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 also might be a blend […]
Cigar Review: Perdomo Reserve 10th Anniversary Box-Pressed Maduro Robusto
William Cooper Reviews 1 Comment 91-93, Box Worthy Consideration, Perdomo
Perdomo Cigars’ CEO Nick Perdomo will tell you he doesn’t do a lot in the way of new releases, but 2020 would be a different story. In 2020, Perdomo decided to replace the Perdomo Reserve 10th Anniversary Champagne Noir and Perdomo Reserve 10th Anniversary Champagne Sun Grown with two new cigars. These cigars would be […]
Cigar Review: Undercrown 10 Toro by Drew Estate
William Cooper Reviews 2 Comments 91-93, Box Worthy Consideration, Drew Estate, Reviews, Undercrown
The year 2021 has been an important year for Drew Estate. The company celebrated both its 25th anniversary and the 10th anniversary of the Undercrown brand. To commemorate the occasion, Drew Estate launched the Undercrown 10. This is a new ongoing offering that would become the fourth pillar under Undercrown – joining Undercrown Maduro, Undercrown […]
Agile Cigar Review: Aladino Cameroon Elegante by JRE Tobacco Co.
William Cooper Agile Cigar Reviews, Reviews 1 Comment 91-93, Agile Cigar Review, Aladino, Assessment Update, Box Worthy Consideration, JRE Tobacco Co
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: Plasencia Alma del Fuego Concepción
William Cooper Agile Cigar Reviews, Reviews No Comments 91-93, Agile Cigar Review, Assessment Update, Box Worthy Consideration, Plasencia
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: Liga Privada Unico Serie Bauhaus by Drew Estate
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 91-93, Box Worthy Consideration, Drew Estate, Liga Privada, Review
In 2020, Drew Estate announced a new addition to its Liga Privada Unico Serie known as the Bauhaus. The Bauhaus was the 14th cigar that would be released in the Liga Privada line. What would be different about this cigar is that it would be an exclusive cigar to the European cigar market. The Liga […]
Cigar Review: Irish Car Bomb Firecracker by United Cigar
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 88-90, Box Worthy Consideration, Firecracker, Review, United Cigar
In 2021, United Cigar announced a new release under its Firecracker Series known as the Irish Car Bomb. The cigar is a combination of a candela and a maduro wrapper with the appearance of a firecracker. The Firecracker Series is a line of 3 to 3 1/2 inch sized 50 ring gauge cigars with a […]
Agile Cigar Review: The Chinese Finger Trap #2 by MoyaRuiz Cigars
William Cooper Agile Cigar Reviews, Reviews No Comments 88-90, Agile Cigar Review, Assessment Update, Box Worthy Consideration, MoyaRuiz
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 also might be a blend […]
Cigar Review: Montecristo 1935 Anniversary Nicaragua Churchill by Altadis USA
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 91-93, Altadis, Box Worthy Consideration, Montecristo, Review, Tabacalera USA
When it comes to iconic brands in the cigar industry, Montecristo is one that stands near the top. Montecristo traces its roots back to 1935 when Alonso Menendez and Jose Manuel Pepe Garcia started a brand in Cuba inspired by the Alexandre Dumas novel, The Count of Montecristo. While the brand is still an iconic brand in […]
Cigar Review: Sobremesa Brûlée Blue by Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust
William Cooper Reviews 1 Comment 91-93, Box Worthy Consideration, DTT, Dunbarton Tobacco and Trust, Review
The Sobremesa Brûlée Blue is 6 1/4 x 46 tweaked version of the Sobremesa Brûlée, Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust’s Connecticut Shade offering. If you have followed the career of Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust owner Steve Saka, you will know that with most of his core lines, he has also released alternative, “tweaked” versions of those […]