The Perdomo Exhibicion line of cigars made its debut at the 2011 IPCPR Trade Show. Like many other cigars in the Perdomo Exhibicion line, it offers consumers three different wrapper options over a common binder and filler blend. This has proven to be a successful approach for Perdomo cigars because not only creates variations in […]
Cigar Review: Perdomo Exhibición Exhibit Sun Grown
Perdomo Exhibicion Sun Grown In July, we previewed a new line of cigars launched by Tabacalera Perdomo at the 2011 IPCPR Trade Show. This line of cigars is called the Perdomo Exhibicion. The Perdomo Exhibicion line is built similar to many of the other Perdomo lines – namely providing three different wrapper options over a […]
Assessment Updates: Tatuaje 7th Capa Especial and El Triunfador (Original Blend)
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. Today, we assign numeric ratings to two previously assessed cigars from Tatuaje Cigars […]
Cigar Review: Tatuaje Havana VI (Tatuaje Red Label)
Tatuaje Havana VI As Tatuaje Cigars continues to grow its line of both core and limited edition cigars, there are many existing lines that sometimes get overlooked. One such line is the Tatuaje Havana VI line – or more commonly known as the “Tatuaje Red Label”. There is some reasoning behind the name Havana VI. […]
Cigar Review: La Aurora 107
La Aurora 107 Two years ago, La Aurora unveiled the La Aurora 107 cigar. This cigar was released to celebrate La Aurora’s 107th anniversary, thus the cigar was appropriately named. This cigar received a high amount of fanfare from cigar enthusiasts nationwide and many had it as one of their top cigars for 2010. I […]
Cigar Review: Rocky Patel Summer Collection 2008
Rocky Patel Summer Collection 2008 Over the past few weeks, we have sampled various releases from the Rocky Patel Seasonal Collection. This line by Rocky Patel Premium Cigars were a series of limited run cigars meant to coincide with each of the four seasons. This series was discontinued in 2009, but with was brought back […]
Cigar Review: Litto Gomez Diez Small Batch No. 4
Litto Gomez Diez Small Batch No. 4 The Litto Gomez Diez Small Batch series was first introduced by La Flor Dominicana back in 2006. This was a limited release Dominican puro that used the concept of taking the best tobaccos from Litto Gomez’s La Canela farm from a single crop year. At the end of […]
Cigar Review: Tatuaje L′Esprit de Vérité 2008
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 […]
Assessment Updates: Viaje Fifty Fifty Black; Viaje Fifty Fifty Red
Prior to the implementation of the numeric scoring system, assessment updates were used to provide assessment ratings to cigars that were “Pre-Reviews” (typically pre-release reviews). Going forward, assessment updates will also be done to provide scoring updates to cigars that have been previously assessed. We will not go back to score every cigar reviewed, but […]
Cigar Review: Xikar HC Habano Colorado
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 […]