The Avo Limited Edition 2002 (Avo 22) was the second installment in the annual Avo Limited Edition series. Before being released, the cigar itself originated as a personal blend made for Avo Uvezian and Davidoff Master Blender Henke Kelner. From 2001 through 2014, the release of the annual limited edition was timed around the time of […]
The La Aurora Puro Vintage 2006 Edicion Limitada 111 Aniversario is the fourth installment in La Aurora’s Puro vintage series. The Puro Vintage series is a limited production line of salomon cigars where each installment of the series is made up of tobaccos harvested from a particular harvest year. With the Puro Vintage 2006, all of […]
Larceny is the first collaborative project between cigar industry veterans Eddie Ortega of Ortega Premium Cigars and Sean Williams of El Primer Mundo (EPM). The premise of this collaboration is that Ortega and Williams would each produce a blend to satisfy the other’s palate. The cigars received by each brand owner would be released under that brand owner’s name. […]
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 […]
The Pope of Greenwich Village by Drew Estate The Pope of Greenwich Village is the tenth installment of Smoke Inn’s Microblend Series. The Smoke Inn Microblend Series concept involves the South Florida retailer teaming up with some of the biggest names in the cigar industry to produce a small batch limited run exclusive to its […]
La Flor Dominicana TAA 47 Going into the 2015 Tobacconist Association of America (TAA) Convention, it was known that La Flor Dominicana would be providing an exclusive cigar for the fourth consecutive year as a part of the TAA’s annual Exclusive Series. However, the specific cigar that would be put into the series had not […]
Cesar Espinal Habano No. 3 The Cesar Espinal Habano is one of two lines offered by Cesar Cigars. The company is named for its owner, Cesar Espinal. Cesar Cigars is based in the Dominican Republic and is a small vertically integrated company that has its own factory and farming operations. In addition to the Habano […]
Azan Maduro Natural Robusto Extra The Azan Maduro Natural is one of three cigar blends in Roberto P. Duran Cigars’ Azan line. Azan is actually the name of an old Cuban line that was resurrected by the company in 2013. It also became the first line of blends released by Roberto P. Duran cigars. What […]
Inca Secret Blend – Tambo Last month we reported on a cigar arriving in the United States called the Inca Secret Blend. What sets the Inca Secret Blend apart from the rest of the pack is that it is a Peruvian puro (100% Peruvian tobacco) that is made in the country of Peru. Inca Secret […]
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 […]
