midmofan wrote:"VILLIGER SANβDORO COLORADO ROBUSTO" #21 on CA's 2016 list.
... there is no way the one I had was the 21st best cigar I have had in the past couple weeks let alone #21 overall in the world for 2016. Maybe they just looked at it and saw how pretty it is...
Advertising dollars is a major factor in CA ratings ... in any event, however, why be concerned about the opinion of others, irrespective of who it is and how they arrived at their opinion ... it IS, after all, THEIR opinion and has no bearing whatsoever on what YOUR opinion might be ... my take is that if YOU like it, smoke it and if not, let others do so ...
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One of my longtime favorite stores in San Francisco (now sadly gone) used to display ratings prominently in their walk-in, but ceased doing so for the very reasons I cite ... the opinion of CA, your brother-in-law, your next door neighbor or myself has nothing in the world to do with how YOU will perceive any particular cigar ... your palate should be your one and only guide ...