I have a few criteria for what I chose to smoke in this shootout, because anyone at any company can call anything a Lancero. I don't want to get too far away from the original vitola, so after a bit of pondering, I settled on between 6 3/4 and 8 1/2 inches in length, and 36 and 44 ring gauge. If I went down to 6 1/2 inches or higher or lower on the ring gauge, this list would have doubled in size. The lancero shape is almost more defined by a maximum ring to length ratio. We don't want to drift into Churchill, Lonsdale or Panatela ranges. I think maximum ring for 7 inches or longer will be 44, 6 7/8 inches will be 42 and 6 3/4 inches will be 40. This should do well to preserve that ratio and exclude a few that should be titled Lonsdale, etc. The only other requirement I had was the price had to be between $5 and $15 roughly. Why? I don't know really. Those uber premium, usually super limited, 20-some-dollar-a-pop cigars just don't end up on my radar as something most people will get to enjoy at some point.
I'm going to provide some brief notes, nothing fancy, and a rating out of five stars. I'll mention any aspect of each that stands out as particularly bad or particularly good. To me, construction is paramount in this vitola. The article I linked in a previous post should give you an idea of why. When the history of the Lancero is explained, it makes sense. If any of these are unsmokeable due to draw issues, I'll attempt to smoke another. If this occurs a second time, they will be disqualified.
That's it!
I'm going to do a little intro video with some shout-outs to those who've helped me with this project, and I've embedded a spreadsheet for those of you that want to see the nitty-gritty detail on everything I'll be smoking. If anyone finds any mistakes in the list, please leave a comment for me to correct it.
Thanks for reading!
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