Back in April, Espinosa Premium Cigars began shipping a new offering known as the Laranja Reserva Escuro to retailers. The Laranja Reserva Escuro introduced a dark wrapper offering highlighted by a Brazilian Mata Fina wrapper, the first major Espinosa Cigar to feature this wrapper. Last November, at Espinosa’s annual La Zona Palooza event it holds […]
Cigar Review: Protocol John Doe Series by Cubariqueño Cigar Company
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 88-90, Box Worthy Consideration, Cubariqueño Cigar Company, Protocol, Review
Back in January Cubariqueño Cigar Company released a limited small batch release known as the Protocol John Doe Series. Protocol John Doe keeps to Cubariqueño’s theme of law enforcement and is appropriate for the project. John Doe is the name given to an unidentified male body until identification can be made by next of kin. In […]
Cigar Review: Crowned Heads Headley Grange Black Lab LE 2018
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 91-93, Box Worthy Consideration, Crowned Heads, Review
Late in 2018, Crowned Heads released a limited edition offering under its Headley Grange brand known as the Crowned Heads Headley Grange Black Lab LE 2018. The Black Lab would showcase the Connecticut Habano Maduro wrapper. It’s a wrapper that Crowned Heads has been using on several releases coming from Ernesto Perez-Carrillo Jr’s Tabacalera La Alianza. […]
Agile Cigar Review: Diesel Whiskey Row Churchill
William Cooper Agile Cigar Reviews, Reviews No Comments 91-93, Agile Cigar Review, Assessment Update, Box Worthy Consideration, Diesel, General
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: Fuente Fuente OpusX ForbiddenX 13 Nacimiento 1912 (TAA Exclusive 2018)
William Cooper Agile Cigar Reviews, Reviews, Uncategorized No Comments 2018 TAA Exclusive Series, 91-93, Agile Cigar Review, Assessment Update, Box Worthy Consideration, Fuente, TAA
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: Crux Limitada PB5 Second Release
William Cooper Agile Cigar Reviews, Reviews 1 Comment 91-93, Agile Cigar Review, Assessment Update, Box Worthy Consideration, Crux Cigar Company
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: Crowned Heads Buckeye Land
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 91-93, Box Worthy Consideration, Crowned Heads, Review
In the Fall of 2018, Crowned Heads announced a regional release for the State of Ohio known as Buckeye Land. Buckeye Land would make Ohio the fourth state to have a regional release from Crowned Heads, joining Tennessee, Hawaii, and Texas. Crowned Heads has some ties to the State of Ohio as it is the […]
Cigar Review: Tatuaje – The Bride
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 91-93, Box Worthy Consideration, Review, Tatuaje
In 2018, Tatuaje Cigars released the 13th blend under its Monsters series, The Bride. Tatuaje Monsters was created by Tatuaje founder Pete Johnson as a tribute to monster and horror movies. Each October (around Halloween) since 2008, a new character was unveiled. The Bride is a character that pays homage to The Bride of Frankenstein. […]
Cigar Review: Diesel Hair of the Dog
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 91-93, Box Worthy Consideration, Diesel, General, Review
The Diesel Hair of the Dog is a limited edition project released by General Cigar in 2019. It’s a project that has been done in collaboration between General Cigar and AJ Fernandez. Diesel is a brand under the General Cigar portfolio that has been gaining considerable traction over the past two years. For many years, Fernandez […]
Agile Cigar Review: Cornelius & Anthony Daddy Mac Robusto
William Cooper Agile Cigar Reviews, Reviews No Comments 91-93, Agile Cigar Review, Assessment Update, Box Worthy Consideration, Cornelius & Anthony
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 […]