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Rocky Patel 15th Anniversary Toro
Size: 6 1/2″ x 52 Vitola: Toro Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Origin: RP factory in Nicaragua Age: Pre-Release – super fresh! I received an e-mail from the folks at Rocky Patel asking if I would be interested in trying a pre-release … Continue reading
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Punch CRA Limited Edition Toro
Size: 6” x 52 Vitola: Toro Wrapper: Nicaraguan Origin: Honduras This review is for a special cigar and good cause. Cigar Rights of America is a great organization that helps give voice to the cigar smoker in Washington. One of … Continue reading
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Tagged Cigar Rights of America, CRA, General Cigar Co., Punch
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CAO Escaparate Six One Five Corona
Size: 5 1/2 x 44 Vitola: Corona Wrapper: Criollo-seed Maduro Origin: Honduras or Nicaragua Age: Fresh OK, so this is basically the Criollo with a Maduro wrapper – I think. This is available at one shop, CAO’s “local” shop, Uptown’s … Continue reading
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Tagged CAO, CAO Escaparate, CAO Escaparate 6 1 5, CAO Escaparate Six One Five
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CAO Escaparate MX3 Beli
Size: 6 1/4″ x 52 Vitola: Torpedo Wrapper: Brazilian Origin: Honduras or Nicaragua Age: Fresh The MX3 is one of the more popular of the CAO Escaparate line. The MX2 or Maduro times two is an an extremely popular cigar … Continue reading
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Tagged CAO, CAO Escaparate, CAO Escaparate MX3, CAO MX2
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CAO Escaparate Bratalia Churchill
Size: 7″ x 48 Vitola: Churchill Wrapper: Brazilian Aripiraca Origin: Honduras or Nicaragua Age: fresh The Bratalia is another of the limited Edition Escaparate cigars from CAO, that are sold to one or two select retailers across the country. The … Continue reading
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Tagged CAO, CAO Escaparate, CAO Escaparate Bratalia
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Manufacturer’s Spotlight – CAO
CAO is named after Cano (pronounced John-O) A. Ozgener, an Armenian Turk who began selling handcrafted humidors and meerschaum pipes in Nashville, Tennessee. An engineer who originally designed a male female adapter to keep pipe stems from breaking, Cano began … Continue reading
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Tagged CAO, CAO 65th Anniversary, CAO America, CAO Anniversaire Cameroon, CAO Anniversaire Extreme, CAO Anniversaire Maduro, CAO Black, CAO Black VR, CAO Brazilia, CAO Criollo, CAO CX2, CAO Escaparate, CAO Escaparate 6 1 5, CAO Escaparate Blend #7, CAO Escaparate Bratalia, CAO Escaparate Columbia, CAO Escaparate Costa Rica, CAO Escaparate Criollo Maduro, CAO Escaparate Ecuador, CAO Escaparate MX3, CAO Escaparate Six One Five, CAO Flavours, CAO Gold, CAO Gold Maduro, CAO Gold Vintage, CAO Italia, CAO La Traviata, CAO LX2, CAO MX2, CAO Odyssey, CAO Soprano's Edition, CAO Vision
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La Flor Dominicana Culebra Lanceros
Size: 7 1/2″ x 39 Vitola: Lancero in the Culebra format Wrapper: Ecuadorian Sumatra, Cameroon & Oscuro Ecuadorian Sumatra Origin: Dominican Republic Age: Infancy What a lucky guy I am. The La Flor Dominicana Culebra Lanceros are some of the … Continue reading
La Flor Dominicana Factory Press III
Size: 6 1/2″ x 60 Vitola: Toro Wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf Origin: Dominican Republic Age: fresh This big bad boy is one of Litto’s fresh batch of Limited Edition Releases for 2009. The other releases have given my stomach fits before, … Continue reading
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Manufacturer Spotlight – AVO
Normally I would have just included the AVO write-up with the Manufacturer’s Spotlight on Davidoff as they own this brand. But AVO Cigars, have a special place in my heart and I felt they deserve their own individual Spotlight. So … Continue reading
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Tagged AVO, AVO 22, AVO 787, AVO Classic, AVO Companero, AVO Domaine, AVO LE5, AVO LE7, AVO Legacy, AVO Lounge Edition, AVO Maduro, AVO Signature, AVO XO, Davidoff, Henrik Kelner
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Pinar de Rio Habano Sun Grown Robusto
Size: 5″ x 50 Vitola: Robusto Wrapper: Habano Sun Grown Origin: Nicaragua Age: 2 months Pinar del Rio cigars aim to capture the essence of a good Cuban cigar. Click here for more information on the company and their products. … Continue reading