Agile Cigar Reviews are cigar assessments where we 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 rescoring or giving a score for the first time. It might be a blend we […]
Just prior to the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show came word of a new limited edition cigar by Casa Cuevas Cigars known as La Mandarria. It was earlier this year when Casa Cuevas Cigars was the victim of a major robbery to their Miami, Florida warehouse that wiped out a good chunk of their inventory. The […]
Agile Cigar Reviews are cigar assessments where we 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 or giving a score for the first time. It might be a blend we […]
In 2018, the VegaFina brand celebrated its 20th anniversary and released a special limited edition cigar with the VegaFina Gran Reserva 20 Aniversario. VegaFina is a brand that is under Imperial Tobacco’s Tabacalera S.A. group. It is a brand that is sold in the U.S. market under Altadis U.S.A. While VegaFina might not be as […]
Agile Cigar Reviews are cigar assessments where we 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 or giving a score for the first time. It might be a blend we […]
Back in April, Espinosa Premium Cigars began shipping a new offering known as the Laranja Reserva Escuro to retailers. The Laranja Reserva Escuro introduced a dark wrapper offering highlighted by a Brazilian Mata Fina wrapper, the first major Espinosa Cigar to feature this wrapper. Last November, at Espinosa’s annual La Zona Palooza event it holds […]
Agile Cigar Reviews are cigar assessments where we 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 or giving a score for the first time. It might be a blend we […]
Late in 2018, Crowned Heads released a limited edition offering under its Headley Grange brand known as the Crowned Heads Headley Grange Black Lab LE 2018. The Black Lab would showcase the Connecticut Habano Maduro wrapper. It’s a wrapper that Crowned Heads has been using on several releases coming from Ernesto Perez-Carrillo Jr’s Tabacalera La Alianza. […]
Since 2012 one of the staples of the Tobacconist Association of America (TAA) Exclusive Release series has been La Flor Dominicana. With 2018 being the 50th anniversary of the TAA, it was no surprise that La Flor Dominicana would be invited to the party. If you look at the history of La Flor Dominicana’s participation […]
In 2013, Davidoff Cigars launched its “Discovery Pillar” also known as its black label cigars. This pillar in the Davidoff portfolio has essentially served as an avenue for Davidoff to produce some of its more innovative blends. There have been three lines released under the Discovery Pillar: Davidoff Nicaragua (a Nicaraguan puro), Davidoff Escurio (a […]
