Quote Originally Posted by AndyCAYP View Post
There have definitely been some standouts, to my palate at least: Hamlet's/RP's Tabaquero, Don Reynaldo, La Hacienda, Futuro, Cote d'Or, La Palina Red, the Monte 80th, Quesada Reserva Privada, Henry Clay Tattoo, El Gueguense, and obviously I feel that my store's Tatuaje exclusive was good (I had input on the blend - of course I'd think that). I have high hopes for Blind Man's Bluff, Sobremesa, and Illusione's 33. But compared to years past, I'm honestly underwhelmed.

Maybe my tastes are refining so I find less smokes that I need to have in my humidor, maybe I'm continuing to fall further down the Cuban well with no hopes of climbing out, maybe I've become so spoiled with aged cigars that I can't properly judge them when fresh, maybe it's a combination of the three... As long as you're finding cigars you're excited about, though, that's all that matters. All it takes is one absolutely amazing cigar to be released and all of a sudden it was the best year ever for cigars - that's what's so fun about each of us experiencing tobacco differently.
Maybe all that raw fish you like to eat is screwing up your sense of taste (and smell lol)

But I agree that El Gueguense was good ROTT and should improve with a little age, and that The Whore is an excellent cigar.
I'm also one who doesn't chase all the new releases so I can't comment much past that.