Deep Dive: El Rey Del Mundo Choix Supreme

[Fugu]

Can be divine. But lacking in consistency of quality.

5 hours ago, El Presidente said:

Except for the exceptions like Fonseca Number 1, Siglo V,  HDM Dieux  etal 

Not just exceptions.

[Sir Diggamus]

I really never have been able to like this cigar. I love pretty much every other cigar in the marca. I used to buy box after box of ERDM PC and Lunch Clubs, and I have savored the few remaining Grandes de Espana I have smoked over the last few years. BUT every time I have tried the Choix I just ended up with a flavorless cigar, if anything I would detect just hints of the EDRM flavors with a desire to have those turned way up. I keep trying though, maybe I will get a good one someday.  

[KCCubano]

4 hours ago, Sir Diggamus said:

I really never have been able to like this cigar. I love pretty much every other cigar in the marca. I used to buy box after box of ERDM PC and Lunch Clubs, and I have savored the few remaining Grandes de Espana I have smoked over the last few years. BUT every time I have tried the Choix I just ended up with a flavorless cigar, if anything I would detect just hints of the EDRM flavors with a desire to have those turned way up. I keep trying though, maybe I will get a good one someday.  

Loved the PC and Lunch Club. Always had a box of each in cabinet

[Andy04]

On 6/16/2022 at 6:25 AM, El Presidente said:

Some see it as a poor mans CORO

A CORO is a fools Choix.

[jakebarnes]

1 hour ago, Andy04 said:

A CORO is a fools Choix.

And a fools Choix is a blind man's JLP

[Justins123]

10 hours ago, Sir Diggamus said:

I really never have been able to like this cigar. I love pretty much every other cigar in the marca. I used to buy box after box of ERDM PC and Lunch Clubs, and I have savored the few remaining Grandes de Espana I have smoked over the last few years. BUT every time I have tried the Choix I just ended up with a flavorless cigar, if anything I would detect just hints of the EDRM flavors with a desire to have those turned way up. I keep trying though, maybe I will get a good one someday.  

Yeah if I could bring any EDRM back it would be the PC.  Call me crazy, as much as the occasional Tainos or Grandes de Espana would bring that magic, PCs we’re the most likely to hit that perfect EDRM mix of flavors.  

[SCgarman]

3 hours ago, Andy04 said:

A CORO is a fools Choix.

A CORO has 100X more flavor and complexity than a Choix. No comparison. YMMV

[Hoepssa]

 

• Yes, Choix Supreme  is my Coro til  disappeared from every stores.
• first love, now RASS 
• Choix Supreme is just like D4, they taste much different than before, its unique herbal flavor long gone after 2012.
• How long does it take you to smoke : less than an hour
•  

[Thirds]

On 6/15/2022 at 7:02 PM, SCgarman said:

Traded what I had left to a fan of these. And it was a 2010 box.

I kindly thank you for this trade!  I have two left and loved each one of them. 😉 

One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.  I ❤️ ERDM Choix.   

[SCgarman]

10 hours ago, Thirds said:

I kindly thank you for this trade!  I have two left and loved each one of them. 😉 

One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.  I ❤️ ERDM Choix.   

You were beyond generous with your trade, and I enjoyed all the cigars you sent me! I kinda feel guilty that those 3 COROS are now worth $60+/per cigar, but who knew things would go this crazy? And your statement is spot on. Glad you enjoy them!

[BrightonCorgi]

On 6/18/2022 at 2:47 PM, KCCubano said:

Loved the PC and Lunch Club. Always had a box of each in cabinet

The Lunch Clubs were really full bodied cigar.  Wasn't expecting that one the first box I bought.  It is good cigar to have at a Lunch Club and make a big stink of smoke.  Don't have to commit the whole day yet have a satisfying smoke. 

Are there any Franciscanos left in the Habanos portfolio?

[Bijan]

6 minutes ago, BrightonCorgi said:

Are there any Franciscanos left in the Habanos portfolio?

Sadly no... 😢

Edit: last one was actually the erdm lunch club discontinued in 2009

https://www.cubancigarwebsite.com/cigar/list?types=current%3Bdiscontinued&factorynames=franciscanos&includeImages=True

[Fugu]

Quite as with Saint Luis Rey they cut everything but the least exciting format.

Perhaps the communists had a certain dislike for brands and all things with an allusion to royalty?

... - and for good measure, they are now making the Reyes unobtanium. See a pattern there? 😂

[SCgarman]

39 minutes ago, Fugu said:

Quite as with Saint Luis Rey they cut everything but the least exciting format.

Perhaps the communists had a certain dislike for brands and all things with an allusion to royalty?

... - and for good measure, they are now making the Reyes unobtanium. See a pattern there? 😂

There are plenty of Reyes available. The kicker is they are now $600/box. Do you think they will include a complimentary tube of KY jelly so it doesn't hurt so bad?!😁

[Thirds]

12 hours ago, SCgarman said:

now worth $60+/per cigar,

No worries on my end.  Congrats on being the better price speculator. 😉.  No regrets.  Glad you enjoyed your return send. 

[SCgarman]

13 hours ago, Thirds said:

No worries on my end.  Congrats on being the better price speculator. 😉.  No regrets.  Glad you enjoyed your return send. 

No speculator here! I enjoy cigars for one reason, smoking them! They were turned into ash long before this new pricing madness started! 😁

[RDB]

I smoked this BRO ENE 19 example in my garden today. The whole box is quite dark for Choix Supreme, and the opening half inch was pretty unexciting, plus a bit reluctant to burn. Like the old joke: “The food here is awful!” “I know, and such small portions!”

Then around the one-inch mark it sorted itself out completely, and became a rich but complex herbal delight. Mid bodied, tons of flavour, obvious legs for ageing. Nothing like Cohiba: no overt sweetness, let alone the citrus liqueur of a great CoRo. But a fine smoke.

[Thirds]

12 hours ago, SCgarman said:

They were turned into ash long before this new pricing madness started! 😁

I like your style.  😁

[Carrie Nation]

Anyone who remembers what Cuban Davidoffs tasted like ROTT know that ERDM has the closest flavor profile by far. Even more than Trinidad, as some very respected smokers have surmised. The Choix Supreme is the last link to modern-day Cuban Davidoffs and an under-appreciated treasure. Those of you who know, know.