Tonight I smoked a cigar I picked up at a new shop I had stopped in to a few weeks ago that I hadn’t seen before. It was the Romeo and Julieta Crafted by AJ Fernandez Robusto. This cigar had a cedar wrap, was nicely presented, and I want to say it was on the higher side price wise. Historically, most 
of the majority of Altadis cigar I find myself enjoying are those made in conjunction with AJ Fernandez, Montecristo, Upmann, Trinidad, you get the picture. This cigar was really good. It has a maduro Habano 2000 wrapper and Nicaraguan binder and fillers. It’s got cocoa and some woody spice flavors. Like I said, I recall it being a little pricey, and doing some research, I think I overpaid, but it gave me some insight into this particular shops buying habits. I won’t name names, but it’s my theory that this shop bought these cigars by mail order and keystoned them, because I feel like I paid about twice as much as I see them on JRs or CI. After smoking it, I’m not mad, I feel like it was a great smoke, thoroughly enjoyable. It was probably the best Romeo I’ve smoked. I won’t buy a lot of cigars at this particular shop.
It’s list time, and everyone is posting their best of lists. As I mentioned, I toyed with the idea of posting a list, but it would be for selfish reasons. I could easily say that my favorite cigars of the past year, in no particular order, were the Stolen Throne three Kingdoms Toro, the All Saints Saint Francis Churchill, the Casa Cuevas Patrimonio, the Undercrown 10 Toro, the La Sirena Mexican Mermaid Toro, the Perla Del Mar Corojo Toro and the Partagas Decadas 2021. I suppose if I put them in a numbered list it would get some attention, and, perhaps, qualify for the Halfwheel Consensus, but I don’t I don’t need the validation. It could be said that I just listed my top seven favorite cigars of the year here, I guess I did, and for the purposes of letting my readers know, now you know! No fanfare, no trolling for shares or recognition, just sharing with my readers. I applaud everyone who puts the time into making their lists, and making the rules that go along with them, I don’t have time for that. I’m just a guy who loves cigars, and I write stuff about them. There’s no spreadsheets or process or stuff, that’s too much work. Cigars are good, when it becomes work, it’s not as much fun.
That’s all for today, until the next time,
CigarCraig
