I smoked a May 04 Monte #2 that a friend gave to me on Sunday and it seemed like the fill was a little softer than usual. It smoked excellent, as usual. The taste, draw, wrapper color, was the same as the Oct 02's that I have in my humidor.

Has anyone else had this experience on 2004, #2's?

Apr 04. Purchased through Caracol in Cuba.

Outstanding power, draw, smoke. The king!!!!!

I wish I had ten boxes.

i just pulled out my last apr 04 to check, and she is nice and consistently firm.

I've heard much criticism of recent production cigars being underfilled. Quite possible. No personal experiences really to speak from really as any new full boxes I have, have been laid down for aging.

I get the Sopranos on regular broadcast television "up here". So it is a year or more later than the HBO first run.

So Tony was in that horse stable petting that sedated horse. Its raining buckets. The mascot goat walks in. Its a wood structure & the floor is covered in straw. Tony pulls out an MC2. The scene fades away and we never see the smoke being lit.

Was that an MC2 or what?

I just received some 04's and the construction appears excellent. I didn't notice any underfilling while putting them in the humi.

I guess it was just that I hadn't smoked one in so long. I look at them in my humi and rotate them and all, but I never find the time to smoke one...of mine. Everything feels and tastes different when gifted.

My box code is april 04 and they are all firm and solid... and, I forgot... they are also yum! yum!

Cheers,

grond

only issue i have had is burn problems, but as grond said, yum yum...want a cigar something awful right now, but the only sticks i got left are too expensive to smoke after a 12 pack or two.