Review Notes: This very distinctive tasting cigars is one of my all time favorites. As discussed in this forum, they need to be in your humidor about 6 months prior to smoking. I have smoked many a green monte that was plugged and terrible. An aged monte can't be beaten for flavor and is tops for burn, ash and smoke too.

Review Notes: I stay away from this cigar for awhilw and come back and wonder why I ever left. Everything about this cigar is great. The flavor is pure cuban, with the strength to match. If you want a great cuban at a reasonable price this is your guy!!!!

Review Notes: This is the benchmark cigar in my book!! It is everything I want in a smoke; Medium bodied, twangy, and complex. It has a nice earthiness and hints of chocolate that go on forever. Even though these are made by the truckload, I have never been disappointed!!

Review Notes: GKI OCT04 Montecristo No. 2 - Even this young, there is little if any bitterness or "green" flavor. Now the true flavors of this vitola are not yet shining through, but with age these cigars will be just amazing examples of what the finest Habanos are capable of. The roll is perfect, the wrappers deep rich, oily brown. Already the smoke is smooth as silk and slightly creamy. My aim is to smoke one of these every two months. If I can hold out, I am in for a real treat. **This review is based, as I think all reveiws should be, on how the cigar is NOW, not how it is anticipated to be.

Review Notes: This stick was a gift from a CBID member. I should have let it sit in the humidor awhile, but I couldn't wait. I was not disappointed, not in the least. The flavor was all that anyone would expect from an excellent cigar. The construction was outstanding, the draw was extremely smooth, and the burn was razor sharp. If I can figure out where to get these I would buy them in an instant.