I like them. I miss the old blend somewhat, but as Palikar said, burn and construction are noticeably improved. The new blend is a little darker, denser and grittier in flavor, but a nice smoke for the price.
Originally posted by Extensioncord: I like them. I miss the old blend somewhat, but as Palikar said, burn and construction are noticeably improved. The new blend is a little darker, denser and grittier in flavor, but a nice smoke for the price.
x2 i am now hoarding one of my favorite weekday smokes. the old blend was a great cigar at a spectacular price
"Cuban seed tobaccos grown in Nicaragua and Cuba. The wrapper would be from Cuba. The binder leaves would be from Nicaragua. For the ligero tobacco in the filler, he would use two types, one from Esteli and the other from Jalapa in Nicaragua. The other filler components, seco and viso, would come from Cuba, the former from Villa Clara, the latter from Pinar del Rio. That Cigar, he says with pride, would score 100 points." -Don Pepin Garcia
x2 i am now hoarding one of my favorite weekday smokes. the old blend was a great cigar at a spectacular price
Funny, no closeout deals on the old production. I know there is some stock floating around somewhere because from what I heard, Ashton offered to take back remaining stock and exchange it for the new product. I was kinda hoping to pick some up before they were gone for good, like I was able to with Petersen's.
I think Sathya Levin posts on here from time to time, maybe I'll start a thread and see if he responds.
Hey Gary, those are the LADC Edicion Especial. That blend has always been made by Pepin and hasn't changed. It's the "normal" LADC that is now also blended by Pepin, which did not used to be.
The LADC EE is a very fine smoke.
~~~ "I'm stupid, but I might not be crazy." - Hanno Breuckner
Thanks to a couple of strategic sampler buys and a couple of very generous BOTLs I seem to suddenly have way too many good smokes in my humidor. I need to get to puffing...
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