Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Binder: Dominican Filler: Dominican, Nicaraguan Size: 5.5 x 54 “Robusto” Body: Medium/Full Price: $4.00 I rarely do house cigars or very inexpensive cigars. Why? Because I am an effete snob. And this cigar sounds interesting to me…. Read More ›
Wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf Maduro Binder: Brazilian Mata Fina Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 5.375 x 60 “Perfecto” Body: Full Price: $16.50 Everyone and his brother have written about this cigar so I felt it was time to thrown my two cents in…. Read More ›
Wrapper: Nicaraguan Habano Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan (Esteli, Condega, Jalapa ligero) Size: 6 x 54 “Torpedo” Body: Full Price: $7.00 Here is a cigar that’s been around for a while and it fell through the cracks on my radar. Oliva… Read More ›
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 5 x 50 “Robusto” Body: Medium/Full Price: $6.00 I bought a 5 pack of Padilla Reserva Maduro from CI and they had a marketing scheme going on, in that they threw in… Read More ›
Wrapper: Unknown Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 6.5 x 49 Body: Medium/Full Price: $ Unknown (Possibly $7-$9) I am heading into this review completely blindfolded. The Honest Abe selection in the Ortega Wild Bunch series of 12 cigars; one per… Read More ›
Wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf Maduro Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan, Mexican, Honduran Size: 6 x 48 “Box pressed” Body: Full Price: $ Unknown I am venturing forth on uncharted isles. I have zero information about this cigar as it is not supposed… Read More ›
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Rosado Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 7.5 x 49 Body: Medium Price: $8.00 I managed to get my hands on the Ortega Wild Bunch Sampler #2 which includes 3 cigars that are to be released in April,… Read More ›
Wrapper: Nicaraguan Medio Tiempo Ligero Binder: Nicaraguan (Condega) Filler: Nicaraguan (Esteli, Jalapa) Size: 5.25 x 52 “Robusto” Body: Full Price: $7.50 I am a big fan of the Casa Fernandez group. I reviewed all of their cigars back in 2011… Read More ›
Wrapper: Honduran ’98 Criollo Binder: Honduran ’98 Criollo Filler: Honduran, Nicaraguan Size: 5.25 x 52 Body: Medium Price: $6.00 (Much Higher in NY) I got the chance to smoke one of these a little over a year ago when the… Read More ›
Wrapper: Mexican San Andres Maduro Binder: Honduran -Double Binder Filler: Nicaraguan -Corojo & Criollo Size: 6 x 50 “Toro” Body: Medium/Full Price: $9.25 The La Palina Maduro made its debut at the 2012 IPCPR Trade Show. The stick hit… Read More ›
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Havana Vuelta Abajo Binder: Dominican Corojo Filler: Nicaraguan, Brazilian, Dominican Size: 4.5 x 50 Body: Medium/Full Price: $7.00 Viva Republica is a new cigar company from the DR that went to the La Aurora people and partnered with… Read More ›
Wrapper: Nicaraguan Sun Grown Maduro Binder: Nicaraguan (Double Binder) Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 6 x 50 “Box Pressed Toro” Body: Full Price: $6.50 Well, here I am at my last of the three 1502 blends, Black Gold. Considered the strongest… Read More ›
It has been brought to my attention that a few people miss my little sex, drugs, and rock n roll story anecdotes at the end of most of my reviews. When I write for a client who has sent me… Read More ›
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 6 x 50 “Toro” Body: Medium/Full Price: $6.00 I know I am getting old when I wake up excited because I have anticipated writing a review for a cigar. A very specific cigar:… Read More ›
Wrapper: Nicaraguan Habano Corojo Binder: Nicaraguan -Estelí & Condega, Mexican San Andres Filler: Nicaraguan -Estelí & Condega, Mexican San Andres Size: 6.5 x 52 “Torpedo” Body: Mild/Medium-Full Flavored Price: $6.80 Global Premium Cigars’ founder, Enrique Sanchez Icaza, first shot from… Read More ›
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Binder: Honduran Corojo Filler: Honduras, Dominican Size: 5 1/2 x 30/50/19 “Perfecto” Body: Medium/Full Price: $9.00 Room 101 is giving Tatuaje a run for their money. They have applied the same mystical approach to their cigar production… Read More ›
Wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf Viso Binder: Brazilian Mata Fina Filler: Cuban Seed Nicaraguan, Honduran Size: 5.5 x 52 Body: Medium Price: $14.35 NOTE: April 18, 2013: Amendment; I decided to treat myself with this last stick. The entire first third is… Read More ›
Wrapper: Brazilian Maduro Binder: Cameroon Filler: Dominican (Entubado Style) Size: 6.25 x 50 “Box Press” Body: Medium/Full Price: $7.00 I am being bold and reckless. I am reviewing a cigar the day after I received it. No waiting as I… Read More ›
Wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 5.25 x 50 “Box Press” Body: Full Price: $7.00 Here is a Tat made especially for Holt’s Cigars. As usual, the blending team is Pete Johnson and Pepin Garcia. And it is… Read More ›
Wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf Binder: Dominican Filler: Dominican Size: 6 x 56 “Gran Toro” Body: Medium Price: $24.00 MSRP Now I rarely buy a cigar this expensive. And I can’t remember the last time I spent $24 on a stick. But… Read More ›
Wrapper: Dominican Havana Vuelta Abajo Binder: Dominican Criollo 98 Filler: USA/Kentucky Kenbano 2007, Dominican Piloto Cubano Ligero, Dominican Criollo 98 Bonao Size: 5 x 50 “Robusto” Body: Medium/Full Price: $8.00 Note: There are no photos in this review for a… Read More ›
Wrapper: Ecuadorian (Sancti Spíritus) Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 5.625 x 46 Body: Medium/Full Price: $8.40 The L’Atelier line is the umbrella blend of several other blends that showed up within the last year. This blend is the newest. I… Read More ›
Wrapper: Nicaraguan Habano Maduro Binder: Ecuadorian Habano Filler: Nicaraguan, Dominican Size: 5 x 50 “Robusto” Body: Medium/Full Price: $6.00 I just did a review of the Torano Salutem and remembered that the cigar was released alongside the Master Habano Maduro… Read More ›
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Binder: Brazilian Mata Fina Filler: Honduran, Dominican (Corojo, Criollo, Pelo de Oro) Size: 4 x 48 “Roxxo” Body: Medium Price: $6.50 I joined the Atlantic Cigar VIP Club and bought the Room 101 Darumas with a… Read More ›
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Ligero Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Honduran & Nicaraguan Size: 6.5 x 60 “Perfecto” Body: Medium/Full Price: $10.00 AJ Fernandez is the man. I hope you are all shaking your heads in agreement. The Man O War line is… Read More ›
Wrapper: Nicaraguan Corojo Oscuro Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 6 x 50 “Toro” Body: Medium Price: $7.50 I don’t have to do any background info on this as this cigar has been around a while and everyone has smoked at… Read More ›
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Sumatra Maduro Filler: Nicaraguan Binder: Nicaraguan Size: 5 x 44 Body: Full Price: $15.00 Raise your hand if you are not an A.J. Fernandez fan. OK. Now go into the corner and spank yourself. This man cranks out… Read More ›
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Binder: Nicaraguan- Jalapa Filler: Cameroon, Dominican Corojo, Nicaraguan- Esteli Size: 5 x 52 “Robusto” Body: Full Price: $6.50 I was gifted two of these by my friend, Ana of Cuenca Cigars. She has a big cigar store… Read More ›
Wrapper: Nicaraguan Habano Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 6 x 60 “Grand Toro” Body: Medium Price: $4.00 At the Cuenca B & M in Hollywood, Florida….which is only 7 miles from Beverly Hills, FL and only 12 miles from Culver… Read More ›
Wrapper: Sumatran 2003 Binder: Dominican Filler: Dominican Size: 7 x 50 “Concerto Churchill” Body: Medium/Full Price: $7.75 I always seem to have an Aging Room M356 or two in my humidors. I keep buying them and smoking them. They are… Read More ›
Wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 7 x 38 Body: Medium/Full Price: $6.50 Not a lot of things about the La Aroma de Cuba Lancero New Blend are brand new. Pepin Garcia began blending the La Aroma de… Read More ›
Wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf Maduro Binder: Nicaraguan Viso (Aged 5 years), Seco (Aged 4 years) Filler: Nicaraguan Ligero (Aged 6 years) Size: 5 x 54 “Robusto” Body: Medium Price: $7.00 The Perdomo Bugatti , the newest from the Perdomo folks. It… Read More ›
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade Binder: Dominican Filler: Dominican Size: 6.5 x 46 Body: Medium Price: $8.00 The Paul Garmirian Gourmet Series was first introduced in 1990. Garmirian is known for obsessive aging of the leaves, often up to seven years… Read More ›
Wrapper: Nicaraguan Corojo ’99 Rosado Binder: Nicaraguan 2 different blends (Entubado style) Filler: Nicaraguan Aganorsa ‘98 Size: 5.5 x 50 “Robusto” Body: Medium Price: $6.00 This is not a blend designed by A.J. Fernandez, the Master. But it is designed… Read More ›
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 4.75 x 42 “Mini Corona” Body: Medium Price: $14.00 for 5 pack or $2.80 ea. (Note: April 20, 2013 Amendment: I am smoking this stick one month after writing this review. And… Read More ›
Wrapper: USA/Kentucky Broadleaf – Maduro Binder: Dominican Olor Filler: Dominican Criollo ‘98, Dominican Piloto Cubano, Dominican Havana Penuela Country of Origin: Dominican Size: 5.5 x 52 “Caldwell” Body: Medium/Full Price: $6.00 As anyone would, I was leery of a cigar… Read More ›
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Rosado Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 6.5 x 52 Body: Medium/Full Price: $9.00 This is the third entry in the Ortega Wild Bunch series. The previous cigars started at Big Bad John and followed with Iron Mike…. Read More ›
Wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf (USA) Binder: Cameroon Filler: Nicaraguan (3 Fillers): Esteli, Condega, and a ligero leaf from a small farm north of Esteli on the Honduran border. Size: 4 x 52 “Knuckle Dragger” Body: Full Price: Less than $6.00 First… Read More ›
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Binder: Honduran Proprietary “Generoso” seed Filler: Dominican and Honduran Vuelta Abajo Size: 7 x 48 “Sucio” Body: Medium/Full Price: $8.00 I have become a big fan of Room 101 and Matt Booth, as well as his collaborators… Read More ›
Wrapper: Grade One Nicaraguan Cafe Colorado Binder: Corojo ’99 (Nicaraguan?) Filler: Criollo ’98 (Nicaraguan?) Size: 7.5 x 49 Body: Full Price: $10.00 (Actually, prices are all over the place.) Amazingly, there are very few reviews out there on this cigar…maybe… Read More ›
Wrapper: Nicaraguan Criollo Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 5.25 x 52 Shank Body: Full Price: $10.00 This cigar debuted at the 2012 IPCPR convention. According to Andre Farkas, “This is not going to be ‘in your face’, in terms of… Read More ›
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Binder: Sumatran Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 6 x 56 Body: Full Price: $12.00 There is nothing wrong with a Paul Stulac cigar. Absolutely nothing. I fell in love with these cigars over a year ago when I saw it… Read More ›
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Ligero Binder: Mexican San Andres Filler: Nicaraguan (Esteli & Ometepe) Size: 6.2 x 52 Belicoso Body: Full Price: $6.00 I like Diesel when they are super well aged. It’s a decent cigar. And then I saw a… Read More ›
Wrapper: Brazilian Arapiraca Binder: Indonesian Filler: Nicaraguan, Dominican Size: 4.5 x 52 Short Robusto Body: Medium/Full Price: $6.00 While the CroMagnon has been out for a couple of years, the line has only been available through Hava Cigar Shop in… Read More ›
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Sumatra Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Dominican, Nicaraguan Size: 5.5 x 44 Corona Body: Full Price: $4.20 I must state it right here and now. Blenders! Please. Make something beside a Nicaraguan puro. Every review is cocoa, creaminess, nuttiness, earthiness… Read More ›
Wrapper: Nicaraguan Corojo Binder: Nicaraguan Criollo Filler: Nicaraguan Cuban Seed Size: 5 x 50 Robusto Body: Full Price: $5.00 by the 5 Pack…$4.00 by the box (On Sale) Here we go…this stick is very sloppy looking. The beautiful band attempts… Read More ›
Wrapper: San Andres Criollo Binder: Dominican Olor Filler: Dominican Piloto Ligero Size: 5 x 50 Robusto Body: Medium/Full Price: $5.20 I want to thank Garland at Atlantic Cigar for supplying me with samples. This cigar is terrific for Newbies and… Read More ›
Wrapper: Connecticut Sun Grown Broadleaf Binder: Nicaraguan Habano Filler: Nicaraguan Ligero Size: 5 x 50 Oval Box Press Body: Full Price: $8.50-$9.00 Here is the finest cigar made by Oliva, Master Blends 3, and over looked by most smokers that… Read More ›
Wrapper: Nicaraguan Sun Grown Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 5 x 50 Box Pressed Body: Medium Price: $6.30 by the 5 Pack ~ $6.30 by the box. Flor de Las Antillas by My Father took off like wild fire. Cigar Aficionado… Read More ›
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 4.75 x 52 Box Pressed Body: Mild (Full Flavored) Price: $4.85 This is J.C. Newman’s latest cigar. The Nicaraguan leaves come from four regions: Pueblo Nuevo, La Reina, Condega and Jalapa. … Read More ›
Wrapper: Brazilian Maduro Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan, Dominican Size: 6 x 52 Toro Body: Medium/Full Price: $9.00 This is the fourth, and last, Atlantic Cigar 15th Anniversary stick to be reviewed. The E.P. Carrillo Atlantic Cigar 15th Anniversary is the… Read More ›
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Filler: Dominican Binder: Dominican Size: 5.5 x 44 “Poderoso” Body: Full Price: $6.00 The La Flor Dominican Air Bender is a hard stick to find. At least at reasonable pricing. I got mine from Atlantic Cigar. La… Read More ›
Wrapper: Nicaraguan Maduro Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 5 x 50 Robusto Body: Medium Price: $4.60 by the pack at Atlantic Cigar. $3.85 ea if you join the Atlantic Cigar VIP Club On the trail to Part 2 in my… Read More ›
Wrapper: Nicaraguan Habano Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Size: 7 x 38 Body: Full Price: $5.80 I opened the page to Atlantic Cigar’s web site and saw on the billboard a site to behold: The new Cain F Lancero Tubes Habano… Read More ›
Wrapper: Mexican San Andres Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Aganorsa Size: 5.625 x 46 Corona Body: Full Price: $6.65 I am a big fan of the Casa Fernandez folks. They put out consistent, small batch cigars that are art in its… Read More ›
