Day 1 brought us the Alec Bradley Trilogy Native Cameroon Robusto in a 5x50 vitola. The Trilogy Native Cameroon comes from the Dominican Republic with a Cameroon wrapper, Honduran binder and features Nicaraguan and Italian long fillers. The Trilogy Native Cameroon has leathery core that's supported by notes of woody, spice and earth. Entered by MTuccelli:
Day 2 brought us the Kristoff Corojo Limitada Robusto in a 5.5x54 vitola. The Corojo Limitada features a Nicaraguan Corojo Habano wrapper, a Nicaraguan Habano binder with Nicaraguan and Dominican Habano tobaccos for it's long fillers. With strong full flavors of leather, spice and pepper the Corojo Limitada is a full bodied well balanced and consistent smoke. Entered by CvilleE:
Day 3 brought us the Xikar HC Series Habano Colorado Toro in a 6.5x52 vitola. Xikar is widely recognized as one of the top cigar accessory makers out there. They teamed up with master blender Jesus Fuego when they felt it was time to produce their own cigar line. The Habano Colorado has fillers from Costa Rica, Nicaragua and the Honduras, a Nicaraguan binder and features a Habano Colorado wrapper from the Jalapa Valley in Nicaragua. This cigar features a great core of classic and earthy tobacco with good amounts of pepper and a sweetness that develops and becomes a prominent note about half way through. Entered by The Kid:
Day 4 brought us the Perdomo Champagne Noir Figurado in a 4 3/4x56 vitola. The Champagne Noir's wrapper is triple fermented. Nick Perdomo put it as such “After carefully fermenting these thick Cuban‐seed Maduro wrappers for well over 14 months in a natural pilon, we age them an additional 6 months in oak bourbon barrels." Which makes this maduro very unique. The Champagne Noir is made of all Nicaraguan tobaccos which makes it a true Nicaraguan Puro. The Champagne Noir has flavor notes of coffee, cream, a cocoa sweetness, earth, wood and nuts that build and change prominence throughout. Entered by BigT06:
Day 5 brought us the Diesel Unholy Cocktail in a 5x56 vitola. The Unholy Cocktail hails from Tabaclera Fernandez in Nicaragua and is blended by AJ Fernandez himself. The Unholy Cocktail has a Pennsylvania Broadleaf Maduro wrapper with a Nicaraguan binder and fillers. This is a very complex full bodied cigar. It has flavors of leather, pepper, earth, chocolaty sweetness and spice. Entered by 90+Irishman:
Day 6 brought us the La Flor Dominicana Factory Press II in it's only size a 6 1/4x54 flat/box pressed vitola. The Factory Press is box pressed which means it's corners have hard lines and comes in the actually factory press from the LFD factory. The Factory Press II has a Nicaraguan Oscuro Natural wrapper, a Dominican binder and 7 and 8 year old Dominican long fillers. The Factory Press II has flavor notes of spice, pepper, chocolate, sweet tobacco and chocolate. Entered by Lcpleel:
Day 7 brought us the Man of War Ruination Belicoso in a 5.7x56 vitola. The Ruination hails from Tabaclera Fernandez in Nicaragua and is blended by AJ Fernandez. It has a Ecuadorian Habano wrapper, Nicaraguan binder with Nicaraguan and Honduran long fillers. Consisting of mostly ligero leaves the Ruination is a full bodied cigar. With tons of spice, leather, coffee and pepper it has well balanced flavors. Entered by Robbyras:
Day 8 brought us the Fuente Fuente Opus X Forbidden LBMF in a 4x48 vitola. The Forbidden X line consists of non regular release Opus X cigars. LBMF stands for "Little Bad Mother F_ _ _ _ _" ,you can fill in the blanks, and is a Casa Fuente rarity. The Forbidden LBMF consists of tobaccos all from it's native home the Dominican Republic with it's wrapper and binder being Opus X Rosados and a mixture of Opus X fillers. With the Forbidden LBMF you get a sweet, spicy, leathery, cedary, earthy and cocoa flavor bomb that would be expected from a super premium. Entered by 415:
No shame in my game! I'm voting for the Original MOW Ruination! Thanks again for doing this E!
ReplyDeleteThe ones taken with the molds are definitely better than the 2 on the cutting board. I'd say your best focus and color was the Kristoff. JMO
ReplyDeleteMan they all rock to be quite honest, but if I had to choose one.... Forbidden X simply based on the VERY unique pigtail and how you captured it... so killer!
ReplyDeleteRobby you crack me up man lol
ReplyDeleteActually beatnic the only one not shot with the mold was the LFD and that was on a cigar box just FYI. Thanks for your vote!
Thanks Brett! That cigar challenged me lol I found a way to use the mold that normally I wouldn't be able to which was really cool
ReplyDeleteI'm with Robby no shame in my game either so I am voting for the AB Trilogy
ReplyDeletei vote for RobbyRas
ReplyDeleteI love the Factory Press pic with the old LFD label. It's one of those companies where the labels are cheap but the cigars are awesome. Now they have different labels that are much nicer but back in the day, you just had to know, ya know...
ReplyDeleteNo question, LFD Factory Press,
ReplyDeleteAll nice shots, but I'm going to have to go with Day 1; the Alec Bradley Trilogy. Great contest, btw.
ReplyDeleteBigT's entry... no bias here.....
ReplyDeleteThanks for the votes guys!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jake!
ReplyDeleteThe Kristoff looks amazing.
ReplyDeleteI have two favorites of this list the diesel unholy and the man of war ruination but the picture on both didn't do the cigar justice, but I don't know if thats possible. What I would have love to see was a half smoked cigar with ash still connected especially the la flor something about a box pressed cigar with a long ash connected BUT the ruins the whole point of the contest unless 2 were sent one for smoking one for winning.
ReplyDeleteIf I had played in this contest I would have sent in a Arganese double wrap the barber pole photographs gorgeously.
Oh well, put my vote for the Diesel I guess
Rudy and I seem to have really great taste.
ReplyDeleteAll these cigars look awesome, but I gotta vote for my dad's cigar. So 1 vote for the AB Trilogy.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoy all sorts of cigars, but I really do love the taste of the AB Trilogy. So my vote goes AB Trilogy all the way.
ReplyDeleteMy wife said if I wanted to have a painless 2012, I needed to do this for her dad. So I am voting for AB Trilogy. I hope this helps you out pop. Here is to hoping for a painless 2012.
ReplyDeleteGonna go with the Kristoff, though the Ruination is one of my favorite cigar, I love the band and pigtail on the Kristoff.
ReplyDeleteI asked my son what he wanted for Christmas and he said, vote for my cigar. So my vote is for the AB Trilogy. Love you Mike
ReplyDeleteI vote for my buddy Saturday, December 17, 2011
ReplyDeleteI think the day 6 is the best picture. They are all good but day 6 is better. I vote day 6
ReplyDeleteI VOTE FOR #6.
ReplyDeleteI cast my vote for the AB Trilogy. See ya at Christmas Uncle Mike
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