Cigar Reviews
Rocky Patel Vintage 2003 Cameroon
At last year’s IPCPR, Rocky Patel introduced his latest extension of the Vintage line. The Vintage 2003 uses a select Cameroon wrapper over binder and filler that have been aged for over 8 years. As a Cameroon fan, I was eager to try it. The cigar had a great burn and was a very smooth […]
Montecristo New York Connoisseur Edition
Montecristo released a special cigar last year just for the New York market. It is a specially blended large 6 x 60 boxed pressed toro that is as big as the New York City skyline itself. Available only in the state of New York, this cigar features a rich Ecaudorian Habano wrapper with the binder […]
CAO La Traviata Maduro Luminoso
For today’s review I smoked the La Traviata Maduro Luminoso from CAO. The Luminoso was originally released as a new vitola in the La Traviata line. Now it’s being released in the Maduro line. The Luminoso is a petit robusto measuring 4.5†x 50 and features a Connecticut Maduro wrapper. I’ve been a fan of […]
Macanudo Maduro Gigante
Everybody, wether new or seasoned cigar smoker have heard of Macanudo cigars. Probably many non-smokers have heard of them as well due to the many advertisements in Men’s magazines and so forth. I can remember seeing then in various magazines even before I started enjoying cigars. So, its easily to say that Macanudo Cigars (by […]
Ashton VSG Pegasus
If you’ve followed me on Twitter or friended me on Facebook, you have seen this cigar often. I also have this cigar on my Top Cigars of 2011 list. I haven’t put a review in yet for it and, honestly, it wasn’t scheduled for this week either, but last week we got word that Manny […]
Ortega Serie D. No .6 – CONTEST – Win a Ortega Serie D sampler!
Eddie Ortega was part of the duo of EO Brands that make the 601, Murcielago and Cubao cigar lines with partner Erik Espinosa. Late last year, Eddie left EO Brands to create his own cigar company with his first cigar line being the Serie D. Featuring a dark Mexican maduro wrapper with Nicaraguan binder and […]
Viaje Winter Classic
In the 5th installment of the White Label Project, Viaje introduces a cigar that is the smallest of the series so far. Called the Winter Classic, this cigar was made for colder months of the year, mainly in the northern states, where the weather shortens a person smoking time. Because of this, Andre Farkas, the […]
Viaje Super Shot 10 Gauge
Viaje recently released 3 new additions to their cigar lines: Winter Class (WLP), Friends and Family, Super Shot. The Super Shot is the cigar I’m reviewing today. Patterned after a shotgun shell (shotgun shells come in 3 sizes today: 2 3/4″, 3″ and 3 1/2″) and these cigars coming in at 3 1/2 x 54 […]
EP Carrillo New Wave Connecticut Short Run 2012 Reinados
The New Wave Connecticut was released last year and garnered many accolades from us cigar bloggers. It was hard not to find it on many of our Top Cigars of the Year list, including mine. A very flavorful, medium bodied Connecticut, was a huge hit. Now, EP Carrillo released this years Short Run in the […]
Illusione 68
There is quite a following of the Illusione line of cigars. I tried a few here and there when I first got into cigars. I jumped head first and wasn’t quite ready for this flavor profile of cigar just yet in the larger ring gauges. I was smoking mainly the larger ring gauge Illusione and […]
