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January 2nd, 2012

Christmas Corona Gordas, Day 8: Montecristo C EL 2003

It is January 1st of 2012, first day of the new year and day 8 in this series of reviews. Five gordas are left to review and since I my last cigar of 2011 was a limitada, I will start 2012 in the same way, hoping to get similar results. Today’s corona gorda is the [...]

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By yiorgos
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January 8th, 2011

The Lonsdales of Christmas, Day 15 - Montecristo D EL 2005

Today is the last of the 12 days of Christmas, and today would have been the day of the last cigar according to the original plan. But with my urge to try all the lonsdales I could get, I am here with 6 more to go! After a few disappointments last week, I decided to smoke a [...]

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By yiorgos
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December 26th, 2010

The Lonsdales of Christmas, Day 3 - Montecristo No.1

Stephen’s Day is all about winding down from the madness of Christmas day. The kids are knackered from the day before and usually have a lie on, and there is enough food left over so there is no worries about cooking either. Luckily, I wasn’t dragged into a mad shopping spree to catch the sales [...]

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By yiorgos
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July 29th, 2009

Montecristo Showdown - Open Junior vs No. 5

So what do we think of the new Montecristo Open range? This new launch from Habanos is probably the most talked about development from the Cuban Cigar industry this year and opinion thus far has been somewhat divided.
 Many cigar smokers have found the range to be too mild and some have complained that the cigars don’t have the traditional Montecristo [...]

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By harry
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June 22nd, 2009

Montecristo Open Master

Four months after making it’s first public appearance in the Habano’s Festival, the Montecristo Open series was -officially- launched in the UK in the Hunter’s and Frankau Summer Cigar Party. Although the first reviews of the cigar were far from generous, everybody was eagerly awaiting their first encounter with the newest Montecristo line, the first [...]

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By yiorgos
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April 27th, 2009

Montecristo C - Limited Edition 2003

The Montecristo C is a cigar that you will not come across very often any more. A Corona Gorda, measuring 5.6″  by 46 Ring gauge, the C was released in 2003 as a part of the year’s Limited Edition release and had failed to impress, not justifying the increased anticipation that the Edicion Limitada extra band brought to [...]

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By yiorgos
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