"My main smoke since 1995"

Unfortunately it seems the Cabinet selection from Cuesta Rey is no longer being produced. I ve smoked them all, 95, 1884, 898 since the 90 s. I ve also smoked a myriad of other cigars. Cubans included. The Cuest-Rey Cabinet 898 will always be my number one choice. As long as they last. Period.

"Great Cigar"

Normally I go for the stronger smokes but this one is a great morning stogie. Razor sharp and slow burning - flavors are excellent.

"Good smoke"

Nice mellow cigar might be medium by the end

"Enjoyable Smoke"

I would put this as a good starter cigar for someone who is just beginning to smoke cigars. It starts mellow and ends in a medium category with a gradual increase in intensity throughout the smoke. Had a nice even burn and held the ash well, the draw was slightly tight but overall construction and appearance were quite nice. As stated earlier the taste started slightly leathery with some mild peppery notes in the tobacco flavor. About a third in and the leather, pepper, and tobacco tastes increased slightly but proportionally being mild to medium overall. The final third ends well as a medium smoke with the same flavors increasing in intensity with slightly more pepper and earthy notes present.

"Good taste, hard to draw"

GREAT taste, seems to be progressive meaning the further you get the better the taste. 8 out of 10 for me

"Yuck!!!"

Bad burn, fell apart as I smoked it. Left the stick burning in a Best Buy ash tray. The only good thing is that it was free

"Why not 25 cigars in a 8-9-8 configured box?"

Why aren't there 25 cigars in this box? These are supposed to be "8-9-8". The term is coined from how the cigars are boxed; bottom layer 8 cigars, middle layer 9 cigars, top layer 8 cigars. Therefore, there should be a total of 25.