La Flordita Fuerte
Today Brian and I are firing up the La Flordita Fuerte Toro. This cigar is made by Nestor Plasencia for Famous Smoke Shop and becomes the third addition to the La Flordita line of cigars. The La Flordita Fuerte features filler tobacco from both Nicaragua and Honduras and is wrapped in a Habano Viso leaf. We first tried this cigar while at the Famous Cigar Expo and soon after made plans to buy a box. Since then Famous provided us with a few samples which we smoked for this review. Check out the video and find out what we think of the La Flordita Fuerte.
Name: La Flordita Fuerte
Company: Nestor Plasencia for Famous Smoke Shop
Made in: Honduras
Wrapper: Habano Viso
Binder: Nicaraguan Habano (Jalapa)
Filler: Nicaraguan and Honduran Habano
Price: $82.99/box
Comes in: Box of 20
Vitola: Toro (6″ x 50)
Quick Ash: Cabaiguan Petite
Hey folks! Back with a “Quick Ash” review for you this week and today I have the Cabaiguan Petite from Tatuaje. I reach for these sticks when time is limited and I need to get away for a short time. I look for small cigars that carry the full gambit of flavor and complexities of their larger brothers and sisters. Lets see if this Cab Petite meets my desires…
Press Release: LA GLORIA CUBANA SERIE N
Richmond, VA—Team La Gloria Cubana is proud to unveil La Gloria Cubana Serie N®, a wholly new collection custom made for the initiated.
A sister brand to the critically-acclaimed La Gloria Cubana Serie R® collection, La Gloria Cubana Serie N debuts into a lofty position. This new, four-cigar collection delivers in spades by marrying proprietary Nicaraguan tobacco with the brand’s signature Ecuadoran Sumatra wrapper. Through artisanal blending and by employing specific frontmarks to maximize the unique flavor, this stimulating, full-bodied offering is punctuated by spicy notes and balanced to reveal a refined smoke.
La Gloria Cubana Serie N is the brainchild of Yuri Guillen (General Cigar Dominicana’s production manager of manufacturing) who developed this new collection in concert with Benji Menendez, Michael Giannini and Rick Rodriguez, collectively known as Team La Gloria Cubana.
According to Debo Mukherjee, vice president of cigars for General Cigar, parent company of La Gloria Cubana, “In creating La Gloria Cubana Serie N, our intent was to provide tenured smokers with a flavorful powerhouse of a cigar, one worthy of its pedigree, and I believe we have delivered that in spades. We are confident that consumers will respond to the new taste dimension brought forth by the proprietary Nicaraguan tobacco.â€
La Gloria Cubana Serie N is sure to capture the attention of tenured smokers, for its fire-engine red, hexagonal wooden box, replete with a gold Serie N logo opens to reveal an eye-catching angular configuration of 24 of the handcrafted cigars.
This striking new collection will debut in October with four exciting new frontmarks. The JSB (5 ½†x 54) will be available for a suggested retail price of $6.35 per cigar, while the Rojo frontmark (6 ½†x 46) will sell for $6.20 per cigar. Generoso (5 ¾†x 49) will carry an SRP of $5.95 per cigar, and Glorioso (6 ½†x 58) will sell for $7.00 per cigar.
La Gloria Cubana cigars are produced by General Cigar Co. Inc., which manufactures and markets handcrafted cigars for the premium market. Committed to delivering cigars of the finest quality, General Cigar also produces Macanudo, Cohiba®, Partagas® Hoyo de Monterrey®, Excalibur®, La Gloria Cubana® and several other leading premium brands. In addition, the company grows its own premium Connecticut Shade wrapper tobacco, as well as natural and candela wrapper in the Dominican Republic. General Cigar also operates Club Macanudo®, a cigar bar in New York City. Based in Richmond, VA, General Cigar sells through tobacconists nationwide. For more information, please visit www.cigarworld.com.
® La Gloria Cubana Serie N, Serie R, Macanudo, Cohiba, Partagas, Hoyo de Monterrey, Excalibur and Club Macanudo are registered trademarks of General Cigar Co. Inc.
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Pinar Del Rio 1878 Cubano Especial Capa Madura
A new blend from Abe Flores and Juan Rodriguez that fits into that budget consciences area for cigar smokers. From the looks of this stick you would never guess the price was as low as it is. Just a gorgeous presentation from the beautiful wrapper to the classy 2-tone dark, double band. From what I can tell, the PDR 1878 is available in a Connecticut Wrapper as well as a Maduro version which is what we are smoking here. Lets see if this thing smokes as well as it presents itself.
