I recently picked up 20 of these smokes on Cbid and although the band on this cigar may be labeled 2006 Limitado, I suspect these bands were left over from the "first limitado" run a couple of years ago. The story I heard was that a 2nd 'run' was recently produced and was sold only to Cigars Int. and I suspect they were still relatively fresh.
The cigar itself, seemed to be well constructed and wrapped in a very thick, dark and somewhat veiny wrapper. The burn was good and produced a good 1 1/2 in. of white ash and plenty of smoke. I was a little surprised by the mildness of the first couple of inches of the cigar with the primary flavors being pepper and spice, but the strength seemed to build during the second half of the stick.
Since I've only smoked a couple of these and I suspect they're still on the young side, I plan to age the rest for at least 6 months and see if that can coax a little additional flavor out of these black beauties.
I wouldn't pay anywhere near the MSRP, put if you can pick up a few when they're on sale, they're worth a shot.
F. Prefect