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Rocky Patel 15th Anniversary Toro

Posted in Cigar Reviews, Rocky Patel on July 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

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 of Rocky’s 15th Anniversary cigar.  I said sure, and the cigars were at my doorsteps [...]

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Fuente Fuente Opus X Forbidden X Toro CRA Edition

Posted in Arturo Fuente, Cigar Reviews, Limited Editions on June 30, 2010 | 3 Comments »

Size: 6″ x 48 Vitola: Toro Wrapper: Dominican Rosado Origin: the DR Age: Fresh from my humidor but aged in Calvados barrels at Chateau Fuente I recieved this cigar from the second round of CRA samplers. The Forbidden X cigars are a little different then your normal Opus. These bad boys are aged in Calvados [...]

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La Gloria Cubana Artesanos de Tabaqueros Toro

Posted in Cigar Reviews, General Cigar Co., tagged on June 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Size: 6″ x 50 Vitola: Toro Wrapper: Connecticut Shade/Ecuadorian Sumatra Origin: Dominican Republic Age: Pre-Release freshness! I just happened to be in the shop when the General rep was visiting and he handed one of their new sticks, the LGC Artesanos de Tabaqueros – or also known as the longest name for a cigar line [...]

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Cohiba Gran Reserva Siglo VI

Posted in Cigar Reviews, Habanos, Limited Editions, tagged , , on March 30, 2010 | 5 Comments »

Size: 150mm x 52 Vitola: Canonazo Wrapper: 2003 Habano Origin: El Laguito Age: Tobacco – 7 years, Cigar  – less than a year Only 5000 boxes were made, harvested from the best tobacco of the 2003 crop, the Gran Reserva signifies the best possible product from Cuba. Here’s more about this special smoke: Habanos Press [...]

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AVO LE10 Exclusive Review

Posted in AVO, Cigar Reviews, Limited Editions, tagged , on March 13, 2010 | 4 Comments »

Size: 5 1/2″ x 55 Vitola: Robusto Wrapper: Ecuadorian Sun Grown Origin: Tabadom, DR Age: Super Fresh I was lucky enough to receive a pre-release sample of the new Avo “birthday” cigar, the LE10.  This year, they made a monster of a cigar, a chunky 55 ring gauge behemoth, where all of the filler is [...]

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Joya de Nicaragua Antano Gran Consul

Posted in Cigar Reviews, Joya de Nicaragua, tagged , on March 2, 2010 | 5 Comments »

Size: 4 3/4” x 60 Vitola: Torpedo Wrapper: Nicaraguan Havana-seed Origin: Nicaragua Age: couple months The Antano!  One of the most powerful cigars on the market.  I n fact for many years it was THE most powerful cigar around.  Here’s some info from the manufacturer: Antaño in Spanish means “yesteryear” a name that is a [...]

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La Flor Dominicana Air Bender Matatan

Posted in Cigar Reviews, La Flor Dominicana, tagged , , on February 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Size: 5″ x 50 Vitola: Robusto Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Origin: The DR Age: Fresh Woo-hoo! The newest creation from Litto Gomez was on my must try list.  The name Air Bender has two meanings according to Litto, the first is due to his affinity for Kung Fu movies and the other is that smoke appears [...]

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Arturo Fuente 8-5-8 Rosado

Posted in Arturo Fuente, Cigar Reviews, tagged , on December 28, 2009 | 7 Comments »

Size: 6” x 47 Vitola: Grand Corona Wrapper: Dominican Rosado Origin: Dominican Republic Age: Fresh There is no harder cigar to find from the Fuentes than the 8-5-8 Rosado. They are prized as collector’s items, so I was interested in seeing how such a rare cigar actually tasted. The appearance of this cigar doesn’t suggest [...]

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Angelenos Lonsdale

Posted in Arturo Fuente, Cigar Reviews, tagged , , on December 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Size: 6 ¼“ x 44 Vitola: Lonsdale Wrapper: Ecuadorian Connecticut Origin: Dominican Republic Age: Fresh Angelenos is a new cigar distributed by Prometheus and made by the Fuentes.  It was made to celebrate the people of Los Angeles.  OK… This cigar is a little different than I expect, for whatever reason I expected more strength [...]

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Davidoff Royal Robusto

Posted in Cigar Reviews, Davidoff, tagged , on December 22, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Size: 5 ½” x 54 Vitola: Robusto Wrapper: Ecuadorian Connecticut Origin: Dominican Republic Age: Fresh This super limited cigar is only available at Davidoff retail stores.  This as purchased from the Madison Avenue store.  It is the second in the Royal Series, the first being the incredible Salamone. The cigar starts out smooth and creamy [...]

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