 2008 HdM Epi 2
9. 2014 ERDM CS
10. 2013 JLP Conservas (Not kidding...)
 

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I doubt my opinion really has any real substance as I've only been smoking since October and have had 3 cc in 2015. My pallet is NO WHERE near everyone else's on here, but nonetheless I figured if throw out my rank on the 3 I had if you all don't mind!

1: HUHC
2: RyJ Exhibicion No. 4
3: Partagas Aristocrat

I'm hoping by the end of 2016, I'll be able to have a full 10 list!
 

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It's been a real year of discovery for me in CC land and a lot of my favorites don't qualify but those that do....

2011 party short @jolietilfire sent me. Despite my propensity to chase over priced regional CCs, this was easily top 5 for the year for me. One of the few sticks I happily let burn my fingers and lips....

2014 Cohiba Corona especiales. Flew through a box, bought another and haven't touched since I want to enjoy other smokes lol these became my go to in a hard way for a bit. Soon enough I will reopen this flood gate

2009 psd4(available at a premium). Similar to the 2011 party short floral profile which I love but adds more dark flavors of chocolate coffee etc

2008 Erdm cs (available at popular vendor). Sweet. Uniquely sweet. Applewood is my best description. Just great all around, not very strong. Delightful morning or afternoon smoke.

2014 Cohiba siglo IV. Crack.

2012 Cohiba pirex tubo (light years better than non tubo imo). Definitely doesn't justify the price but a great special occassion smoke rich with flavor complexity.

2014 Bolivar RC tubo (non tubo was good too). Even better aged

2014 Bolivar PC. Caramel
 

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Only tried a couple this year, but here's the ones that stand out.
2014 RyJ Churchill
2012 Quai d'Orsay Imperiales
1997 Punch Super Selection #1
2012 Partagas Short
2008 PSD4 (thx Ish..)
2011 Trini Funadores
2012 Cohiba Robusto


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You guys with the '08's, what box codes? It's good to hear they're smoking so well!

EDIT: nevermind. Only one code available for '08.
 
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1. 2014 Cohiba Esplendidos
2. 2013 Cohiba Siglo VI
3. 2014 Partagas Lusitania
4. 2014 ERDM CS
5. 2013 H. Upmann #2
6. 2014 H. Upmann Mag 46
7. 2014 Diplomatico #2
8. 2013 RASS
9. 2008 ERDM CS
10. 2013 Montecristo #2
+1 on H. Upmann #2, had a number of those on my recent trip to St. Marteen, very enjoyable. Great addition.
 
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