I met a local guy on one of the cigar forums, and today we met up at a local cigar shop. It was a very new place, and as a gift the local gave me a number of cigars (yay!):

  • A Domingo - the local house brand.
  • A Sancho Panza
  • A Torano
  • A Perdomo
  • A San Cristobal (a @#$^$% Cuban!)
  • A Comacho SLR
  • A Bolivar

The Domingo was pretty good. About like the Consuegra (Ok, I smoke them a lot because they were cheap ;-) but perhaps not quite as smooth. Hard to say. I think it would be a great $2 cigar if it didn’t cost $4, but there’s no telling what some age might do. I have no idea - I haven’t done this long enough, but a very recurring piece of advice is to let cigars age if they’re rough.