Highest Rating in Two Years

Joined Dec 2004
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I hate giving cigars a big rating... honestly I feel like it puts my credability on the line so I am always cautious and would consider myself a conservative when it comes to tasting cigars. However, today set a new mark. My scale ranges as follows:

<85 is Blagh
85-89 are all ranges of "good"
90-904 are all ranges of "excellent" (mostly ISOM or aged stock)
95+ are all classics (Only ISOM or aged stock)

Most of things I smoke I find between 85-89 and I give seldom 90+ wiht only maybe two cigars in my lifetime getting into the 95+ range.

Anyway, the last highly rated smoke I had was a 1995 Montecristo No.2 which I awarded 96 pts two years ago. Today I stumbled on another amazing smoke.

I grabbed a few boxes of the 1994 Bolivars that we are implementing into our aging room for sale and lit up the Churchill. My god, I was floored. 13 years has done amazing things to this cigar. Wood aromas with hints of honey and light spices. The cigar still had quite a bit of character and medium to full bodied aroma with an especially sharp finish. The cigar was perfectly well rounded, balanced, and complex.

94/100 pts (probably the highest rated non ISOM I have smoked)

I just picked up another box. Hopefully I did not get some kind of fluke stick!!! LOL
 
chrisguinther said:
Alex, are these available yet for sale on the site?

:?: :?: :?:

You got a house to buy, Mister!!!

I can not wait to try these. I am reserving 3 hours of quiet time tomorrow night, just me, my lab, some port (or Mt. Gay Rum), and a Bolivar Churchill. I cannot wait to slip off that yellow cello!!
 
Chris, I was kidding ya. Hopefully you don't have to sell too many of your cigars!
 
ISOM is "Island South of Miami"

They are for sale over the phone and will hopfully be online in the aging room by the end of the day today. I have since smoked about 1/2 a dozen of these and they have been fantastic. I also tore into the Cuba Aliodos from 1993 and really liked teh flavor on those also.
 
I think I'm going through withdrawal not buying any cigars. But the house outweighs my smoking wants. Once the house approval goes through I hope to have some of my desktops on the bartop for blissfui consumption.
 
nothing says "home" like smokin a good stoge IN it....


when shes not home that is
 
HighPSI said:
nothing says "home" like smokin a good stoge IN it....


when shes not home that is


oh no no no ...
shell smell it ... ( :shame: ) ive tried.
i need an air filter before winter.
 
I don't know...Pepin Garcia is making some of the best Non-Cubans out there, in my opinion....

But I have some of these Bolivars on the way to give them a shot!