Padron 1926 Serie Maduro When I decided to form a Cigar Hall of Fame, I made a decision to select one “wildcard” cigar per year. When I started looking at candidates, I went through a lot of my favorites and essentially it came down to a battle of two Padrons: the Padron 1964 Anniversary and […]
Cigar Review: Liga Privada T52 (2009 Cigar of the Year)
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Drew Estate Liga Privada T52 (My 2009 Cigar of the Year) The Liga Privada T52 is truly a special cigar that has received a lot of accolades on this web-site. In 2009, this was selected as my Cigar of the Year. This past weekend, the cigar was officially inducted into the Cigar Coop Hall of […]
Cigar Review: Monte Pascoal Minutos
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Monte Pascoal Minutos Back in June, I had an opportunity to sample a cigar that isn’t your typical profile for a premium cigar. The Monte Pascoal has a distinguishing factor as being one of the few cigars that is a Brazilian puro – meaning that the wrapper, binder, and filler all come from Brazil. Brazilian […]
Cigar Review: Pinar Del Rio Liga Especial Reserva Superior
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Pinar Del Rio Liga Especial Reserva Superior Abe Flores and his company Pinar Del Rio cigars have been experiencing great growth over the past 18 months. The growth has been so steady that over this past weekend, Flores posted some video on Facebook showcasing his brand new factory in Santiago, Dominican Republic. Much of the […]
Cigar Review: Tatuaje Private Reserve (Tatuaje Black Label) Petit Lancero
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There is no doubt when there is a strong association with Tatuaje and “Limited Release” cigars. While Tatuaje has built a strong core portfolio, it has been the limited release cigars that have been a major factor in the brand’s success. One series that has been sought after by Tatuaje enthusiasts has been the Tatuaje […]
Cigar Review: Gurkha Royal Challenge
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Gurkha Royal Challenge The Gurkha Royal Challenge marks one of the first releases by Gurkha Cigars since former CAO boss Gary Hyams was named President and CEO of the company. One significant thing that Gurkha cigar fans will notice with Royal Challenge is the return to the elaborate banding and packaging. In 2010, Gurkha had […]
Cigar Review: Perdomo Reserve Limited Edition Cameroon (Re-Release)
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Perdomo Reserve Limited Edition Cameroon If you are a regular listener of Cigar Dave, one thing you will constantly hear the General ask Nick Perdomo is “when are you going to bring back a Cameroon cigar?” One cigar that Perdomo had made with the Cameroon wrapper was the Perdomo Reserve Limited Edition Cameroon. Cameroon wrappers […]
Cigar Review: Casa Miranda Chapter One
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Casa Miranda Chapter One Following the 2011 IPCPR, I made a decision to provide a technical debrief on many of the new cigar releases. However, it was impossible to cover every manufacturer and every cigar because my primary responsibilities were still on the retail end. One cigar that I overlooked was a new release from […]
Cigar Review: 262 Ideology
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262 Ideology One thing that I really love with a cigar is when there is a story behind it. A cigar is one of the great complex hand-made items in the word. When you add a story to the equation, it makes the cigar even more special. This is exactly what Clint Aaron brings to […]
Cigar Review: Viaje TNT 2011
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Viaje TNT 2011 The Viaje TNT release in 2011 is the second release under this label. Viaje has targeted this as a summer release to coincide with Independence Day. As with most Viaje releases, these are done in extremely limited micro-batch releases. In the end, this pretty much results in about 1 to 2 boxes […]