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 […]
Agile Cigar Review: AVO Syncro Nicaragua Fogata Toro Tubo
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 3.5 - Box Split, 91-93, Agile Cigar Review, Assessment Update, AVO, Davidoff
Agile Cigar Reviews replace what we used to term “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 […]
Agile Cigar Review: Liga Privada Unico Serie UF-13 Dark by Drew Estate
William Cooper Agile Cigar Reviews, Reviews No Comments 4.0 - Box Worthy, 91-93, Agile Cigar Review, Assessment Update, Drew Estate, Liga Privada
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 […]
Agile Cigar Review: Padrón 1964 Anniversary Maduro Presidente
William Cooper Agile Cigar Reviews, Reviews No Comments 3.0 - The Fiver, 91-93, Agile Cigar Review, Assessment Update, Padron, Review
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 […]
Cigar Review: Protocol Themis Toro by Cubariqueño Cigar Company
William Cooper Reviews 1 Comment 4.0 - Box Worthy, 91-93, Cubariqueño Cigar Company, Protocol, Review
Earlier this year, Cubariqueño Cigar Company released its third regular production line, the Protocol Themis. With the Protocol Themis, Cubariqueño added a Connecticut Shade wrapper offering into the company’s portfolio joining the Habano-wrapped Protocol and the San Andres Maduro-wrapped Protocol Probable Cause. Like all of Cubariqueño’s cigars, the Protocol Themis is produced at Erik Espinosa’s La Zona factory in Estelí, […]
Cigar Review: La Barba Purple Robusto
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 3.5 - Box Split, 91-93, La Barba Cigars, Review
The La Barba Purple is the second line that was released by La Barba Cigars. La Barba Cigars is a company founded by Tony Bellatto and Craig Rossi in 2010. The name La Barba translates to “beard” and is a tribute to the beards the company founders had. In 2013 the company brought its first […]
Cigar Review: Saga Short Tales Tomo IV – L.O.V. (Labor Omnia Vincit) by De Los Reyes Cigars
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 91-93, De Los Reyes, Review, Saga
Today we take a look at another installment of De Los Reyes’ Saga Short Tales series, the Saga Short Tales Tomo IV – L.O.V. (Labor Omnia Vincit). As the name indicates, Saga Short Tales is a line that focuses on smaller, short-sized smokes. The series consists of ten unique blends, each in a different size with a different […]
Cigar Review: Black Works Studio Boondock Saint Corona Larga
William Cooper Reviews 1 Comment 4.0 - Box Worthy, 91-93, Black Works Studio, Fabrica de Oveja Negra, Review
At the 2017 IPCPR Trade Show, James Brown and Black Works Studio showcased a line known as Boondock Saint. The Boondock Saint is a cigar that was first announced in 2016 and was put into limited distribution prior to the enactment of the Deeming Regulations on premium cigars by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Following the 2017 […]
Cigar Review: Guardian of the Farm Rambo
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 4.5 - Fight Chuck Norris for Them, 91-93, Casa Fernandez, Futuro, Review, Warped Cigars
The Guardian of the Farm is the second collaborative brand done by Casa Fernandez and Warped Cigars. Casa Fernandez and Warped Cigars are no strangers to each other. Warped Cigars has been working with Casa Fernandez’s Tabacos Valle de Jalapa S.A. (TABSA) factory to handle several of its regular production lines. In 2015, Warped Cigars’ owner […]
Cigar Review: Tatascan Habano Toro by JRE Tobacco Co
William Cooper Reviews 2 Comments 4.0 - Box Worthy, 91-93, JRE Tobacco Co, Review, Tatascan
The Tatascan is one of three lines offered by JRE Tobacco Company, the brand owned by Julio R. Eiroa and his son Justo. Tatascan was one of three brands created by Julio Eiroa (along with Aladino and Rancho Lunda) that were previewed by Justo’s brother Christian Eiroa at the 2015 IPCPR Trade Show as a […]