Back in 2019, Protocol Cigars unveiled a pair of shop exclusive cigars called the Protocol John Doe Series and Protocol Jane Doe Series. These names fit into Protocol Cigars’ theme of law enforcement given these are the names used for unidentified male and unidentified female dead bodies until identification can be made by next of kin. […]
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 giving a score for the first time. It might be a blend we […]
Just prior to the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, Oscar Valladares and Company introduced a new line in its portfolio known as Super Fly. The Super Fly had three distinct characteristics to it: 1) It featured eye-catching retro-packaging (something the company is known for); 2) it had what the company says was its strongest blend to […]
Early in 2020, Altadis USA released a cigar under its H. Upmann brand known as H. Upmann 1844 Añejo. Altadis USA has many brands under its portfolio. H. Upmann is not only one of the more active ones, but it is also one of the oldest ones. The name “añejo” is Spanish for “old.”.In this […]
Today we take a look at a cigar from ADVentura Cigars known as The Royal Return – King’s Gold. ADVentura Cigars was founded by Henderson Ventura and Marcel Knobel. It’s a brand of cigars that comes out of Tabacalera William Ventura in the Dominican Republic. This is a factory that has earned a reputation […]
In 2020, General Cigar released the sixth installment under its Macanudo Inspirado Series, the Macanudo Inspirado Green. Macanudo Inspirado is a line under General Cigar Company’s Macanudo brand that brings a contemporary look and feel. It’s also served as an innovation platform with the Macanudo brand – incorporating things the brand hasn’t seen before. For […]
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 giving a score for the first time. It might be a blend we […]
Late in 2019, Aganorsa Leaf announced a new limited-production line that would make its debut at January 2020’s Tobacco Plus Expo show in Las Vegas known as Supreme Leaf. Over the years Aganorsa Leaf (previously known as Casa Fernandez Cigars) has garnered a reputation for the”leaf” (a.k.a. tobacco) it grows as being some of the […]
Over the past three years, the brands of Davidoff have been reaching back into the archives and re-creating some of its classic limited releases or discontinued lines. Several of these releases have been released through the Davidoff Vault Series, a small batch release program that has had several of these releases done via bundles. With […]
At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, Rocky Patel introduced a pair of Honduran-made blends out of the El Paraiso factory in Honduras. These cigars are the Rocky Patel LB1 and Rocky Patel Number 6. It wasn’t a total surprise to see Rocky Patel use blend codes as he is known to have a lot of […]
