The Guayacan Rojas Reserve is a line that was introduced at the 2015 IPCPR Trade Show. The Rojas Reserve gets its name from Noel Rojas, who is the owner of Guayacan Cigars and the man behind the blend. The Rojas Reserve became the fifth blend to be released by Guayacan. What is different about this cigar is […]
Cigar Review: Tatuaje Skinny Tiff
The Tatuaje Skinny Tiff is one of ten cigars that make up the Tatuaje Skinny Monsters collection. Skinny Monsters is a sampler of ten 6 x 38 petite lanceros based on various Tatuaje Monster Series releases. Since 2008, the Tatuaje Monsters Series has been an annual release right before Halloween. For each installment of the series, a different blend […]
Cigar Review: Viaje Exclusivo Reserva Toro
Earlier this year, Viaje Cigars released an off-shoot of its popular Viaje Exclusivo line called the Viaje Exclusivo Reserva. This cigar combines two concepts that Viaje has used in various lines over the past years. First up, the cigars are box-pressed versions of the Viaje Exclusivo blend. Secondly, the “Reserva” part involves uses tobaccos that […]
Cigar Review: Recluse Amadeus Habano Reserva Lancero
Back in 2015, Recluse Cigar Company launched its fourth regular production line, the Recluse Amadeus Habano Reserva. This particular line introduced a natural habano wrapper offering into the company’s portfolio. Earlier this year, the company quietly introduced a new line extension to the Amadeus Habano Reserva line in the form of a lancero. While the […]
Cigar Review: Camacho Powerband Toro
This past June, Camacho Cigars rolled out its latest regular production cigar, the Camacho Powerband. Since the historic re-launch of the brand in 2013, Camacho Cigars has used the month of June to do a major launch of a regular production line. In 2013, Camacho launched its rebranded portfolio. This followed in 2014 with the release of Camacho Ecuador and […]
Cigar Review: My Father Garcia & Garcia
Late last year came word about what was described as the most expensive offering to date by My Father Cigars – the Garcia & Garcia. Over the past few weeks, the My Father Garcia & Garcia (sometimes referred to as the Garcia y Garcia) has started to hit retailers with a price of $35.00. In addition […]
Cigar Review: LH Colorado Lancero
The LH Colorado Lancero is a new line extension introduced by LH (Lavida Habana) Premium Cigars in 2016 for its Colorado blend. This past year, LH Premium Cigars announced it was adding a lancero vitola to each of its three regular production blends. LH Premium Cigars is a company that was founded by tobacconists Nick Syris and Omar Nasr. The company […]
Cigar Review: La Galera Connecticut Chaveta by IndianHead Cigars
The La Galera Connecticut is one of two premium lines made by Tabacalera Palma’s Jochy Blanco. For many years Blanco and Tabacalera Palma have grown tobacco and made cigars for many of the industry’s leading brands. Last year, Blanco made a strategic move – that to brand owner when he acquired IndianHead Cigars from Bill Bock. […]
Agile Cigar Review: Perdomo Reserve Limited Cameroon Edition Petit Corona
Agile Cigar Reviews replace what we termed “Assessment Updates”. The concept is the same, but the name is different. Agile Cigar Reviews 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 […]
Agile Cigar Review: Camacho American Barrel Aged Torpedo Largo
Agile Cigar Reviews replace what we termed “Assessment Updates”. The concept is the same, but the name is different. Agile Cigar Reviews 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 […]