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Name: Montecristo Platinum

Origin: Dominican Republic

Wrapper: Habano

Filler/Binder:

Shape/Size: Robusto, Corona, Belicoso, Churchill

Strength: Medium-Full

Box/Bundle: Box of 27

Flavored: No

Price: $12.00 to $14.00Per Single – $140.00 to $300.00 Per Box

As promised The Cigar Stop is posting another of the pricey heavy hitters, the old piggy bank took a denting on this. The Montecristo Platinum series.

So to start with I did wangle a deal at my friendly neighborhood brick and mortar, the normal price on these puppies are $12.00 to $14.00 for a single I have seen them online for about $10.00 to $13.00 for a single and on average $50.00 for a 5 pack, as I said I got a deal and got 5 of them. A box of 27 will send you into sticker shock with a mind boggling $140.00 to $300.00 depending on sizes

  So I get back to my humidor keep them for a few weeks to bring them to the humidity I like 70/70, not that store humidor was not up to snuff, but I don’t think they get an accurate reading on a walk-in humidor that someone is in and out of 10 hours a day.

This selection was launched around 2002 and was aimed at the more sophisticated pallets that wanted a heavy, beefy and full bodies Montecristo, you know who I mean, the richer smog beasts with money to burn and no since of reality, considering I know plenty of cigars that are not bank breakers and still will taste the same and have a decent quality… cigars are a luxury I know it, quit my crankiness on the subject…Sorry folks.

 The cigar was very nice to look at, the construction was perfect and not a blemish in site, upon lighting it I was surprised a bit by the spicy peppery note I got from it, but considering the wrapper being long leaf Mexican Cubano I should have expected a hint spice a the flame, it was tame after 5 minutes of burning. The rest of the flavors were ok with an espresso undertone and hints of woodiness and toasted nuts (which sounded better in my head…LOL)

The aroma was on the wood smoke side of the spectrum and the smoke was heavy and lingered for a long time before dissipating, so take that into consideration before you light this one and realtors say it’s all about location, location, location.

The cigar preformed nice, I have smoke all 5 of them, the last one as I am typing this review and I have to admit this time I was not a whole 100% impressed with my selection, I cannot put my finger on it, but I just think there should have been more for this price.

 In the long run, is it a cigar – yes.

Was there anything wrong with it? No.

did it preform as it should ? Yes.

Would I smoke them again? Yes

will I purchase them again? NO! I will not.

Playing devil’s advocate here Montecristo have some great cigars, but with this I’m just wondering why the hype, what did they do to this to warrant a 90+ rating from almost all of the cigar industry?