My dear wife, bought me a couple of cigars for Christmas. It is not that I really need them anid it is the thought that counts. She went into a tobaconists nearby. She knows I like Cubans and got me a Punch Punch and also bought a Zino Platinum Chubby. Punch was 7 Euros and the Zino over 10.

Christmas night I smoked the Punch and it was excellent - better than the ones I have had for a couple of years.

Last night I had the Chubby. Pretty poor and could not be compared to the Punch. However I quite liked the torpedo shape of the Chubby and it was a relatively quick, if expensive, smoke.

She knows what I thought of both so no more Zino Platinums for me.

Seems as though I will reconsider my next purchase being some Zino cigars. Not worth the cost from everything I am reading.

Glad to see the Punch was good though (it was rated at 91 recently by CA).

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So you're reviewing non-cuban cigars for this forum? Thanks!