OK, probably done to death, but if price and availability were no object, What 5 NCs would make up your rotation if you were limited to 5.
Also, what are your general preferences. strong ? spicy? mild ? earthy ?


me: strong with dark coffee type flavors

1 partagas black
2 punch gran puro
3 LGC series R
4 PAM
5 Punch corojo

If price was not a factor:

Ashton VSG
Arturo Fuente Don Carlos
Ashton Cabinet
PAM
davidoff special series

In the real world:

Torano Silver
Punch gran puro
lgc serie R maduro
hemmingway
Padron K series maduros

Hard work may pay off eventually but laziness always pays off now.

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Originally posted by ironmatt:
OK, probably done to death, but if price and availability were no object, What 5 NCs would make up your rotation if you were limited to 5.
Also, what are your general preferences. strong ? spicy? mild ? earthy ?


me: strong with dark coffee type flavors

1 partagas black
2 punch gran puro
3 LGC series R
4 PAM
5 Punch corojo

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If you like strong dark coffee type flavors you need to try an Oliva Master Blends and a JDN Antano(with a little age on it to round it out). You will not be dissapointed.

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Price not an issue:

Edicion de Silvio
Aurora 100 anos
Davidoff Millenium Blend
PAM
Graycliff Espresso

Full flavor is the preference, but not strong for strong's sake.

Ashton VSG
PAM
Padron 3000
A.Fuente 858
LGC

"A well-chosen cigar is like armor and is useful against the torments of life." Zino Davidoff

PAM
Opus #4
VSG Pyramid
Fuente Don Carlos
Ashton Cabinet

Money is no option???

ok...

1) Baccarat
2) Perdomo2
3) El Credito Seconds
4) The Cigar
5) anything from the Thompson's line

Hee.

"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results."

I would select:

NC:
Camacho Diploma /Maduro
Torano Exadus 1959 Robusto
Don Carlos Robusto
Bauza Pyramid
La Aurora Robusto

Piss on me once ...that's your fault...Piss on me twice that's my fault....

Well, since money is an object.......

Padron 2000 Maduro

Punch Grand Cru

Astral Beso Maduro

CAO Gold Corona

La Aroma de Cuba Churchill

"Nobody loves me but my mother.......and she could be jivin' too".......B.B. King

Fuente Don Carlos
PAM
Opus
Ashton VSG
La Aurora

ashton vsg
fuente don carlos
camacho diploma
la flor dominicana double ligero chisel (not really expensive but i love them)
cusano xclusivo

Medium to full bodied.

1. Opus X
2. C.A.O. Brazilia
3. Fuente Short Story
4. C.A.O. Extreme
5. Montecristo Platinum

its so hard to pick favorites, but these 5 are probably my current favs. They change frequently, and it depends upon my mood. Obviously i am a big fan of the different C.A.O. Lines.

Information doesn't kill you.-Frank Zappa

1. LFD Double Ligero Chisel
2. Montecristo Series V
3. CAO Brazilia
4. Partagas Black
5. Ashton Heritage

my top 5 NC:

1. Ashton VSG
2. C.A.O brazilia
3. hemmingway series
4. JDN antano
5. LGC series R maduro

**I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate. - George Burns **

I only smoke 3-7 cigars a week soo ...I smoke what I like or what I can get and then just hide the visa bill.

In the rotation is

Davidoff Millenium Blend
Hemmingway's
PAM's, PAN's and most padrons
Opus X's mostly FF's , No.5 and robusto's
C.A.O. Brazilia piranha

I now you said only five but I just added some
Ashton VSG to the mix because my Davidoff's are almost out.

Only the best rum goes ohh soo nice with this.

WoW...only 5 eh! Well, here are my picks:

(1). Trinidad - Toro
(2). Bolivar Fuerte
(3). Gurkha Regent
(4). LaFinca - Robusto
(5). Hoyo de Monterrey - Rothschild Maduro

These aren't expensive sticks, but rather one's I currently enjoy. Can't afford the expensive ones yet, but they're all on my "try" list.

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History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.

Winston Churchill

1)PAM - original; anniversario #2
2)Padron 1926 Mad #1
3)Torano 1916 Toro
4)Maduro Hemingway Classic
5)Cuesta Ray Centennario #60 Maduro

Close 6ths (no order):
CAO Extreme Lancero
Fuente Cuban Belicoso
Fuente Anejo #48 Original release
Ashton VSG Torpedo
AVO 75th anniversary
HdeM Dark Sumatra Double Corona
Fuente Rolled Trinidad TTT Robusto (from 97'??)
Ashton VSG ER 8x42 (aprox)

I like overwhelming flavor. My favorite characteristic is creaminess closely followed by nutty flavors.

1) PAM
2) Camacho Diploma (Regular & Maduro)
3) Ashton VSG

Everything else has been below these... in no particular order. I look forward to trying stuff other people listed though.

~ masher

B.A.S.E. #0004 <(O)>