Just another great job by Thompson cigars

I am no expert, but I have been a fan of Montecristo for some time. The Montes are the best I have had to date (I do have a box of Number 2s that I have not tried, yet). I will continue to buy these as a good cigar for special days - or even every day.

I bought these thinking they were the Montes by AJ Fernandez, but they aren't. No problem - a very good smoke, similar to AJ's blends but a little lighter on the pepper. I was smoking it outside and my neighbor commented on the great fragrance. Good flavor, good puff... all good in my book. Will reorder soon.

I have been smoking this cigar before it was highly rated by Cigar Aficionado. It has great flavor that is earthy, chocolate, and coffee. I have tried many different brands of cigars. Thus one is on my short list of favorite cigars.So, I usually keep 10-20 of these on-hand.

I usually put a new batch of cigars into my humidor for a week or so to let them settle in - usually makes a pretty good difference. But the aroma coming off of these when I opened the box was just too good to wait. What a wonderful smoke - great flavor, but not an overly strong nicotine buzz. Medium seems like a fair assessment. The burn was even with an easy, but not loose draw. The ash held on solid and I never had to re-light it. Just about perfection. Can't wait to see how they'll improve with some time in the humidor - if I can manage to stay out of them.

Very uneven burn (based on one stick) which is surprising for a box pressed, explodes with (fruity) flavor from the start which in my opinion makes this a mild to full cigar, will not buy again.

I was very disappointed with the taste of this cigar. It was a faint cedar taste that never brought in other flavors and had no complexity. Overall it is a very boring cigar. If it was a $4 dollar cigar, I would have thought that I got what I paid for, but it was not.

I had one of these smokes at a cigar lounge in my city and was very happy with my decision. Not overly strong but surely had a taste. Turned a friend on to this stick already.