La Aroma de Cuba Mi Amor
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It has been awhile since I lit up a La Aroma de Cuba Mi Amor – a box-pressed Nicaraguan with a medium brown Mexican San Andres wrapper with tight seams…
Herrara Esteli Norteno Brazilian Maduro Piramide Fino
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Herrara Esteli Norteno Brazilian Maduro Piramide Fino has a Connecticut Broadleaf binder, Nicaraguan filler and a dark oily somewhat toothy Brazilian Mata Fina wrapper. The seams are tight and the…
To celebrate the Raiders going 2-0 for the first time in 5 years I decided to celebrate with the Davidoff (silver and black label). The Davidoff pairs well with a…
Gran Habano Connecticut
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Gran Habano Connecticut is made of Nicaraguan filler, a Nicaraguan binder, and an Ecuador Connecticut wrapper. The primary band is gold on white with some green in the coat of…
JFR Lunatic Habano Short Robusto
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JFR Lunatic Habano short Robusto is a Nicaraguan featuring a tan Ecuador Habano wrapper filled with plenty of veins. It’s initially almost impossible to see with the stick enveloped in…
CAO Flathead 554 Camshaft
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The CAO Flathead 554 Camshaft is a box-pressed stick with Nicaraguan filler, a Connecticut Habano finder and a dark brown/almost black oily Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper. The series is a salute…
Caldwell 22 Minutes To Midnight Connecticut Radiante
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The Caldwell 22 Minutes To Midnight Connecticut Radiante had been on my wish list for some time. I finally secured one from my friendly, local neighborhood tobacconist a few years…
Romeo y Julieta 1875 Nicaragua
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Romeo y Julieta 1875 Nicaragua features a slightly oil Habano wrapper with some visible veins. It’s medium strength and mild-medium bodied.
Flavors: cedar, cream, hay, leather, herbal, honey/graham crackers, spice/pepper. It…
Crux Bull & Bear Double Corona
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Crux Bull & Bear Double Corona is a 7 x 54 Nicaraguan puro. The wrapper is auburn brown Habano Maduro with some tooth and a few veins. The cigar band…
601 La Bomba Nuclear
This cigar was good.
It was well-made and so easy to smoke and enjoy. The flavors were dynamic and enjoyable but not overpowering even though it is a…
El Pulpo Octo Ocho Culebra
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I’ve been intrigued by images and the back story of the culebra. I had never seen one live and in person until a few years ago. The cigar(s) sold quickly…
Southern Draw 300 Hands Maduro
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Southern Draw 300 Hands maduro is a base mazo/bundle offering from the Holts. I got a strong recommendation to try this from a tobacconist I trust. Glad I grabbed a…
Saint Luis Rey Carenas Toro
This was well-made and easy to smoke. It was a one-cut, one-light, puff away kind of smoke.
The Medium profile was complimented by the woody leathery notes.
Probably…
Rojas Bluebonnets Robusto
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Rojas Bluebonnets Robusto is another Noel Rojas creation with Nicaraguan and Ecuadoran tobacco – all corojo filler, binder and a light sandpaper feel wrapper with hardly a seam or vein…
Every AJ blend I smoke I enjoy and this was the first New World Dorado I have smoked. Typical perfect consistency with a blend that brings smooth intensity. His twenty…
Happy Labor Day. I’m enjoying the afternoon with a Double Chateau and rum & soda. The Fuente is a medium bodied smoke that starts off with a bit of vanilla…
Onyx Reserve
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Onyx Reserve is another cigar I found in the shops and lounges of northeast Ohio when traveling there a decade or so ago. Haven’t found it here since then –…
Caldwell The Last Tsar
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Caldwell The Last Tsar is another boutique blend “discovered” or “found” by Robert Caldwell in his Indiana Jones travels through Central America in search of the golden blend – or…
La Aurora Maduro
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La Aurora Maduro 1985 Robusto is made with Nicaraguan filler, a Nicaraguan binder and an oily deep dark brown Brazilian wrapper.
Very woodsy cigar – oak, leather, roasted almonds serve up…
Luciano Mas Igneus Excellente
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Luciano Mas Igneus Excellente was supposedly blended to pair with a Spanish red wine. Mas Igneus translates roughly to House of Ignition. Enough back story. The cigar includes Nicaraguan filler,…
EP Carrillo Allegiance Sidekick
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EP Carrillo Allegiance Sidekick is a med-full body, medium strength box pressed robust with a toothy, dark brown Ecuadoran Sumatra wrapper. It has my attention already.
Flavor profile: Pepper, cedar, some…
New World by AJ Fernandez Toro
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An old favorite is gifted during a Thursday night conclave. This Nicaraguan A.J. needs to get back in rotation. Forgot how good this stick is. Cedar, earthy leather, roasted mixed…
Gurkha 125th Anniversary XO
This cigar was enjoyable. I like the thicker ring size but did have to mess with a draw adjusting tool to get that draw 'just right' for…
Caldwell Crafted & Curated Antoinette Culebra Twists
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Caldwell Crafted & Curated Antoinette Culebra Twists – 3 Dominican filler and binder panatellas with an Ecuador Habano wrapper tied together, i.e. “twisted” and, I must say, more difficult than…
Southern Draw Kudzu Lunstrum
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Fired up another Southern Draw Kudzu. This one is the Kudzu Lustrum. Sounds like the name of the demon Eddie Murphy encountered in The Golden Child. Southern Draw Kudzu Lunstrum…
