El Presidente Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Hypothetical Maximus Supremo Robusto, the 23rd VP of Habanos (since 2010), has announced at the 2017 Habanos Festival that Habanos will online poll the world each year between March and June to determine a cigar to be brought back into regular production for a guaranteed period of two years. Should minimum sales numbers of 250,000 cigars (10,000) boxes be sold over that 24 month period, the cigar will be guaranteed production for the following decade. All boxes will be in 25 counts. Each year, a selection of 5 cigars will be put up. While the winner has guaranteed production, the losing cigars can not be polled again for 7 years. The cigars for 2018 are a choice from the following: Ramon Allones 898 la Gloria Cubana Medaile D'Or Number 2 Punch Super Seleccion Number 2 H. Upmann Super Corona Partagas Lonsdale I have a fair idea which will come out ahead. Your pick? PS....yes, while the MO2 is not officially discontinued, it might as well be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sactochris Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 BCE 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSXCIGAR Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Partagas Lonsdale with RA 898 a close second. But really...all of them please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugu Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 ...., the losing cigars can not be polled again for 7 years. Coming with a heavy flipside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainQuintero Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Which cigars are the Eastern European cigars which will block vote for each other? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuffDaddie Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Ramon Allones 898 is the one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Gargett Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 monday morning and you are already bored? if my aunt was my uncle.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Gargett Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 but seriously, how does the punch SS2 not get every vote? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartolomeo Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 Punch.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrody234 Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 I like the idea. All of these are before my CC time, but I know the 898 is missed by many and probably for good reason. I love the marca and would love to get my hands on some; my vote would be the RA 898. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smallclub Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 Punch SS2 with a Upmann Super Corona blend in a LGC2/RA898 packaging 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLC Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 RA898 but would love to see the Dip4 on that list. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 RA898 but would love to see the Dip4 on that list. Spot on...my exact sentiments too! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lant63 Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 Punch Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSXCIGAR Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 Man, I'm having some voter's remorse I didn't go with the 898 or the SS2... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmg Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 one more vote for all of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westg Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 Punch SS2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oljud Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 BCE This... //O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMonk Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 The RA did come back, albeit very briefly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cottierm Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 Punch SS2 by far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riazp Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 Easy one for me Punch SS2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeypots Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 My preference in order 1) Punch Super Seleccion Number 2 2) Ramon Allones 898 3) Partagas Lonsdale 4) la Gloria Cubana Medaile D'Or Number 2 5) H. Upmann Super Corona Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GasGuy82 Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 My thoughts on this... You would have to be able to put at least the first two runners-up in the drawing for the following year, otherwise, we will be faced with a situation where BCE, RA 898, Punch SS1, Punch SS2, MdO2, Tainos, PL Lonsdale etc all come up one year and then we all are punished for an additional 7 years with no luck on getting those cigars. The following or third year, a cigar like the Partagas Corona ends up getting the nod where it would not have had a chance against the cigars I mentioned above. Even more concerning, the further we get away from the point in time those cigars we discontinued, the less chance the flavor profile will be able to be recreated. Sure we will get back the nostalgia, the vitola, the marca, but will it really be what people remember? Having never had a non RE RA 898, I've read that the cigar was untouchable for a number of years after release. Does HSA have the balls to recreate that cigar or will they take creative license to make it appeal to a wider audience and more approachable in its youth? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinnyvega Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 SS2 No brainer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khomeinist Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 Yeah. Punch from this lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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