My favorite is the Romeo y Julieta Habanna Reserve in the Toro size. I'm also into the Perdomo lot 23 maduro in a robusto size. Rocky Patel has a sun grown that is fantastic.
I smoked some of the Lot 23's when they first came out. I thought they were a nice smoke for the money. His sun growns are nice... but he thinks so, too. Rocky Patel's prices have really gotten out of hand, IMHO.
I try to keep my cigars in the $2 to $2.50 range, when I buy boxes. That sort of limits me. I have found that the "fumas" version of nice cigars are a really good alternative, price wise. The flavor profile is very much the same as the long-filler pricier versions, at about half the cost. Problem is that not everyone makes a fumas version of their big sellers.
Patel does, but they are around $3 plus each...
Fuente is my "if I could afford them" smoke.