La Palina Collection Goldie Laguito Especial Earlier this year, La Palina Cigars released its third release of its Goldie blend in the La Palina Collection brand. The La Palina Collection Goldie Laguito Especial introduced a 7 x 40 lancero frontmark in the Goldie blend. The concept behind the La Palina Collection is that it will […]
Long Live the King Petit Double Wide Short Churchill by Caldwell Cigar Company Long Live the King one of three lines made by Caldwell Cigar Company under its Caldwell Collection brand. Caldwell Cigar Company is owned by Robert Caldwell. Caldwell was best known as a partner of Christian Eiroa with Wynwood Cigars. Last September, it […]
Aging Room M20 ffortissimo by Boutique Blends Cigars The Aging Room M20 ffortissimo is one of four cigars launched by Boutique Blends Cigars at the 2014 IPCPR Trade Show. The M20 is the second cigar in the ffortissimo line to be released. It was at the 2013 IPCPR when the first ffortissimo, the Aging Room M21 […]
The Padron 1964 Anniversary Belicoso TAA Exclusive Natural is one of two cigars made by Padron for the 2014 TAA Exclusive Series. These two Padron exclusives represent two of the eight cigars made for the Tobacconist Association of America (TAA) in 2014. As is the case with the Padron 1964 Anniversary line, the Padron 1964 Anniversary Belicoso TAA Exclusive […]
Espada by Montecristo Guard The Espada by Montecristo is the latest line to be introduced to Altadis USA’s Montecristo brand. Over the past three years, Altadis USA has working on making their existing lines more contemporary in terms of their packaging and / or blends. With the Espada, this is a a definite change of […]
Felipe Gregorio Power 2014 Triple R Just prior to the 2014 IPCPR Trade Show, Felipe Gregorio Cigars announced a new installment of its Power series – the Felipe Gregorio Power 2014. The Power was launched in 2007 and is intended to be a limited production cigar released once every seven years. There was an additional […]
E.P. Carrillo 5th Anniversary As the name indicates the E.P. Carrillo 5 Year Anniversary commemorates the fifth anniversary of E.P. Carrillo Cigars. It was back in 2009 when Ernesto Perez-Carrillo, announced he was leaving General Cigar to form his own company. Later that Fall, his new company E.P. Carillo released its first cigar, the E.P. Carrillo […]
Eastern Standard Cream Crush by Caldwell Cigar Company The Eastern Standard one of three lines made by Caldwell Cigar Company under its Caldwell Collection brand. Caldwell Cigar Company is owned by Robert Caldwell. Caldwell was best known as a partner of Christian Eiroa with Wynwood Cigars. Last September, it was announced that the partnership with […]
Assessment Updates will be posted on this web-site to: 1) Assess “pre-review” cigars that were not given a rating or score (typically pre-release cigars); 2) Provide numeric ratings to cigars previously assessed prior to the implementation of the numeric scoring system; 3) Provide a re-assessment and re-score of a previously assessed/score cigars. Today, we re-assess […]
Casa Fernandez JFR XT Corojo 654 XT At the 2014 IPCPR Trade Show in Las Vegas, Casa Fernandez unveiled a new line of cigars under their JFR brand called the JFR XT. This introduced a box-pressed offering into the JFR brand using both of Casa Fernandez signature wrappers – a Corojo and (San Andres) Maduro. […]
