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 Matilde Quadrata is the third regular production line by Matilde Cigars. Matilde Cigars was launched three years ago by the legendary Jose Seijas and his family. Seijas is best known for his tenure as Vice President and General Manager of Tabacalera de Garcia – maker of Altadis products. With the Quadrata, it introduces an all box-pressed offering into the company’s portfolio. […]
Prior to the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show; Pure Aroma Cigars, the makers of D’Crossier Cigars announced the Flor de D’Crossier Enormous 360 line. The Flor de D’Crossier Enormous 360 is a line that introduced two 60+ ring gauge offerings. While D’Crossier Cigars has produced 60 ring gauge cigars in the past, this line is D’Crossier’s […]
Prior to the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, Joya de Nicaragua announced the new Joya Black. The Joya Black introduced the first branded Joya de Nicaragua San Andres wrapper offering. Joya Black is the second installment of the Joya line. It was back in 2014 when Joya de Nicaragua launched the Joya line with the Joya […]
The Tatuaje Skinny Drac is the fourth vitola based on the Tatuaje Drac blend, which in 2009 became the second installment of the Tatuaje Monsters Series. The Skinny Drac was originally released as one of ten cigars included in the Tatuaje Skinny Monsters collection. Skinny Monsters is a sampler of 6 x 38 petite lanceros based on the first ten Tatuaje Monster Series blends. Since 2008, […]
The Viaje Full Moon Edicion Limitada 2015 is a special off-shoot of Viaje Cigars’ Halloween themed line – the Viaje Full Moon. It was in 2013 when the first Viaje Full Moon offering was released. Since then, Full Moon was been an annual small-batch release from Viaje. From its inception, each year the Full Moon has been […]
Just prior to the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, Drew Estate announced a sixth installment of its popular “Flying Pig” series with the Undercrown Shade Flying Pig. The Flying Pig is a short, chunky perfecto and it has become a signature vitola for Drew Estate. The Undercrown Shade line made its debut at the 2015 IPCPR Trade […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
