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Peterson Corona (JUN 05)

Posted in Ashton, Cigar Reviews, tagged , on August 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Size: 5 1/2″ x 44
Vitola: Corona
Wrapper: Cameroon
Origin: Dominican Republic
From the Vault: I’m not even sure how long ago theses came out.  This line was released in 2005 and discontinued shortly thereafter.  If memory serves me correctly, this was a cigar made for the Peterson Pipe Company which was distributed by Asthon and was made by General [...]

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Ashton Classic Robusto (JUL 08)

Posted in Ashton, Cigar Reviews, tagged on August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Size:  5″ x 50
Vitola: Robusto
Wrapper:  Connecticut Shade
Origin: Dominican Republic
Derek from Empire Cigars has been giving me a hard time about giving one of his favorite cigars, the Ashton Classic, another chance.  I had told him and others that I always preferred AVOs to Ashtons because I felt that the Ashtons were always bland and one-dimensional, [...]

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Ashton VSG Wizard 37 (NOV 2006)

Posted in Ashton, Cigar Reviews, tagged on July 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Size:  6″ x 56
Vitola: Toro
Wrapper:  Ecuadorian Sun Grown
Origin: Dominican Republic
I picked this up at Capital City Cigars when Ashton first debuted this new size in the VSG line and the first one I had was pretty unexciting.  So the other I put away for a while.  Here’s my review:
I punched the cigar and the pre-light [...]

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Benchmade by Ashton Robusto (JUN 2008)

Posted in Ashton, Cigar Reviews, Don Pepin, tagged , , on June 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Size:  5″ x 50
Vitola:  Robusto
Wrapper: Nicaraguan
Origin: Nicaragua
The Benchmade cigar is a new from Ashton by Don Pepin Garcia (what isn’t he making?) that is created to set the benchmark for inexpensive cigars.  That crown has been held by Oliva (the Flor de Oliva bundles) for quite some time.  We’ll see.

The pigtail head is loosely tied [...]

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