La Flor Dominicana Air Bender Maduro At the 2011 IPCPR trade show, one of the highlights from La Flor Dominicana was the upcoming release of its new maduro version of its popular Air Bender cigar. While much of the buzz was around the innovative packaging of this cigar, I think ultimately people were genuinely interested […]
L′Esprit de Verite – 2008 Vintage Tatuaje’s La Verite brand borrows a concept from the wine industry – namely the single vineyard/single farm concept. Wine enthusiasts have always been intrigued with the idea of making a wine taking a single year’s crop from a single vineyard/farm. The equivalent in the cigar industry involves harvesting the […]
Oliva Serie V Maduro 2011 The Oliva Serie V Maduro is an annual limited production release that is a maduro version of the popular Oliva Serie V (which uses a Nicaraguan Habano Sun-grown wrapper) . The Serie V Maduro is done in a single vitola, and the blend has varied from year to year. The […]
Tatuaje Petite Cazadores Reserva The Tatuaje Petite Cazadores Reserva was unveiled in 2010 to provide cigar enthusiasts with a quick smoking experience. The Petite Cazadores Reserva looks like one of the “Seleccion de Cazador” (Brown Label) cigar and that’s because it’s an actual variation of that line. It uses a Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper as opposed […]
La Aurora Puro Vintage 2004 The La Aurora Puro Vintage 2004 is the second of the Puro Vintage limited release series from La Aurora cigars. This has been a long awaited follow-up release to the La Aurora Puro Vintage 2003. In addition to being a salomon vitola, the distinguishing factor with the Puro Vintage line […]
Litto Gomez Diez Small Batch No. 3 The Litto Gomez Diez series is a line of cigars that was introduced by La Flor Dominicana several years ago. It is a line Dominican puros that take all of its tobacco’s from Gomez’s La Canela farm in the Dominican Republic from a single crop year. In 2006, […]
Xikar HC Habano Colorado The name Xikar is synonymous with the cigar accessories market – most notably cutters and lighters. About four years ago, Xikar turned their attention to getting into the premium cigar market. In 2007, this was first realized with launch of Defiance Cigars. In 2009 followed the Xikar HC Series. For both […]
Chinnock Cellars Private Reserve Note: With all IPCPR 2011 samples, these are being included with our IPCPR Series. That being said, there are still some samples that have not been assessed. When it comes to pairing wines and spirits with cigars, I admit I am far from an expert on it. However, I do recognize […]
Oliva Serie V Maduro 2010 In 2007, Oliva Cigars introduced the Oliva Serie V and it soon became a staple of many cigar enthusiasts. A year later, Oliva introduced their first maduro version of the Serie V. Unlike the core Habano Sun-grown Serie V, the Oliva Serie V Maduro is an annual limited production release […]
NHC Surrogates – Skull Breaker When it comes to online retailers, New Havana Cigars has built a reputation that separates them apart from many other online retailers. The focus on New Havana Cigars has been around some of the more popular indie/boutique cigars on the marketplace (e.g. Tatuaje, Illusione, Viaje). They fill a niche by […]
