Montecristo No. 4 Cigar - Box of 25

This no 4 has been in my humidor for 3 months now and when I came to smoke it I found that the salty tang was marvellous. The draw was excellent front the start and I was able to hold on to the ash for the first third. Delicious throughout and very crisp and even. A real prize

A touch up to my review of June 18th: I was VERY happily surprised to receive an E-mail from Hayley at CGars offering me help with plugged/tight Cuban cigars that took me by surprise :) You just dont get this kind of customer service these days! Anyway, Ive binned a good few of No.4s (and a few others but mostly Cubans) , over the years. from many different retailers NOT just CGars so its not this companys fault by any means! But Ive recently picked up a tip on the Net that Id thought counterintuitive but tried it: A plug is different, I cant say Ive tried that yet , but for a tight cigar, seal it up in a zip lock bag and chuck it the fridge overnight, youll be amazed! I hasnt failed me yet, no they dont puff perfectly but well enough to not throw it away and no matter how many gadgets I buy they never really work, the fridge does, and we all have one anyway. No, I cant figure out the physics of it, the bag for the odour, yes, but cold? Maybe contracts the filler ? Binder? I just dont know but it seems to work and has saved me a good few cigars (and money) recently. CGars customer service ...a six out of five and a big thank you.

Such a shame; the No. 4 was my re-introduction to cigars about 7 or 8 years ago when I quit smoking, all of a sudden I could afford a good cigar ! My son bought me a humidor for X-mas and off I went, maybe I was just lucky but my first two or three boxes of 10 were fabulous and I only dabbled in NW cigars. Then the plugging started, even in 5 boxes Id get at least one um-smokable, in the 10s 2 or 3. I left it a few years, maybe, I thought, maybe theyd had a bad harvest or two or so then last month bought a box of 10, first 2 were lovely, 3rd was tight as hell in the last 3rd, but I didnt get to the last third (I could feel where it was so tight)Ive clipped it and looking around the net, put in a zip and in the fridge, you never know. Wont be buying again, we pay so much Tax in the UK this could make it unaffordable, Im not kidding, almost £15 to throw it away? No. Ive counted the 10 boxes, Ive kept most of them and there are 9 probably more in the bin over the years, you cant keep everything! I cant count the NWs Ive smoked, not ONE plug, really, Im sad, old fashioned and keep a diary for appointments and stuff, and my cigars that day, what I had to eat and drink, the weather, you know... so no false memory here. Sorry Cuba, I really am. I put you under a personal embargo.

Draw was fine and the first third was a nice experience sitting in the garden with a good coffee. Burn was slightly uneven but nothing drastic. Last third got bitter and very earthy and didn’t really enjoy it so much.

Where do I start...got my first one months ago and it’s been sitting in my humidor nicely and decided to smoke it last night sitting in outside in front of the fire pit.The draw was just ridiculously tight and was like trying to suck an orange through a straw.I did did have trouble with it staying alight.Taste wise is was great but I was very disappointed with how hard I had to work at it to smoke it.Honestly thought this would be my go to cigar after what I’d read but think I’ll look else where.