Montecristo #2 ISOM

[Tony Bones]

Holy cows! The Montecristo #2 deserves all of the accolades it receives.

The stick had a beautiful and heavily oiled wrapper w/ no veins. A clean clip followed by a pre-light draw led to tastes of fresh cut grass and cocoa.

From the first puff to last, the #2 was a phenomenal smoke. The thing was like smoking a fine bar of chocolate. Rich and complex. The draw was medium and the aroma was unbelievably pleasant...so much so that our server commented on it.

**Toaster: If you want to taste something in a cigar, give this one a go**

The ash of the Monte was of the typical grey/white variety, but man was it solid! Two plus inches easily. After it cooled I picked it up, looked it over, and even managed to give it a little squeeze. Nifty.

All-in-all, The Montecristo #2 is running neck-and-neck with the Padron 1926 #9 as my favorite smoke to date. The ironic thing is that this particular #2 was fresh. With two year's time in the humi it would be just that much more complex and amazing.

Get your hands on one. You won't be sorry you did.

 

[Toaster]

**Toaster: If you want to taste something in a cigar, give this one a go**

The Monte #2 is one of my favorite smokes - period. (check my profile )

Great review... and I agree :thumbs: The #2 is one of the best vitola's coming from that stupid little island and this years (well, the 03's) are gooooooood.

 

[moki]

All-in-all, The Montecristo #2 is running neck-and-neck with the Padron 1926 #9 as my favorite smoke to date. The ironic thing is that this particular #2 was fresh. With two year's time in the humi it would be just that much more complex and amazing.

Nice review! While I like the Monte #2's quite a bit, I wish I liked em as much as you do. Would be a lot cheaper for me.

 

[golfgar]

Had some of the Monte #2 from March '03. Fabulous. Everything a smoke should be. Also, had a more recent Oct '03, not quite the same depth and character.

 

[IBPikin]

I agree that the Monte#2 from '03 vary from good to excellent they are still my favorite smokes. When they are on..... they can't be beat.

 

[Tony Bones]

I agree that the Monte#2 from '03 vary from good to excellent they are still my favorite smokes. When they are on..... they can't be beat.

Boy, I'm w/ you there. I should have bought the entire box I got this 5'er from. Ah, hindsight is always 20/20