Expert: James Yee - 9/3/2010

Question
Im stock of choosing between RRAMON ALLONES robusto size and
PARTAGAS D4 and montecristo edmundo!

Help me with that if its possible i know its up to me but i
rly wanna know ur side of taste !!

another important question i bought 3 cigar boxes the 3
brands that i mentioned !!

i tried them  .. but there's a trick that im not able to
figure it out by myself in the box of 25 cigars the cigar
taste varies is that normal!
sometimes u smoke a cigar with sucha good taste and
sometimes it taste like shit!
how that comes?  

Answer
Hi Anthony,

I personally prefer the Partagas D4.  I love the Ramon Allones Specially Selected and Montecristo Edmundo but the Partagas D4 has always been consistent and one of my favourites.  I especially like it when I find a box with dark and oily D4s.  Truly fantastic!

To answer your other question, all premium Cuban cigars are handmade so sometimes cigars in a box may taste or burn better than others.  Also, not all 25 cigars in a box may be rolled by one roller.  At a cigar factory, all the cigars are rolled and then sent to a colour sorter who matches all the cigars by shade and bundles them.  As a result, a box of 25 cigars could be rolled by several cigar rollers using several different batches of tobacco (seperate batches but aged at the same time.)  The different taste in cigars could be caused by the different batches of tobacco and the different draw/burn could be caused by the way a roller rolls the tobacco.  Every cigar roller has their own different technique to bunching tobacco plus when the filler tobacco is bunched, the unique folds and wrinkles in the tobacco can affect the burn and draw.  Each cigar is unique and different.

I hope this helps.  As always, if you have any more questions, please feel free to just ask and I will be happy to help.

Regards,
James