Today we take a look at the Davidoff Yamasá in the 6 x 60 size. The Davidoff Yamasá made its debut in 2016 and gets its name from the fact that it incorporates tobacco from the Yamasá region of the Dominican Republic. It’s a region in the Dominican Republic where Davidoff has been growing and cultivating proprietary tobacco. […]
Todos Las Dias was the fifth line by Steve Saka’s Dunbarton Tobacco and Trust to be put into widespread distribution. It was a line that had a soft launch at the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show. At the 2017 IPCPR Trade Show, it would be Dunbarton Tobacco and Trust’s signature release. Todos Las Dias adds a […]
The Quesada Reserva Privada Barber-Pole is the third blend in Quesada Cigars’ Reserva Privada line. As the name indicates, the cigar features two different wrappers arranged in a “barber pole” design. In this case, it incorporates the shade wrapper found on the original Quesada Reserva Privada and the oscuro wrapper found on the Quesada Reserva Privada […]
When Crux Cigar Company made its debut in 2014, it took a most unorthodox gateway into the cigar market. At that time the company launched three cigars with a 33 ring gauge and under. These cigars were the Skeeterz (4 x 32), Ninfamaniac (7 x 33), and Ninfamaniac Dark (7 x 33). The Ninfa is a […]
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 re-scoring or providing a score for the first time or it might be a blend […]
The Esteban Carreras Mr. Brownstone was unveiled at the 2017 IPCPR Trade Show. The cigar introduced a Connecticut Broadleaf maduro offering into the Esteban Carreras portfolio. The name Mr. Brownstone is a slang term for heroin. In addition, the vitola names also feature slang terms associated with heroin (i.e. Speed Ball, Main Line, and Smack). When talking to […]
The Camacho Connecticut BXP Toro is one of three blends under Camacho’s BXP line. BXP is a box-pressed line of three blends under the Camacho umbrella. While box-pressed cigars are common in the marketplace, David has only started offering them over the past couple of years. 2015 saw the AVO brand release its first regular production box-pressed […]
La Galera Cigars is a premium cigar brand owned by Jochy Blanco. For many years Blanco has been best known for supplying tobacco, as well as producing cigars, for many brands out of his Tabacalera Palma factory in the Dominican Republic. In 2015, Blanco acquired a company known as IndianHead Cigars from industry veteran Bill Bock. Simultaneously, Blanco […]
In 2017, Andre Farkas and Viaje celebrated ten years in the cigar business. It’s fair to say that Viaje has revolutionized the small batch cigar model throughout its decade in business. If we go back seven years ago to 2010, there were two releases that put Viaje on the map. One of those releases was the Viaje Oro Reserva VOR No. […]
In 2015, Maya Selva Cigars celebrated 20 years in the cigar business. When it comes to the U.S. market, the brands of Maya Selva Cigars are newer, but they have been around in the European Market since 1995. Maya Selva Cigars’ first brand was Flor de Selva, so when it came time to create a commemorate […]
