Best '06 Release?

[grateful1]

I broke into the Monte 2006 EL's....JimD used his pocket knive to nub his....Slevy would have been proud!

What a nice smoke.

 

[riverratt]

I have have been smoking cigars for 27 years and have never tried an EL or RL. I don't know why except that I buy what I really like and maybe if I fell in love with the EL or RL I am afraid I could not get them and get really frustrated. So I just smoke the regular old releases.

 

[Strayvector]

For me, the one cigar that showed the most improvement from previous years is the PSD4. I don't buy much of the special releases, but from the ones I've tried, the BGM was outstanding.

Yesterday I had another BGM, this time from a JUN07 box. Wow! The previous one was from a DIC06 box and that was also incredible. I'm not sure I can pick which one of the two was better. Both were just outstanding and with time the BGM will no doubt become classic.

 

[Nubcake]

The Cohiba Robustos and the RyJ short churchills were my favs in 06.

 

[Juan Miguel]

Haven't tried any of the EL's and RL's yet. But for the regular productions,
JL no.2 and the Bolivar Royal Coronas seems like very promising year for aging.
I'll say so far, most of the 06 blends are very good. imho

 

[riverratt]

So far, I've tried about 16 or 17 different vitolas from over a dozen marcas and the best for smoking now would have to be either the RyJ Cazadores or Bolivar Royal Coronas. Both are just freakin' flavor bombs ripe for the serious smoker. The Dip 4 gets an enthusiastic honorable mention.

The cigar with the most future potential, hands down, is the DIC06 Bolivar Gold Medals. That cigar is something special. If only we could ignore the "Gold Medal" mystique (and baggage, IMO) and smoke it on its own merits. Second would be the Ramon Allones Estupendos. The Por Larrañaga Lonsdale RE and Cohiba Pirámides LE are good but they didn't light me up. The Bolivar Colossales were excellent. Quite unlike the more robust vitolas in that marca but mild, sweet, and simply delightful.

I've still got a few 06's left to taste including the Monte Robusto, Punch Super Robusto, and Partagás SD3 LE big boys and a few bit players but I'd be surprised if my top picks were unseated.

Wilkey

I was told by a vender on this site that the BGM was not released again until 2007. He said there were no 2006 BGM's Is this true?

 

[BobbyRitz]

So far, I've tried about 16 or 17 different vitolas from over a dozen marcas and the best for smoking now would have to be either the RyJ Cazadores or Bolivar Royal Coronas. Both are just freakin' flavor bombs ripe for the serious smoker. The Dip 4 gets an enthusiastic honorable mention.

The cigar with the most future potential, hands down, is the DIC06 Bolivar Gold Medals. That cigar is something special. If only we could ignore the "Gold Medal" mystique (and baggage, IMO) and smoke it on its own merits. Second would be the Ramon Allones Estupendos. The Por Larrañaga Lonsdale RE and Cohiba Pirámides LE are good but they didn't light me up. The Bolivar Colossales were excellent. Quite unlike the more robust vitolas in that marca but mild, sweet, and simply delightful.

I've still got a few 06's left to taste including the Monte Robusto, Punch Super Robusto, and Partagás SD3 LE big boys and a few bit players but I'd be surprised if my top picks were unseated.

Wilkey

I was told by a vender on this site that the BGM was not released again until 2007. He said there were no 2006 BGM's Is this true?

Not true. There are POS NOV06 boxes as well as the DIC box to which Wilkey refers.

 

[Mike33]

So far, I've tried about 16 or 17 different vitolas from over a dozen marcas and the best for smoking now would have to be either the RyJ Cazadores or Bolivar Royal Coronas. Both are just freakin' flavor bombs ripe for the serious smoker. The Dip 4 gets an enthusiastic honorable mention.

The cigar with the most future potential, hands down, is the DIC06 Bolivar Gold Medals. That cigar is something special. If only we could ignore the "Gold Medal" mystique (and baggage, IMO) and smoke it on its own merits. Second would be the Ramon Allones Estupendos. The Por Larrañaga Lonsdale RE and Cohiba Pirámides LE are good but they didn't light me up. The Bolivar Colossales were excellent. Quite unlike the more robust vitolas in that marca but mild, sweet, and simply delightful.

I've still got a few 06's left to taste including the Monte Robusto, Punch Super Robusto, and Partagás SD3 LE big boys and a few bit players but I'd be surprised if my top picks were unseated.

Wilkey

I was told by a vender on this site that the BGM was not released again until 2007. He said there were no 2006 BGM's Is this true?

What Rob said! :sign: