Did Cigar Aficionado Really give the Petit Edmundo

[El Presidente]

a 94!!!!!

From the deep reddish brown color (they forgot the "u") to the perfect 3 seam cap, this cigar exhibits model construction. A Lush, full draw envelopes the palate with cocoa bean, sweet earth and pleasant floral notes that leave a long nutty finish

Box Date October 2006

What have the boys at Cigar Aficionado been smoking :cool:

That's it....I have panned this cigar fom pillar to post but I am going down right now and pulling one from the humidor to review. I know that I am an ignoramus to miss the great nuances of this cigar...at a 94 rating it must be one of the worlds greats ;-)

[El Presidente]

For F"""K sake they gave the HDM Petite Edmundo a 93!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"A perfectly capped short robusto with a great wrapper. The flavour profile is divese and sophisticated with meaty spicy flavours that take on a good shot of cocoa and leather. It gets better and better as its smoked"

Box date: February 2006

I will review this one as well today. Obviously they are scoring caps very highly at CA.

[gpg]

» I will review this one as well today. Obviously they are scoring caps very

» highly at CA.

How much do caps contribute to the taste, expecially after you cut them!

Maybe they are smoking them with the caps on?

[greenpimp]

Suckling is a self-impressed blowhard. I smell his handiwork.

Their perfect cigar is 4x60. It is their quest to make all cigars this size popular and all smaller ring guage ones extinct.

[El Presidente]

Found one of each with the same month dates :-D

[Colt45]

If it was in print, or read on the internet, it must be true.......

[strayvector]

I've really enjoyed the Monte Petite Edmundo, but I certainly would not rate it a 94. As for the HDM Petite Robusto? I've yet to find one that I thought was enjoyable enought to splurge on a box.

[tjblue]

Considering most people think they are bought and paid by their advertisers that's not bad.

Haven't had either so what do I know?

[trumpetchris]

» » I will review this one as well today. Obviously they are scoring caps

» very

» » highly at CA.

»

» How much do caps contribute to the taste, expecially after you cut them!

»

» Maybe they are smoking them with the caps on?

Well, that triple cap helps with the "blind" tasting. Not to many NC's with a triple cap.

Suckling: "Ah, a triple cap! Let's start the ranking at 89 and go up from there."

[habanablue]

»

» Their perfect cigar is 4x60. It is their quest to make all cigars this

» size popular and all smaller ring guage ones extinct.

RTDA feedback..I did not have one cigar that was under a 46 ring gauge. some were literally the size of sewer pipes. Only three manufacturers (can't remeber off the top of my head) had smaller cigars...

[anacostiakat]

I hear they only actually smoke less than an inch of the cigar.

[Taino]

they don't really smoke the cigars, they spit the smoke...

[jdbrown]

I do have Oct 06 boxes and have found them to be decent now with a ray of sunshine in their future! Not spectacular by any means.

[ccsmoker]

they are crazy, they are good but not 94 good you realy can not

take anything they say too seriously.

[Mel39]

» they are crazy, you realy can not

» take anything they say too seriously.

Now you tell me.:-(

I've ordered a box of Padron Londres (sorry for the swear words) on their 86 rating.

Still at $2 a stick I guess I haven't done too badly.

At that price, I can use them as tinder for the barbie.:-D

Mel39

[Ginseng]

» I've really enjoyed the Monte Petite Edmundo, but I certainly would not

» rate it a 94. As for the HDM Petite Robusto? I've yet to find one that I

» thought was enjoyable enought to splurge on a box.

Agreed. I have one box of PE and no PRs. Interesting for a change of pace but damned awkward to smoke. A loose draw on a short fat cigar is a terrible thing.

Wilkey