Buy any box of MONTECRUZ NEGRA CUBANAS at regular price and get 30 Montecruz Chicos.

With deals like this, I might just stop checking JR every Wednesday.  A free box of “chicos”?  And what’s a Chico you ask?  It’s a 4.5×36 tiny filler cigar.  Every Montecruz I’ve ever had is overrated and to simply offer a free pack of “Chicorettes” is insulting…keep trying JR!
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PPG (price per gar): $1.12
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Heralded by J.R. as a super-premium for tycoon-types, this gar doesn’t quite live up to its hype.  But it is an excellent value at less than $100.00 for a box of 25 (I got mine for $60 on a JR weekly special).  Too skinny to be a Churchill, but too fat and long to be a lancero, this gar starts off bland and finishes bitter.  But the middle is sweet, with complicated flavor that is long on the palate.  It’s best to smoke this gar as a robusto, leaving the last two inches to burn out in your ashtray.  In its prime, this light-to-medium bodied stick is papery with hints of cinnamon and spice.
S.T. Dupont recently moved its production to Nicaragua.  Let’s hope the DR’s spicy southern brother adds a little punch and consistency to this otherwise impressive smoke.

Regardless, the box and packaging alone are among the finest of any gar.

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1. Cutting back to Saturday only gars after Hudgar 2006?
2. Cigar Aficionado Subscriptions
1. Delonne “NO!”
2. Dickbain “Yes…”
3. CONSUEGRA
1. PASS
4. Weather
1. Hudson, OH - 80’s all weekend
2. Hermosa Beach, CA - Gloomy 80’s
5. Hudgar 2006
1. What are you looking forward to most?
1. Fuente Work of Art
2. Padron 1964
3. Little Gomez - Big Disaster?
4. Food - Leffes. Diet Coke. Pizza Roles
6. Montecristo Whites - Great Breakfast Cigar / Too pricey
7. Should MLB have instant replay review - No
8. Interest Rates Creeping - 6.62% 30yr fixed
9. Milan Panic - Money, pride drive ousted ICN founder
10. Sister L’s MBA Graduation
11. Memorial Day Weekend
1. Delonne - Working all Monday - SUCKS
2. New BBQ for Dicksbain
3. God Bless America

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25 Cigars:

5 x CAO Cameroon Robusto (5 x 50)
5 x CAO Brazilia Gol (5 x 56)
5 x CAO Black Storm (5 x 50)
5 x CAO Gold Robusto (5 x 50)
5 x CAO Criollo Pato (4.75 x 50)

One Day Price $74.95

About three months ago, Brother Delonne picked up the first CAO sampler from cigar.com–the same as this one without the Blacks or Criollos, at $59.95. The quality of the cigars was amazing, and, as a result, Brother Delonne began purchasing gars from cigar.com again, despite the site’s generally steep prices. This deal adds five Black Storms and 5 Criollo Patos for just 15 bucks more.  Not a bad increase for an extra 10 CAOs. Needless to say, 25 CAOs for just $75 is a great value, anytime, anywhere. In fact, this package is the foundation for Hudgar 2006 (see below).

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PPG (price per gar): $2.99
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Nicaraguan/Dominican S.T. Dupont cigars
The Tubo: Size: 6.75 x 44 Weekly Special price: $49.95
The Lonsdale: Size: 6.50 x 43 Weekly Special price: $49.95
The Churchill: Size: 7.00 x 47 Weekly Special price: $59.95

Brother Delonne seized this opportunity immediately, scoring a box of the Dominican variety of these gars before they sold out—never to be heard of again. A great value at just $59.95, I will definitely be saving at least 5 of these for long-term storage.

Brother Dicksbain elected to wait for the cigar.com special, which was even better this week. But it’s nice to see JR with a REAL special again. Lately, they’ve been utter crap.

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PPG (price per gar): $2.28 [Average]
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1. La Aurora Preferido, 5 X 50, Robusto, Dominican
2. Arturo Fuente Hemingway Work of Art, 4.88 X 60, Perfecto, Dominican
3. Litto Gomez Diez, 5.5 X 54, Chisel Puro, Dominican
4. Perdomo Estate Vintage 1991, 5 X 54, Regente, Nicaraguan
5. Padron 1964 Anniversary Exclusivo, 5.5 X 50, Exclusivo, Nicaraguan
6. Punch Rare Corojo 2006, 5 x 54, Regente, Nicaraguan
7. CAO Cameroon Robusto (5 x 50)
8. CAO Brazilia Gol (5 x 56)
9. CAO Black Storm (5 x 50)
10. CAO Gold Robusto (5 x 50)
11. CAO Criollo Pato (4.75 x 50)
12. Mystery Purchase from Port Royal Tobacconist

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About a year ago, JRCigar had a weekly special for ISOMs by Perdomo. Two things I noticed immediately about the name.

1. ISOM = Island South of Miami = Cuba
2. Most cigars that are “By” a major manufactures suck.

Being relatively new to cigars and figuring at $39 for 24 “How could I go wrong?”, I ordered a box of the Torpedoes 6.25X54. These arrived with a perfect plume and I was blown away with what a wonderful cigar this was! By far the best Perdomo I had ever had…it was and still is one of the best cigars I’ve ever smoked. After about 3 or 4 of these, I was convinced I had to have more. Visiting JRCigar, I purchased 4 boxes…which they promptly canceled due to lack of inventory. And since June of 2005 they have had nothing but the wussy lancero size in stock. Well, I finally resolved myself to the fact that there may never be anything but the Lancero size of these again and I should just buy them.

I purchased a box of ISOM Lanceros for $35 of a JRAuction. They arrived with all the great aroma I remembered, but without the plume. Sadly, after smoking one of these I was disappointed. It lacked the perfect balance between sweet and spicy that the torpedos had. It was missing any true power of the original. It tasted like the dollar cigar I had thought the torpedos would have been a year ago.

Maybe my pallet has matured/changed over the past year, but I’ve heard other’s on the cigar boards talking about the once great ISOM from Perdomo that JR had on special in June 05. Interestingly, early accounts of the ISOM talk about it being an awful cigar. I think the lot from a year ago had been perfectly aged and stored to produce the perfect plume and unfortunately no more are to be found any where…

I’ll try to enjoy my remaining 22 ISOM Lanceros and recall the faint hints of a once great gar.

LT Rating 2006 Lancero:
LT Rating 2005 Torpedo:

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