The VegaFina Year of the Rat is the third installment of the brand’s limited edition cigar series to pay homage to the Chinese New Year. The past few years have seen the Chinese New Year become a theme of many limited releases. Davidoff is best known for launching its Chinese New Year Series that launched […]
Cigar Review: Plasencia Alma del Fuego Candente
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 91-93, Box Worthy Consideration, Plasencia, Review
At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, Plasencia Cigars launched the third installment of its Alma series known as Alma del Fuego. It was at the 2017 IPCPR Trade Show when Plasencia Cigars officially launched their own brands.The Plasencias are world-renowned for over 150 years experience in the tobacco business. Up until 2017, most of that […]
Cigar Review: Southern Draw Jacobs Ladder Brimstone
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 91-93, Box Worthy Consideration, Review, Southern Draw
Over the past few years, Southern Draw Cigars has carefully been expanding the number of brands in its portfolio. The company has certainly worked hard to offer a wide range of cigars to satisfy a wide range of cigar enthusiasts. That would continue into 2019, but the company would take a different route on […]
Cigar Review: Perla Del Mar Maduro L by J.C. Newman Cigar Company
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 88-90, Box Worthy Consideration, JC Newman, Review
At the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show in Las Vegas, J.C. Newman Cigar Company showcased a maduro counterpart to its Perla Del Mar line appropriately called the Perla Del Mar Maduro. Perla Del Mar translates to “Pearl of the Sea”. It is said that the early European explorers gave the country of Cuba that name. The […]
Agile Cigar Review: Tatuaje ME Robusto (2019)
William Cooper Agile Cigar Reviews, Reviews No Comments 91-93, Agile Cigar Review, Assessment Update, Box Worthy Consideration, Tatuaje
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: Joya Silver Toro by Joya de Nicaragua
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 91-93, Box Worthy Consideration, Joya de Nicaragua, Review
At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, Joya de Nicaragua Cigars unveiled the fourth installment of its Joya series with Joya Silver. The Joya series was first launched back in 2014 with the release of Joya Red and is intended to offer a more contemporary styled smoke in termed of packaging and blend at a […]
Cigar Review: 300 Hands Connecticut Petit Edmundo by Southern Draw Cigars
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 88-90, Box Worthy Consideration, Review, Southern Draw
One of the busiest companies at the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show was Southern Draw Cigars. For the most part, Southern Draw focused on brand extensions (additional blends for existing brands, and line extensions (new vitolas for existing blends). One of the new brand extensions came to Southern Draw’s 300 Hands brand in the form of […]
Agile Cigar Review: Joya de Nicaragua Cinco Décadas Diadema
William Cooper Agile Cigar Reviews, Reviews No Comments 91-93, Agile Cigar Review, Assessment Update, Box Worthy Consideration, Joya de Nicaragua
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: Perdomo Double Aged 12-Year Vintage Maduro Churchill
William Cooper Reviews 1 Comment 91-93, Box Worthy Consideration, Perdomo, Review
Back in 2014, Perdomo Cigars launched a unique project known as the Perdomo Double Aged 12-Year Vintage line. This is a project that incorporates 12-year-old tobaccos into the blend. The story of this cigar isn’t simply that it uses 12-year-old tobaccos, but the proprietary process for aging them. This process involves aging some of Perdomo’s […]
Agile Cigar Review: Protocol Official Misconduct Corona Gorda by Cubariqueño Cigar Company
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 91-93, Box Worthy Consideration, Cubariqueño Cigar Company, Protocol, 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 […]