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Nadi Classic Habano Gilgamesh
Size: 7×50 Churchill Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Binder: Dominican Filler: Dominican and Nicaragua Nadi Cigars is an up and comming cigar company. They are based out of Florida and thier cigars are produced in the Dominican Republic. Their cigars are hand-rolled by a former Davidoff master roller and it shows in the quality of the cigars. [...]
Room 101 Namakubi Limited Edition Papi Chula
Matt Booth, the owner of Room 101, brought out a new limited edition cigar called the Namakubi. I really love the ideas and art behind the Room 101 line because ever since I was a young teenager I’ve been interested in Japanese culture, especially the samurai. I was a practitioner of Aikido for many years [...]
Alec Bradley Fine & Rare
Alec Bradley to Release “Fine & Rare” Cigar on 11-11-11 New, very limited edition 10 leaf blend will debut this November DANIA, FL – October 21, 2011 – No, it’s not a new Broadway musical, a reality TV series, or a law office. Fine & Rare is the name of the latest and perhaps the [...]
CAO OSA Sol – New Month Long Contest!
This week I’m reviewing the newest, and first, CAO cigar under the General Cigar banner. The OSA Sol was the brainchild of Rick Rodriguez and select General Cigar master blenders. This new cigar features a select wrapper from the Olancha, San Agustin (OSA) area of Honduras that was grown in 2008. 2008 was a perfect [...]
Illusione mk ULTRA
Dion Giolito, owner of Illusione Cigars, seems to have the golden touch with me. He hasn’t made a cigar that I haven’t just loved. Matter of fact, my first cigar review for NTA was the Cruzado Domenicos. Along with the Eperney, each blend has its own unique character all of which I adore. The MKULTRA [...]
Sosa Classic Gran Wavell
Size: 5 1/2 x 55 Wrapper: Ecuadorian Sumatra Binder: Honduran Filler: Dominican Republic Started at the turn of the century, Don Juan Sosa had a small tobacco farm in Cuba. By the 1920s, he had grown to one of the largest tobaco-producing haciendas in Cuba.But after political turmoil, Don Juan’s son Arturo and grandson Juan [...]
Alec Bradley Introduces New Black Market Cigar
Alec Bradley Introduces New Black Market Cigar New edition boasts a rich, complex character and “edgy” packaging design DANIA, FL – September 8, 2011 – What do you think of when you hear the term “Black Market?” Something “forbidden” perhaps? Though they may look like something that entered the country under the radar, Alec Bradley’s [...]
Habana Port Tabacums
This week we have another house cigar and this cigar is from one of our local shops, Habana Port. Most house cigars are usually of lower quality to make them cheap to be more accessible to cigar smokers on a budget or someone that can’t always risk smoking a premium cigar due to the fact [...]
Exclusive Review – Viaje Late Harvest
This week, I’m reviewing the Viaje Late Harvest which should be shipping to retailers as you watch this review. Andre Farkas and Al Duffrin of Viaje Cigars was kind enough to send me to pre-releases, one of each size: robusto and toro. Nice Tight Ash is lucky enough to have the exclusive review for this [...]
Viaje Oro Reserva Edicion Limitada Double Torpedo
That name is a mouthful, huh? Viaje released the follow up to their No. 2 cigar of the year last year for Cigar Aficionado, Viaje Oro Reserva. This year, its in a special shape. The Double Torpedo. This has become one of Andre Farkas’ favorite cigar shapes. Enough that it will become a regular shape in [...]