Similar Size Partagas C & C

[jwr0201]

I see about four similar sized Partagas cigar offerings and would like to see if anyone can offer what the real difference is between these sticks. For instance, I've read that the Aristocrats have a maduro wrapper and are the strongest of these listed by a good margin.

Personally, I've only tried the Supers and find them to be excellent.

Super Partagas 5.5 x 39/40

Habaneros 4.9 x 39

Aristocrats 5.13 x 40

Mille Fleurs 5.13 x 42

[ErikB]

There's a brilliant thread about this topic in the cheap and cheerful section.

[habanolover]

Aristocrats is da SHIZNITZ!

[NSXCIGAR]

I used to love pretty much all of these models in the machine-made days but since then I've found the bunch to be fairly inconsistent. The Aristocrats were always supposed to be the strongest, followed by the SP and then the MF. The Habaneros is much smaller and was about in-between in strength. I smoked a lot of all these models from 97-07 when I could pick them up for $50-70/box but not a lot recently.

I smoked through a box of 2013 Aristocrats earlier this year and they were disappointing with some burn & construction issues. Not particularly strong with muddled flavors you find in the Limited Editions, for example. 2014 Habaneros were better and had better construction but flavors were inconsistent in about half the box.

In the old MM cellophane days the Mille Fleur and Super Partagas were almost indistinguishable to me (both were good) and I haven't had a box of either in several years. There's plenty of 2015 & 2015 stock of both readily available though.