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 […]
Cigar Review: Davidoff Yamasá Pirámides
Prior to the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, Davidoff announced its latest offering in its “Discovery Pillar”, the Davidoff Yamasa line. The Discovery Pillar represents the black label Davidoff-branded cigars. When Davidoff CEO Hans-Kristian Hoejsgaard came on board in 2011, he executed on a strategy around innovation. The Discovery Pillar has represented some of the products resulting from […]
Cigar Review: Serino Royale Maduro XX Sublime
The Serino Royale Maduro XX is one of four blends by Serino Cigar Company. Serino Cigar Company is run by industry veteran Tony Serino. For over two decades, Serino has worked in the industry importing and selling premium bundle cigars. With the Serino Royale line, Serino unveils his own super premium line. To produce this line, […]
Cigar Review: RoMa Craft Tobac Intemperance Whiskey Rebellion 1794-Cigar Dojo Edition
The RoMa Craft Tobac Intemperance Whiskey Rebellion 1794 is a new cigar blend that is a shop exclusive to Famous Smoke Shop in Easton, Pennsylvania. The cigar was initially launched in a 5 x 50 Robusto size in partnership with Cigar Dojo. An initial allocation of 500 boxes was offered up for pre-sale to the Cigar Dojo […]
Cigar Review: MoyaRuiz Dim Mak-The Death Touch
Dim Mak – The Death Touch is the third limited edition cigar to be released by MoyaRuiz Cigars. The limited editions from MoyaRuiz have all had a common theme – they have been a tribute to the Cigar Dojo community. MoyaRuiz has attributed the Dojo community to much of its success it has had. As […]
Cigar Review: Davidoff Art Edition 2016
The Davidoff Art Edition 2016 is the second installment in a cigar line that is tied to the Davidoff Art Initiative. The Davidoff Art Initiative that was announced in December 2013 at the Art Basel festival in Miami Beach, Florida. As a part of this initiative, Davidoff would establish an art residency to help emerging artists (including one […]
Cigar Review: GTO Don Emilio Edicion Limitada
Earlier this year, GTO Dominican Cigars released a special limited cigar called the GTO Don Emilio. The name Don Emilio pays homage to owner Dr. Oscar Rodriguez’s father. This was a blend that originally started by Rodriguez and his father, but sadly his father would pass away earlier this year. Rodriguez took it upon himself […]
Cigar Review: La Jugada Claro No. 1 by MoyaRuiz Cigars
The La Jugada Claro is the latest regular production line by MoyaRuiz Cigars. La Jugada was the brand that started it all for the company founded by Danny Moya and Nelson Ruiz. It was in 2013 when the company released its first blend, the San Andres Maduro La Jugada Prieto. This was followed up several […]
Cigar Review: Recluse Amadeus Habano Reserva Lancero
Back in 2015, Recluse Cigar Company launched its fourth regular production line, the Recluse Amadeus Habano Reserva. This particular line introduced a natural habano wrapper offering into the company’s portfolio. Earlier this year, the company quietly introduced a new line extension to the Amadeus Habano Reserva line in the form of a lancero. While the […]
Cigar Review: Camacho Powerband Toro
This past June, Camacho Cigars rolled out its latest regular production cigar, the Camacho Powerband. Since the historic re-launch of the brand in 2013, Camacho Cigars has used the month of June to do a major launch of a regular production line. In 2013, Camacho launched its rebranded portfolio. This followed in 2014 with the release of Camacho Ecuador and […]