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Suprise! Another new CAO cigar – the LX2

Posted in Cigar News & Notes, New Releases, tagged , on June 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Well, we all saw this one coming… CAO LX2 – “Ever-inventive C.A.O. will debut its Lx2 – “ligero times two” as its new blend for 2008 at the upcoming International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers Association convention and trade show next month in Las Vegas, Nevada.”   “The C.A.O. Lx2 uses a Nicaraguan-grown wrapper and [...]

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Nub Connecticut 464T (2008)

Posted in Cigar Reviews, Nub, Oliva, tagged , on June 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Size:  4″ x 64 Vitola:  Torpedo Wrapper: Connecticut Shade Origin: Nicaragua Since I’m on such a roll on smoking all of the hot new cigars, I might as well grab another one.  The Nub.  No kidding!  4” by 64 ring gauge.  That’s exactly 1” in diameter for all you math types. The Nub is a [...]

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Illusione ~2~ (2008)

Posted in Cigar Reviews, Illusione, tagged on June 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Size:  5 ¼” x 52 Vitola:  Torpedo Wrapper: Nicaraguan Café Colorado Origin: Nicaragua Sweet!  My local store, Capital City Cigars,  received a huge shipment of Illusione cigars!  And after my ~mk~ review, I get to do a follow-up with one in their regular line, the ~2~, which is a stubby little torpedo. This little feller [...]

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Fuente Whores

Posted in Cigar Musings, tagged , , , , on June 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

You know them.  You’ve seen them in the stores.  Heck, you may even be one of them. They are first identified when the enter a cigar store as they have this strangely frantic wild look in their eyes.  Their heads are constantly darting about and often times they are foaming at the mouth.  They live [...]

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Arturo Fuente Anejo No. 46 (Dec 2005)

Posted in Arturo Fuente, Cigar Reviews, Limited Editions, tagged , on June 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Size: 5 5/8″ x 46 Vitola: Grand Corona  Wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf Origin: Dominican Republic Ah, the Anejo.  Long sought after for it’s… long sought after-ness.  The Arturo Fuente Anejos are limited releases, usually made available around Father’s Day and Christmas and are always a tough thing to find. The Fuente Whores love them.  I had [...]

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H. Upmann Petite Coronas (Feb 2006)

Posted in Cigar Reviews, Habanos, tagged , , on June 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Size: 5 1/8″ x 42  Vitola: Petite Corona  Wrapper: Habana Origin: Cuba The Cubans know how to make a damn good petite corona.  Just about all of their marças have a PC in their stable.         This cigar was initially punched, but I may have to clip it as the draw is a [...]

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Alec Bradley Tempus Corona (2008)

Posted in Alec Bradley, Cigar Reviews, tagged , on June 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Size: 5.5″ x 42 Vitola: Corona  Wrapper: Nicaraguan Origin: Nicaragua? Got my hands on the new Alec Bradley cigar (from Capital City Cigars of course) and figured I’d fire it up ASAP.  Alec Bradley Cigars is famous for the Maxx line as well as one of the more interesting cigar shapes I have ever seen [...]

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A. Pontillo Paragon Series Colorado Maduro Robusto Grande (2008)

Posted in Cigar Reviews, Other Brands, tagged , on June 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Size: 5.5″ x 54 Vitola: Robusto Wrapper: Colorado Maduro Origin: Dominican Republic One of my buddies has a line of cigars called A. Pontillo.  He has several marcas including an All-American cigar and has recently re-blended his Paragon line into three marcas – Colorado Maduro, Havana Natural and Sun Grown.  This review is for his [...]

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Two New Cusano Cigars!

Posted in Cigar News & Notes, New Releases, tagged on June 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Cusano 59 Rare Cameroon – I love Cameroons!  “The number ‘59’ denotes Joe Chiusano’s (Mike’s brother) birth year as a signal for Cusano’s next generation of exciting proprietary blends.” Cusano LXI Habano Sun Grown – “The term LXI is the Roman numeral equivalent of 61, Mike Chiusano’s birth year, which denotes the beginning of Cusano’s [...]

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AVO LE5 (2005)

Posted in AVO, Cigar Reviews, Davidoff, Limited Editions, tagged , , on June 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Size: 5 5/8″ x 52 Vitola: Toro Wrapper: Ecuadorian Sun Grown Origin: Dominican Republic Age: about 3 years This is my favorite cigar.  Ever.  This was the 2005 Edition of the AVO LE or “Birthday” Cigar. This celebrated Avo’s 79thbirthday.  Every year I get excited for the LE release hoping it can equal this cigar, [...]

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