Well,
One can only hope that the Cubans know what they're doing. I suspect that in general they do. And with respect to leaf, certainly so. But a pattern that I've noticed emerge with respect to the LEs and selected other special releases is a tremendous range of performance. This is even beyond some guys saying they don't like 'em while others do. It's more like guys saying some specimens are tremendous and the same guys saying other specimens are utter crap. For example, the LCDH Bolivar Gold Medals. Fantastically inconsistent varying from great to utter crap. Tinny, metallic, tight and bland. This is across 8 or 10 boxes spanning 2006-2007. Also, the Trinidad LE. A slightly tighter range but ranging from sublime to odd. To a lesser degree the Hoyo Regalos and the Romeo Escudos. When I get such a range of variability and my enjoyment of any given specimen becomes a crap shoot, I become quite the unhappy, disgruntled customer.
I don't, however, get the same sense of chaos with Regional Editions. In my opinion, these have been much more true to the marca and more consistent from box to box and over time. For example, the Trini Ingenios taste like no regular line Trini I've ever had, but the RA Estupendos are to the RASS as the Sir Winston is to the Magnum 46. Richer, more elegant, more finesse, but recognizable.
Wilkey
