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: Avo 75th Anniversary (Avo Limited Edition 2001) (Part of Avo’s Greatest Hits Sampler)
Fourteen years ago, Avo Cigars released a special limited edition cigar for brand ambassador Avo Uvezian’s 75th birthday on March 22, 2001 appropriately titled the Avo 75th Anniversary. Since then, a limited edition cigar would follow each subsequent year for Uvezian’s birthday (until this year when the Avo Limited Edition 2015 moved away from being a birthday cigar). […]
Cigar Review: Avo Limited Edition 2002 – Avo 22 (American) (Part of Avo’s Greatest Hits Sampler)
The Avo Limited Edition 2002 (Avo 22) was the second installment in the annual Avo Limited Edition series. Before being released, the cigar itself originated as a personal blend made for Avo Uvezian and Davidoff Master Blender Henke Kelner. From 2001 through 2014, the release of the annual limited edition was timed around the time of […]
Cigar Review: Avo Limited Edition 2003 – Avo 77 (Part of Avo’s Greatest Hits Sampler)
Avo Limited Edition 2003 – Avo 77 (Part of Avo’s Greatest Hits Sampler) The Avo Limited Edition 2003 (Avo LE03), better known as the Avo 77 was the third release in the annual Avo Limited Edition series. The cigar was meant to commemorate brand ambassador Avo Uvezian’s 77th birthday. From 2001 through 2014, the release […]
Cigar Review: Avo Limited Edition 2004 – Avo Legacy (Avo LE04) (Part of Avo’s Greatest Hits Sampler)
Avo Limited Edition 2004 – Avo Legacy (Avo LE04) In 2004, the fourth annual Avo Limited Edition cigar, the Avo Limited Edition 2004 – aka the Avo Legacy (Avo LE04) made its debut. The Avo Legacy coincided with brand ambassador Avo Uvezian’s 78th birthday. From 2001 through 2014, the release of the annual limited edition […]
Assessment Update: Avo Limited Edition 2006 – Avo 80th (Part of Avo’s Greatest Hits Sampler)
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 […]
Cigar Review: Avo Limited Edition 2007 (Avo LE07) (Part of Avo’s Greatest Hits Sampler)
Avo Limited Edition 2007 – Avo LE07 2007 marked the seventh consecutive year of an Avo Limited Edition cigar as the Avo Limited Edition 2007 (Avo LE07) made its debut. The Avo LE07 coincided with brand ambassador Avo Uvezian’s 81th birthday. From 2001 through 2014, the release of the annual limited edition was timed right […]
Assessment Update: Avo Limited Edition 2008 Tesoro (Part of Avo’s Greatest Hits Sampler)
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 […]
Assessment Update: Avo Limited Edition 2009 Compañero (Part of Avo’s Greatest Hits Sampler)
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 […]
Assessment Update: Avo Limited Edition 2010 (Avo LE10) (Part of Avo’s Greatest Hits Sampler)
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 […]