The Nestor Miranda Collection Maduro is one of four blends making up the Nestor Miranda Collection. In 2014 Miami Cigar and Company celebrated its 25th anniversary. As a part of the occasion, the company decided to revamp most of its Nestor Miranda offerings. As a result, the old Nestor Miranda Special Selection line was been rebranded […]
Cigar Review: Villiger San’Doro Maduro Toro
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 3.5 - Box Split, 88-90, Review, Villiger
The San’Doro Maduro is a Brazilian puro cigar launched by Villiger Cigars in 2015. It was one of three blends under Villiger’s San’Doro line. Villiger is a cigar company well-known in the machine made business, but over the past several years has invested in growing its premium hand-made segment. Villiger has teamed up with many leading factories […]
Cigar Review: Avo Syncro Nicaragua Fogata Short Torpedo
William Cooper Reviews 2 Comments 3.5 - Box Split, 88-90, AVO, Davidoff, Review
In May 2016, Avo Cigars announced a new line called the Avo Syncro Nicaragua Fogata. As the name indicates it is the second line released under the Avo Syncro Nicaragua umbrella. Early in 2015, the Avo brand under Davidoff underwent a restructuring. Later that year, the first Avo Syncro Nicaragua was unveiled – the first regular production […]
Cigar Review: Arturo Fuente Casa Cuba Divine Inspiration
William Cooper Reviews 3 Comments 3.5 - Box Split, 88-90, Fuente, Review
At the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, Arturo Fuente Cigars unveiled a new blend under its Casa Cuba brand known as the Casa Cuba Divine Inspiration. This blend holds special significance to the Fuente company as it was the last blend worked on by the late Carlos Fuente Sr. The concept of the Casa Cuba Divine Inspiration […]
Cigar Review: Southern Draw Code Duello Kudzu Perfecto 5 x 58
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 3.5 - Box Split, 88-90, Review, Southern Draw
Southern Draw Code Duello is a new limited production offering made by Southern Draw Cigars. Code Duello adds a 5 x 58 and 6 x 56 perfecto offering to both the regular Southern Draw Kudzu and Southern Draw Firethorn lines. These aren’t just new sizes to Kudzu and Firethorn as each of the four perfectos introduce […]
Cigar Review: RoMa Craft Tobac CroMagnon Firecracker
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 3.0 - The Fiver, 88-90, Review, RoMa Craft Tobac
The RoMa Craft Tobac CroMagnon Firecracker was the 2016 installment of Two Guys Smoke Shop’s Firecracker Series. The Firecracker Series is series of small robusto cigars made by various manufacturers exclusively for Two Guys Smoke Shop. Each of the cigars are a 3 to 3 1/2 inch 50 ring gauge robusto featuring a long pig-tail – […]
Cigar Review: Toraño Vault TM-027 Robusto
William Cooper Reviews 1 Comment 3.5 - Box Split, 88-90, General, Toraño
The Torano Vault TM-027 is one of four new blends rolled out by General Cigar Company under Torano Cigars’ Vault line. These blends represent the first new Torano blends developed by General Cigar since it acquired the brands of Torano Family Cigars back in 2014. It was in 2011 when the Torano Vault line made its debut under […]
Cigar Review: Yaxel Ortiz Y.O. Toro
William Cooper Reviews 2 Comments 2.5 - Try One, 88-90, Review, Yaxel Ortiz
The Yaxel Ortiz Y.O. is a boutique cigar made by cigar maker Yaxel Ortiz. Back in June 2016, the cigar garnered some attention the night the Cleveland Cavaliers clinched their first NBA Championship. Following the victory, Finals MVP LeBron James was seen with Y.O. by Yaxel Ortiz in his mouth. For the most part was […]
Cigar Review: A.J. Fernandez Bellas Artes Short Churchill
William Cooper Reviews 1 Comment 3.5 - Box Split, 88-90, AJ Fernandez Cigars, Review
Just prior to the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, A.J. Fernandez Cigars unveiled its latest release, a new blend called Bellas Artes. The past two years has seen A.J. Fernandez Cigars establish three highly successful regular production lines – New World, New World Connecticut, and Enclave. The common denominator of each of these three lines is […]
Agile Cigar Review: E.P. Carrillo Short Run 2015 Vencedores
William Cooper Agile Cigar Reviews, Reviews No Comments 3.5 - Box Split, 88-90, Agile Cigar Review, Assessment Update, E.P. Carrillo, EPC
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 […]