Bulz - question

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CastleCrest

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• Sep 9, 2005

• #1

You wrote:

Bulz said:

I have had some good Cuban cigars. I've had a few great ones. I've smoked a Cuban rated 100 from Cigar Aficionado. This doesnt change my position overall.

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Question - seriously - what cigar are we talking about?
I don't do the Ca thing anymore and was wondering what they gave a 100 to?

 

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Bloofington

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• Sep 9, 2005

• #2

It happened back in the bad old days, CC. I forget which cigar they gave that rating to specifically, but it was about 317 years old, and a famous brand name, perhaps Montecristo or RyJ.

 

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Zigarreraucher

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Erie PA

• Sep 9, 2005

• #3

Dunhill Cabinetta (1986) scored 100 points

http://www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar/CA ... 86,00.html

 

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CastleCrest

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• Sep 9, 2005

• #4

Zigarreraucher said:

Dunhill Cabinetta (1986) scored 100 points

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Thanks!
I was just offered a box - for $200 a stick :shock:
Had to pass :?

 

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Bloofington

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• Sep 9, 2005

• #5

Yeah, I'd pass, deep downfield. There comes a point where unless you're Bill Gates, smoking and drinking something that costs 40 times more than a lot of other good products is just plain ridiculous and ostentatious.

 

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bildo792

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Hilton Head, SC

• Sep 9, 2005

• #6

well said bloof.... cause if your bill gates $200 a stick is like paying $6 therefore not making you ostentatious.

 

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troutbum764

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Greensboro, NC

• Sep 9, 2005

• #7

if your bill gates $200 a stick is like paying $6

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Being the nerd I sometimes am, I had to figure this one out for myself. According to 2000 statistics of Bill Gates' worth ($60 billion) and the net worth of the average American household ($55,000), if Bill Gates were to spend $200 on a single stick, it would be equivalent to the average American spending around $.000183 CENTS. Someday guys, someday . . .


Chris

 

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Bloofington

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• Sep 9, 2005

• #8

:cryinlaugh: :mrgreen:

 

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USMC 6672

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NJ

• Sep 9, 2005

• #9

My wife had bought me the Cigar Aficionado Cigar Companion a while ago, and it it there are 3 Cuban Cigars that have a rating of 100. The first one is called a 1492 which came out in 1995. The second is a Davidoff Chateau D'Yquem which came out in 1979, and the third is a Dunhill Cabinetta which came out in 1986. Followed with a rating of 99 is the Montecristo No. 2 circa 1985.

I don't think I will ever get a chance to sample these but I bet they are damn well good!

 

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CastleCrest

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• Sep 10, 2005

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A few years back I bought 2 of the 1492 - I wanted a gift for a friend that has almost "EVERYTHING" Cuban that there is. That said he has shared more smokes with me than anyone. So I wanted something nice for him. I do not recall what I paid - but could not bring myself to smoking the second one.
A year later I traded the second one to the same guy for an entire box of cigars - It was right after the flood and money was tight and well i needed some smokes.
I have the Dunhill in my collection, but am yet to try that one.

I have a few Davidoff but from what hear they have past their prime
still good smokes but are over the hill and should be smoked soon.
Still it's hard to smoke a $300 cigar :shock:

 

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Bloofington

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• Sep 11, 2005

• #11

For three C's a stick, you'd better get . . .

wellllll, you'd better get more than a nicotine kick, that's all I can say.

 

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Bulz

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CT

• Sep 12, 2005

• #12

All covered here...yes, it was the 86 Dunhill Cabinetta.

BTW it's easy to smoke a cigar like this when a friend says "smoke this, tell me what you think".