French 2018 REs

[gojira]

Maybe, but I think you know my point was it will be well overpriced

I do!

But they will probably fly off the shelves. Too bad it's a UK release since they would have been 30% to 40% cheaper in most other countries.

[Shaun]

Isn't everything x5 the price nowadays (compared to say 15 years ago).

Maybe, but I think you know my point was it will be well overpriced

[gojira]

The GdE is a superb smoke. I have just one left (2003) that I am saving for a special occasion.

I agree, it's a very special cigar!

[K444HEP]

The UK one will be a ERDM lancero. Think grandes de espana just x5 the price.

The GdE is a superb smoke. I have just one left (2003) that I am saving for a special occasion.

[gojira]

The UK one will be a ERDM lancero. Think grandes de espana just x5 the price.

Isn't everything x5 the price nowadays (compared to say 15 years ago).

[Shaun]

The UK one will be a ERDM lancero. Think grandes de espana just x5 the price.

[K444HEP]

Noooooooooooooooooooooooo. You get all the taste and experience from a smaller gauge. Urgh I don't mind a few fat gauge but it's starting to kill my interest in new or RE/LE releases.

Completely agree. The new Connie B is fairly fat, but just about comfortable at 54RG. Anything beyond this is an occasional smoke for me.

[gojira]

@gojira - shame they're not out yet, I'm out there in 4/5 weeks. Will have to grab some of last year's (again).

We're will you be going?

The small QdO is still available.

[gojira]

Noooooooooooooooooooooooo. You get all the taste and experience from a smaller gauge. Urgh I don't mind a few fat gauge but it's starting to kill my interest in new or RE/LE releases.

Sadly the thinnest RG RES that are realeased now are Petit Robustos and such. I would probably go deep if they would release a thin RG RE in the future.

[Deano]

[MENTION=13450212]gojira[/MENTION] - shame they're not out yet, I'm out there in 4/5 weeks. Will have to grab some of last year's (again).

[Deano]

Can't tell.

I had a chat with the owner of my cigar store today and he believes that most skinny cigars have a sword hanging over their head. They just don't sell anymore. People tend to go for bigger RG cigars today. That's what sells now. Heck, even I have been buying them...

Noooooooooooooooooooooooo. You get all the taste and experience from a smaller gauge. Urgh I don't mind a few fat gauge but it's starting to kill my interest in new or RE/LE releases.

[gojira]

Thanks for the info do you know when they will be in shops? Also any idea of good cigar shops in Toulouse?

They told me not before the end of the year. But then again French REs have a habit of popping up out of the blue. I will postr further infor on the forum once I know more.

Toulouse has a few cigar shops:

Espace Cigares
8 rue du poids de l'huile

Bureau de tabac et Civette Victor Hugo
11 Rue du Rempart Villeneuve

Tabac Crampel
4 Avenue Crampel

And here's a link to others that are supposed to sell cigars:

https://www.pagesjaunes.fr/annuaire/toulouse-31/cave-a-cigares

I have never visited any of these. Let's hope that they are worth a visit and that you find something good.

[peanutpete]

For those this might interest...

There will be two REs for France this year:

A JL 55 RG in ten count boxes and a QdO Libertador (ish) cigar.

I forgot the names of both already but will ask the next time I see the person who has the information.

2019 or 2020 will probably see a very very nice QdO release but I'm not allowed to talk about it yet since it's still in the works. Let's just say that this release will interest quite a few of us.

Thanks for the info do you know when they will be in shops? Also any idea of good cigar shops in Toulouse?

[Moley]

I have my limit at a 52 rg. However, the hdm palmas extras has become a massive favourite recently so I'm hoping these stay around

[gojira]

Also guilty. I love the look of a fat cigar, but find them hard work after the first third or so. The Topes is probably the fattest cigar I have smoked and enjoyed, but then I'm a Trinidad fan-boy.

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Yes, it took me a little while to get used to them and manage to smoke them without a problem now. But I still tend to go for smaller RGs most of the time. The biggest cigars I smoke are usually Robustos.