Are the 2019-2020 D4 Full Boxes good again?

[SinBarnizar]

Hi Fellas,

 

I've been reading FOH and on youtube for 11 years and hate for the first post to be something like a homework but I was wondering what the experience of full box buyers were for the years 2019-2020?

 

I loved them around 2015 , clove spice , and after that they went chemical and good kind of bitter which I still kinda liked LOL. But 2018, ugh jeez 3 boxes were very bland , some slight paprika but thats it. This used to be my go to robusto and I am looking to buy them again. Thank you

[Kaptain Karl]

I think everything is on fire right now! 

[rcarlson]

Just ordered some.  The consensus is that they've been hitting on all cylinders in my small network.    

[Cairo]

2020 boxes of everything (imho) have been amazing including the d4s--our host had a great thread on this and imho he nailed it:

 

[Akela3rd]

I've just cracked a SEB FEB 20 ten count box and they're absolutely spot on. May have to upgrade to another 25 before the year's out.

Sent by spooky action at a distance

[SinBarnizar]

thank you everyone just ordered a box of 25! Cohiba Robustos are way too damn expensive and i always preferred the unique taste of D4 over juan lopez when they're good , so , i am excited to finally enjoy D4s again after 2 long years. Will report back with factory code and how it is.

[Mickey D]

Great to hear 2020 CCs doing well. I jumped on the buying band wagon not long ago with reckless abandon.

Looking forward to put most up for some aging and later enjoyment. 👍
opened a box of Monte 2s RAT NOV 20 and though very young, was great pleasure to enjoy.

 

[Tstew75]

As with all huge production CCs, box quality is all over the map. Would have to say the 20s are looking pretty good tho.

[Lunettesman]

All my 10er box were incredible.

[Meesterjojo]

I've gotten 2 10s, 2 25s, and an order of 15 tubos. The 10s and tubos are 2019 and fantastic. Very perfumed from the 10s yet very savory from the tubos.  Cannot recall codes as I'm at work currently. 

The 25s, however, both from the same vendor, are extremely light wrappers, and the four samples I've taken have all been a hot mess. Both boxes from Nov 2020.

 Flavorless. Plugged such that a perfect draw couldn't help. The very light wrappers are really odd to me to the point I suspected fakes, but having done enough research, and trusting the vendor, I'm guessing they're just a rare species. At least I hope they are. Think eggshell. Off white. I sacrificed one and it was in fact perfect long filler and pretty well made. Very wet inside despite 2 months rest. Will forget about them for a year and resample.

 

 

[Habana Mike]

working on a couple of 19-20 boxes and pleased with the perfomance.

[GaryK 54]

This may be a bit repetitive at this point, but all of my 2019 and 2020 boxes of PSD4 have been outstanding.  The D4 is one of my go-to daily smokes. The flavor profile is spot on, excellent construction and smoking great young with just a few months rest ROTT. 

[SinBarnizar]

19 hours ago, Meesterjojo said:

I've gotten 2 10s, 2 25s, and an order of 15 tubos. The 10s and tubos are 2019 and fantastic. Very perfumed from the 10s yet very savory from the tubos.  Cannot recall codes as I'm at work currently. 

The 25s, however, both from the same vendor, are extremely light wrappers, and the four samples I've taken have all been a hot mess. Both boxes from Nov 2020.

 Flavorless. Plugged such that a perfect draw couldn't help. The very light wrappers are really odd to me to the point I suspected fakes, but having done enough research, and trusting the vendor, I'm guessing they're just a rare species. At least I hope they are. Think eggshell. Off white. I sacrificed one and it was in fact perfect long filler and pretty well made. Very wet inside despite 2 months rest. Will forget about them for a year and resample.

 

 

wow this is shocking. Mind sharing the vendor? I always used to assume full boxes were better selections but lately tubos have been killing it on magnum 54s and pyramids that I think differently.

[Meesterjojo]

I'd rather not publicly but can we private message here? 

I think the other interesting thing about my double d4 order is that I requested the box to be inspected on top of the vendor claiming they inspect every box. Boxes were sealed and the habanos sticker on one was lifted up completely. Still, the bar codes checked out on the website. So, I'm going with it's cuba being cuba and I have some of the only Claro d4s.

[JohnS]

2 hours ago, SinBarnizar said:

wow this is shocking. Mind sharing the vendor? I always used to assume full boxes were better selections but lately tubos have been killing it on magnum 54s and pyramids that I think differently.

 

1 hour ago, Meesterjojo said:

I'd rather not publicly but can we private message here? 

I think the other interesting thing about my double d4 order is that I requested the box to be inspected on top of the vendor claiming they inspect every box. Boxes were sealed and the habanos sticker on one was lifted up completely. Still, the bar codes checked out on the website. So, I'm going with it's cuba being cuba and I have some of the only Claro d4s.

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[SinBarnizar]

my mistake! been sleepless I should have asked for factory code.