At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, Caldwell Cigar Company introduced its third ongoing production under its Eastern Standard brand, the Eastern Standard Sungrown. As the name indicates the Eastern Standard Sungrown introduced a Sungrown wrapper offering into the line. In this case it’s a Habano wrapper. Caldwell Cigars has been known to do some […]
Cigar Review: Davidoff Puro Dominicano Belicoso (2018 Vault Release)
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 88-90, Davidoff, Review, Try a Sample
It’s safe to call Davidoff one of the quintessential cigar companies when it comes to Dominican-made cigars. Only for the past ten years has Davidoff made a footprint on Dominican puros; first with the Davidoff Puro D’Oro line and later with the Davidoff Yamasá line. Much of the challenge for Davidoff has been getting the Dominican-grown […]
Cigar Review: San Pedro de Macorís Ecuador Robusto by Royal Agio Cigars
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 88-90, Buy Multiples, Review, Royal Agio Cigars
For the past five years, Royal Agio Cigars has been positioning itself to expand its premium handmade cigar business in the U.S. market. After a three year run of distribution in the U.S. by Drew Estate, in 2017 Royal Agio Cigars would open its own U.S. headquarters. At the time this occurred, Royal Agio had […]
Cigar Review: Crux Limitada Short Salomone (2019)
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 88-90, Buy Multiples, Crux Cigar Company, Review
Late in 2018, Crux Cigars announced a series of three line extensions known as the Short Salomone Series. It’s a limited production line extension that would add a 6 x 54 Short Salomone vitola to three of Crux Cigars’ lines: Crux Guild, Crux Epicure, and Crux Limitada. Since its launch in 2014, most of the […]
Cigar Review: Henry Clay War Hawk Toro
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 88-90, Altadis, Buy Multiples, Henry Clay, Review
For many years, there have been three workhorse brands in the Altadis U.S.A. portfolio: Montecristo, Romeo y Julieta, and H. Upmann. There are many other brands in the Altadis portfolio that have gotten a push from time to time. One brand that has received somewhat of a push has been the Henry Clay brand. Henry […]
Cigar Review: Davidoff Robusto Real Especiales 7 (2019)
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 88-90, Davidoff, Review, Try a Sample
As we have documented on Cigar Coop, the past two years at Davidoff has seen many of its iconic blends return to the market for limited runs. Within the Davidoff company, these runs have been seen across the Davidoff, Camacho, and AVO brands. With the Davidoff brand, the company has chosen its Davidoff Vault series […]
Cigar Review: Crowned Heads Court Reserve XVIII Corona Gorda
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 88-90, Buy Multiples, Crowned Heads, News
At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, Crowned Heads Cigar unveiled a limited production line known as the Crowned Heads Court Reserve XVIII (CHC Reserve XVIII). Crowned Heads has always done an exceptional job at tying a theme and/or a story to each of its releases, and the CHC Reserve XVIII is no exception. Crowned Heads […]
Cigar Review: RoMa Craft Tobac CroMagnon EMH Don Bosco
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 88-90, Buy One, Review, RoMa Craft Tobac
The CroMagnon EMH Don Bosco is a limited production cigar that comes from RoMa Craft Tobac. It’s a cigar that was released for Virginia-based retailer Old Virginia Tobacco Company. It’s an off-shoot of the company’s CroMagnon blend, but utilizes a barber-pole style wrapper of Candela and Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper. The name Don Bosco refers to […]
Agile Cigar Review: La Palina Bronze Label Toro
William Cooper Agile Cigar Reviews, Reviews No Comments 88-90, Agile Cigar Review, Assessment Update, Buy One, La Palina
Agile Cigar Reviews are cigar assessments where we use a lightweight, shorter format. These will never take the place of our comprehensive reviews. They are only used on blends we have previously assessed. This might be a blend we are rescoring or giving a score for the first time. It might be a blend we […]
Cigar Review: La Aurora 115th Anniversary Limited Edition Belicoso
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 88-90, Buy One, La Aurora, Miami Cigars, Review
Founded in 1903, La Aurora Cigar is the oldest cigar factory in the Dominican Republic. In 2018, at Inter-Tabac 2018 in Dortmund, Germany, the namesake brand coming out of La Aurora Cigar factory would unveil a series of cigars to commemorate the 115th anniversary of the factory. The La Aurora 115th Anniversary series would consist […]