La Aurora - 100th Anniversary

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Txdawg

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Has anyone tried the 100 anniversary cigars from La Aurora? I have heard they are fantastic though a bit pricey. I have a friend in the Dominican Republic on business this week and was thinking he might be able to get me a better price.
 
Nope, haven't tried one of those, but I do have a La Aurora 1495 Churchill. Can you tell me anything about it before I give it a smoke?
 
Txdawg said:
Has anyone tried the 100 anniversary cigars from La Aurora? I have heard they are fantastic though a bit pricey. I have a friend in the Dominican Republic on business this week and was thinking he might be able to get me a better price.
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You will not find them in the D.R., especially at a better price. I am sure the Fakes have not hit the streets of Santo Domingo yet for that cigar
 
Txdawg said:
Has anyone tried the 100 anniversary cigars from La Aurora? I have heard they are fantastic though a bit pricey. I have a friend in the Dominican Republic on business this week and was thinking he might be able to get me a better price.
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I haven't but, on the recommendation of a guy at my B&M I bought one for a buddy of mine. He said it was better than the OpusX and didn't require a long time at rest before it was suiitable to smoke. I believed him and bought it for my friends birthday. Now I gotta get one for myself :D
 
onlyonerm said:
You will not find them in the D.R., especially at a better price. I am sure the Fakes have not hit the streets of Santo Domingo yet for that cigar
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Why do you say that? I know there are only 300K or so being produced but do you think they will only be available here online but not there
 
Txdawg said:
Has anyone tried the 100 anniversary cigars from La Aurora? I have heard they are fantastic though a bit pricey. I have a friend in the Dominican Republic on business this week and was thinking he might be able to get me a better price.
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These smokes are discussed at length, from 2004 to the present in a review, of all the crazy things, in the NC REVIEW forum, of all the crazy places. Landmark cigar. Stellar. Drooler, all sizes. :dr How good are they? Matt bought a box.
 
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onlyonerm said:
You will not find them in the D.R., especially at a better price. I am sure the Fakes have not hit the streets of Santo Domingo yet for that cigar
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Why do you say that? I know there are only 300K or so being produced but do you think they will only be available here online but not there in the DR?
 
Charles said:
Nope, haven't tried one of those, but I do have a La Aurora 1495 Churchill. Can you tell me anything about it before I give it a smoke?
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I'm a big fan of the Cien Anos; the 1495 is a fine cigar but something of a shadow of its' 100 Anos cousin, IMO. YMMV.
 
Txdawg said:
Why do you say that? I know there are only 300K or so being produced but do you think they will only be available here online but not there in the DR?
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Because quality cigars that are made in the Dominican Republic are for export only, they can't even be sold in the DR. Which means if you go to a cigar shop in the Dominican to get quality cigars they have often been shipped to the USA and re-imported to the Dominican. My experience has been that you can't find much of a deal in the Dominican unless you are just hoping to beat your state/local tax.
 
DCMD said:
Because quality cigars that are made in the Dominican Republic are for export only, they can't even be sold in the DR. Which means if you go to a cigar shop in the Dominican to get quality cigars they have often been shipped to the USA and re-imported to the Dominican. My experience has been that you can't find much of a deal in the Dominican unless you are just hoping to beat your state/local tax.
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Got it, thanks for the information.
 
Mister MaDuroo said:
I'm a big fan of the Cien Anos; the 1495 is a fine cigar but something of a shadow of its' 100 Anos cousin, IMO. YMMV.
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Thanks for the response. It was free so I took it and am thinking that I will let it sit for a month or so in my humi and then fire it up.:)
 
I have one sitting in my humi right now. It was about $35, and I have yet to try one. From what I've heard, they're fantastic, though.
 
Charles said:
Thanks for the response. It was free so I took it and am thinking that I will let it sit for a month or so in my humi and then fire it up.:)
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Free? Ooooo... that was a good day. It's much a sub-65% rh cigar. Too much H2O will doom this stogie. 65-70% will smoosh it, IMO. :2
 
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