Some state the a Pre-Embargo cigar can not possibly be good because of how old the tabacco is. I personally completely disagree.
One of the best cigars that I ever smoked was from a local store in CT when I lived near Hartford. They had pre-embargo tabacco in their warehouse and would hand roll a cigar right in front of you. Pretty expensive at $18/Cigar, but it was in the top 5 cigars I ever smoked. I have smoked Cubans all the way up to Cohiba Esplendido and the pre-embargo is everything a Cuban is, only much stronger!!! Knocked me out after 1/2 of the cigar.
I look forward to trying PE whenever I can.
My friend just moved out there and I am going to have him purchase some and ship to me. I can not remember the name of the store, so if anyone from Middletown area knows what I am talking about please let me know.