Forgotten Cigars

[jhedrick83]

I was poking around all the Memorial Day deals online while at work and in all the browsing I came across a cigar brand that I don't see get nearly as much love as I feel like it used to very recently. Curivari. Maybe it is just me but it seems like a year or two ago there was a lot of love for them here and at poof but I can't remember the last time I saw someone post up a pic of one in the "what did you smoke today" thread. I'm really tempted to get a few and see if they have gone to hell or just been forgotten. I guess when the NC industry seems to be largely driven by "What's New?!" Good cigars fall away just based on sheer volume of brands.

What are some other brands that you guys haven't seen in a while or used to love but haven't had in a long time?

[dj1340]

La Duena, used to smoke them all the time but for some reason fell away from them. Had 1 a couple weeks ago and really need to buy some more

[DogRockets]

La Duena, used to smoke them all the time but for some reason fell away from them. Had 1 a couple weeks ago and really need to buy some more

La Duena is a great example here. A fabulous maduro. One of the best. But you never hear of this. It seems like it's the bastard child of the Pepin/My Father/Pete Johnson portfolio. You hear of every single My Father. You hear of every single Tat. You never hear of this. Not sure why that is. The only time I ever see it is a single in a My Father sampler. Sad really, it deserves so much more. Oh well, perhaps it keeps the cost down for us that love it.

[Chad Vegas]

La Duena, used to smoke them all the time but for some reason fell away from them. Had 1 a couple weeks ago and really need to buy some more

I used to love those!!! La Duena rocked my world for a few months, but I have a short attention span & to this day they allude me.

[JasonBCP]

La Duena, used to smoke them all the time but for some reason fell away from them. Had 1 a couple weeks ago and really need to buy some more

These are awesome. Now I have to go digging in the humis to see if I have any left.

[WNYTONY]

All righty now @jhedrick83 I'll give you that I did not post up a pic in the "what did you smoke today" thread, but I did just post that I smoked a Curivari Nice Ash 5th anniversary stick in the thread and I did post up a pic of the 3 boxes I bought that day in the "what did you buy lately" thread - a week ago........ and I grabbed and lit up a Gloria de Leon tonight before I read your post hashtag: keeping the brand alive in Western New York lol

But I get you - not seeing alot of love for the brand out there lately myself.
One that I notice, on a much smaller scale, is Black Label Trading Co Those seemed to be posting everywhere back in the poof days and I was even listing on MAW requests as I couldn't find them around me.
Viaje seems to have taken a big hit as well.

[jhedrick83]

All righty now @jhedrick83 I'll give you that I did not post up a pic in the "what did you smoke today" thread, but I did just post that I smoked a Curivari Nice Ash 5th anniversary stick in the thread and I did post up a pic of the 3 boxes I bought that day in the "what did you buy lately" thread - a week ago........ and I grabbed and lit up a Gloria de Leon tonight before I read your post hashtag: keeping the brand alive in Western New York lol

But I get you - not seeing alot of love for the brand out there lately myself.
One that I notice, on a much smaller scale, is Black Label Trading Co Those seemed to be posting everywhere back in the poof days and I was even listing on MAW requests as I couldn't find them around me.
Viaje seems to have taken a big hit as well.

Well, in fairness I was hardly on last week and I'm honestly good to remember what day it is right now! Viaje is another good one. I never really got into them but I would be curious to see if some of the guys used to love Viaje and have moved on and why.

[Merovius]

Well, in fairness I was hardly on last week and I'm honestly good to remember what day it is right now! Viaje is another good one. I never really got into them but I would be curious to see if some of the guys used to love Viaje and have moved on and why.

I used to smoke the Seleccion Privada Maduros. Burned through quite a few fresh but they just didnt hold up over time. Ive had the BV500, Achilles Hero, Cafe Noir 54, Reserva Limitada Cafe 52 maybe some others. All kind of fell into average and unremarkable territory, not bad cigars just better out there imo. Iirc @D37P (sp?) used to smoke the BV500s like it was his job. The Achilles Hero is probably the most "Cubanesque" nicaraguan Ive had, for w/e thats worth.

I smoke my fair share of Viaje and I think Andre is still putting out some good stuff. He had a problem with Eduardo Pujals and moved production from Raíces Cubanas last year so there has been a bit of an exodus with his fans. For new smokers, Viaje is incredibly confusing and confounding. Its all mostly small batch stuff and Farkas has been known to "have fun" with the blends, doing stuff that comes up in conversation at cigar bars ala the Stuffed Turkey, Holiday, Throwdown etc. Some are hits, some are misses. When he first came on the scene he scored high in publications so a lot of small minded folk hoarded his stuff, his scores have been dropping consistently so now people are unloading but last years C4 and Zombie shots were really good. One mans trash...I still buy his stuff and enjoy the F&F, S&B, Oro, Zombies (shots and greens), Exclusivos and C4.

I feel like RoMaCraft might be the next forgotten brand.

[Cardinal]

I smoke my fair share of Viaje and I think Andre is still putting out some good stuff. He had a problem with Eduardo Pujals and moved production from Raíces Cubanas last year so there has been a bit of an exodus with his fans. For new smokers, Viaje is incredibly confusing and confounding. Its all mostly small batch stuff and Farkas has been known to "have fun" with the blends, doing stuff that comes up in conversation at cigar bars ala the Stuffed Turkey, Holiday, Throwdown etc. Some are hits, some are misses. When he first came on the scene he scored high in publications so a lot of small minded folk hoarded his stuff, his scores have been dropping consistently so now people are unloading but last years C4 and Zombie shots were really good. One mans trash...I still buy his stuff and enjoy the F&F, S&B, Oro, Zombies (shots and greens), Exclusivos and C4.

Good points on Viaje. I think my first 2 might have actually come from you in that "newb" (haha) trade, a Hangtime something something (Spring Harvest?) and an Oro...or Platino...I don't know. They were both really good though, I do remember that. I can't complain about the flavor or quality of anything from them, except a red labeled one I had at a B&M that I thought was smokeable but slightly below average a year or two back.

I could see you being right on RoMa too, but that might just be me projecting again like I did with the Viaje LE thing. I've never had a bad RoMa Craft, but I typically haven't been blown away either.

[dj1340]

All righty now @jhedrick83 I'll give you that I did not post up a pic in the "what did you smoke today" thread, but I did just post that I smoked a Curivari Nice Ash 5th anniversary stick in the thread and I did post up a pic of the 3 boxes I bought that day in the "what did you buy lately" thread - a week ago........ and I grabbed and lit up a Gloria de Leon tonight before I read your post hashtag: keeping the brand alive in Western New York lol

But I get you - not seeing alot of love for the brand out there lately myself.
One that I notice, on a much smaller scale, is Black Label Trading Co Those seemed to be posting everywhere back in the poof days and I was even listing on MAW requests as I couldn't find them around me.
Viaje seems to have taken a big hit as well.

I started smoking Black Label when they first came out, even went to a cigar event they were at. Their stuff was really good and in my mind
even better than some of the well known names, I bought a few boxes. After they got going and became bigger, all I had was issues with
about every stick they made. No draw to wrappers blowing up. Haven't touched one since although I really liked what they were doing.

Viaje seems to have fallen off the radar, they were doing some really good stuff and I still have some sticks from about 5 years ago.
The Satori line was one I really liked.