NCs with C's Namesakes? What's Your Fav?

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EPICSMOKEHERE

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What's your Favorite non cuban cigar that has a cuban brand? I.E. Cohiba, Punch etc? I've never had a Cuban but i am curious if any of their NC namesakes can hold thier own?
 
Oddly enough, the best NC's are not cuban namesakes. Such as fuente and padron, tatuaje, etc...
 
Yeah it was DR RYJ that got me into it (churchill covered in plume). But i didn't know what i was doing or tasting then, i tend to like the AF and the CAOs the most so far, had a Punch and another RYJ cedros#2 and wasn't that impressed. Thanks for the posts!
 
Ermo said:
Oddly enough, the best NC's are not cuban namesakes. Such as fuente and padron, tatuaje, etc...
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:tpd: I agree. You can't compare NC brand X to Cuban brand X. They are totally different. The latter being much better, imo.


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NCRadioMan said:
:tpd: I agree. You can't compare NC brand X to Cuban brand X. They are totally different. The latter being much better, imo.


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Oh, I would never even assume the the NCs could come close. Out of the NCs which is your fav?
 
EPICSMOKEHERE said:
Out of the NCs which is your fav?
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I like Padrons, Toranos, any Pepin blend, LFD's, JDN's, Camacho, Anejo and WOAM from AF, REO's, and many more. Those come to mind immediatly.

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NCRadioMan said:
I like Padrons, Toranos, any Pepin blend, LFD's, JDN's, Camacho, Anejo and WOAM from AF, REO's, and many more. Those come to mind immediatly.

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Wow not one NC namesake among those (i think, not looking at my acronym cheat sheet)! Sounds like compainies slack off on quality because they already own the big names. I really need to try a Padrons,:dr
 
I just had a Padron 5000 Maduro last night and it was one of the best smokes I have ever had, I will be buying a box next.
 
NCRadioMan said:
I like Padrons, Toranos, any Pepin blend, LFD's, JDN's, Camacho, Anejo and WOAM from AF, REO's, and many more. Those come to mind immediatly.

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:tpd: Couldn't agree more with you Greg! From my experience, the "major" NC brands leave something to be desired. I have found that the Pepin blends are my favorite NC's, but the others you mentioned are very good. The PAM's and Anejo's, especially. I'll let you know on the REO's ;)
 
PuffDaddy said:
:tpd: Couldn't agree more with you Greg! From my experience, the "major" NC brands leave something to be desired. I have found that the Pepin blends are my favorite NC's, but the others you mentioned are very good. The PAM's and Anejo's, especially. I'll let you know on the REO's ;)
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I agree as well: tatuajes, anejos and padron anniversaries, I can't think of one brand name NC I have like so far.

Stay far far away from NC cohibas, not good at all, IMO. One of the worst cigars I have smoked (I actually tried two of them) and expensive as well. Sometimes buying samplers can really suck. I had a third but decided it was best to experiment and find out the difference between wrapper, binder and filler. Kind of cool actually.
 
Montecristos are good, but i feel that the NCs with C namesakes too often rely on the name and not the quality to sell.
 
Baric said:
Montecristos are good, but i feel that the NCs with C namesakes too often rely on the name and not the quality to sell.
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Couldn't have said it better myself.

If I ever have to recommend a cigar to a non-cigar smoker, I would tell them the following: if they recognize the name, stay away from it - it is not worth the money and is probably not very good either.
 
ERDM is decent, although the NC Choix Supreme dosn't hold a candle to the Havana though.
 
NC Montecristo Afrique. To me, every bit as good as the C Montecristos that I have had. Honduran Punch Gran Cru are right up there for me. Nothing like the Cuban Punch at all, but I like them anyway.

On the whole, I have to agree that some of the better cigars do not have the old Cuban names. Padron makes a consistantly good cigar. I absolutely love Davidoff 1000 series cigars. Fuente makes a good product, the Don Carlos line being particularly excellent.

In summary, other than the Monte Afrique and the Punches, I am not real partial to any of the other Cuban named cigars.
 
Epic:
I have probably never had a cuban cigar but, I have had lots of non cuban cigars that are excellent. Some of the namesake cigars I have had I bought because of their taste, and they were good. Now without knowing the difference between a cuban and a non, I can attest to their quality as non cubans. OTOH, there are many more non cuban (non namesake) cigars that are hand over fist better than namesake cigars. I look for the kinds of things that set a cigar apart from others, and the joy is, there are a lot of em.
In this case then...ignorance is bliss :D
 
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