Comments on: Stogie Reviews: CI Legends “Purple Label”

By: Quick Smoke: CI Legends Yellow Label

Quick Smoke: CI Legends Yellow Label — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 08:03:24 +0000

[...] exclusively by Don Pepin Garcia as part of Cigar International’s Legends Series, this 5.7 inch by 54 toro features a golden wrapper and firm construction. The cigar demonstrated [...]

By: Jon N.

Jon N. — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:23:28 +0000

Maybe it's just me, but a strangely high percentage of the cigars I've been buying lately have seemed very young to me. In my opinion, a good 4-6 months in the humi is almost mandatory these days; longer if you happen to know or suspect that the sticks are young before smoking them.

In general, I think it's good policy not to smoke a recently purchased stick until it's been given at least a month to settle in.

By: Duke

Duke — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:52:06 +0000

I think you review is pin-point accurate. A while back I obtained a well-priced box of the "Perdomo" Legend series. After smoking only one, I hurriedly tucked the others away in the humi hoping they would eventually disappear.

That was nine months ago. Last week I was running quite low on my usually supply and was forced to smoke another Legend Series. I do have to say, nine months in the humi did a wonder for these cigars! I would by no means claim they're great, but they are significantly better– even seemingly more complex– than the first Legend Series I smoked.

For any of you out there with these cigars lying around, hard time in humi seems to reform these sticks quite a bit!

By: Jon N.

Jon N. — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:11:29 +0000

Ha!

By: Patrick S

Patrick S — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:49:00 +0000

Chris-

Shouldn't you be studying for finals, not commenting on cigars?

By: Chris V

Chris V — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:33:27 +0000

From what I've heard they're pretty darn hit or miss. Someone on one of the forums did a group line review. Everyone did one of each color and reviewed it. I think there were like 4 guys doing it too.

By: Patrick S

Patrick S — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:31:33 +0000

Glad to hear your take on this Jon. The only CI legends I've tried is the "yellow" Pepin. I've found it to be pretty nice, but not as good as the Vegas Miami which is also Pepin made for CI and is the same price.

By: Jon N.

Jon N. — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:49:06 +0000

I should also mention that I'm planning to smoke some of the others in the Legends series over the next several weeks. I'm curious to see if my disappointment with the Purple Label was a fluke, or whether the series in general is subpar. We shall see!

By: Jon N.

Jon N. — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:46:47 +0000

Ha! Thanks. "Trying stuff out so you don't have to" is a role nobody sets out to fill, but someone's gotta do it!

By: DoubleR Robusto

DoubleR Robusto — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:33:43 +0000

Good to have you back, Jon. And thanks for trying these out so the rest of us don't have to.