Rosalila Inframundo Maduro by Oscar Valladares Tobacco and Company The Rosalila Inframundo Maduro is one of four blends in the Rosalila line launched by Oscar Valladares Tobacco and Company. Valladares’ name may be familiar to cigar enthusiasts as he collaborated with Pittsburgh retailer Jim Robinson on the Leaf by Oscar line. Rosalila, along with Leaf […]
Jaxx LT by La Sirena – Toro Last month, La Sirena Cigars underwent a major expansion of its portfolio cigars when it acquired Old School Cigars. Old School Cigars was founded seven years ago by Danny Ditkowich and the Holman family – owners of Tobacco Plaza in Great Neck, New York. It is Ditkowich’s daughter […]
Partagas 1845 Extra Fuerte – Robusto Gordo The Partagas 1845 Extra Fuerte is one of new two new blends introduced into the Partagas 1845 series. The line was actually introduced back in 2012 with the launch of the Partagas 1845 Heritage. From its presentation to packaging, the Partagas 1845 Heritage marked a different cigar than many had been accustomed […]
H. Upmann Bank Note At the Tobacconists Association of America’s (TAA) 2014 Annual Meeting, Altadis USA brought their contribution to the TAA’s Exclusive Series of cigars, the H. Upmann Bank Note TAA Exclusive. The Bank Note is one of eight exclusive cigars made available to TAA retailers by various manufacturers. The name “Bank Note” is […]
Re+United The Re+United is a joint collaboration between E.P. Carrillo’s Ernesto Perez-Carrillo and General Cigar Company’s Michael Giannini. As the name indicates, this project marked a reunion for these two industry veterans. Following General Cigar Company’s acquisition of Perez Carrillo’s La Gloria Cubana company, both Perez-Carrillo and Giannini worked together at General. When Perez-Carrillo left […]
La Flor Dominicana 2014 TAA Exclusive – The 707 The La Flor Dominicana 2014 TAA Exclusive – The 707 is one of eight releases done by various cigar manufacturers as exclusive releases for the Tobacconist Association of America (TAA) for 2014. This marks the third consecutive year La Flor Dominicana has made a cigar for […]
Total Flame FTW – Robusto The Total Flame FTW is one of four lines currently offered by Total Flame Cigars. This cigar was released in 2013. The name FTW stands for “Forever Two Wheels” and fits in with theme of the company. Total Flame Cigars was founded by Vladimir Roshchin and Maxim Privezentsev. The duo […]
Ortega HeavyDuty 6 x 60 The Ortega HeavyDuty recently became the fifth brand to be released by Ortega Premium Cigars. This brand is meant to provide an affordable premium hand-rolled cigar to satisfy the ever growing demand of the big ring gauge cigar enthusiast. With the exception of the Serie D Maduro/Natural No. 20 and […]
Viaje Zombie 2013 (Black Box) Viaje Cigars is company known for its small batch and limited releases. In 2011 the company introduced one of its most limited releases to date, the Viaje Zombie. This one is very limited because it is released annually to virtually a handful of retailers in a single production run. The […]
Assessment Updates will be posted on this web-site to: 1) Assess “pre-review” cigars that were not given a rating or score (typically pre-release cigars); 2) Provide numeric ratings to cigars previously assessed prior to the implementation of the numeric scoring system; 3) Provide a re-assessment and re-score of a previously assessed/score cigars. Today, we provide […]
