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: Perla Del Mar Corojo Toro by J.C. Newman Cigar Company
William Cooper Agile Cigar Reviews, Reviews No Comments 88-90, Agile Cigar Review, Assessment Update, Buy One, JC Newman
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: Tatuaje T110 Capa Especial
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 88-90, Buy One, Review, Tatuaje
Today we take a look at another blend under Tatuaje Cigars’ T110 series, the Tatuaje T110 Capa Especial. The story of the T110 goes back to 2005 when Tatuaje released a powerhouse of a cigar known as the Tatuaje T110 (which is believed to mean Thermonuclear 110 with 110 being the approximate length of the […]
Cigar Review: The American Double Robusto by J.C. Newman Cigar Company
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 88-90, Buy One, JC Newman, Review
At the end of 2020, Cigar Coop named the Toro size of The American by J.C. Newman Cigar Company as our #1 Cigar of the Year. While The American was the resurrection of an old brand owned by J.C. Newman Cigar Company, in a lot of ways this was a groundbreaking cigar. It would be […]
Cigar Review: Fuente Fuente OpusX 20th Anniversary Father & Son
William Cooper Reviews 2 Comments 88-90, Buy One, Fuente, OpusX, Review
It was in 1995 when Arturo Fuente Cigars would unveil their landmark cigar, the Fuente Fuente OpusX. What made OpusX such a significant project is that it proved to the world an ultra-premium Dominican puro cigar could be made with a Dominican-grown wrapper. The other thing that is significant about OpusX is that it is […]
Cigar Review: Stallone Castaño San Andres Toro
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 88-90, Buy One, Review, Stallone Cigars
In 2020, a new company called Stallone Cigars made its debut in the U.S. market. Stallone Cigars is a company founded by Tony Barrios, a cutting horse competitor who hails from a tobacco family in Venezuela. For several years, Stallone Cigars has been sold in the International (non-U.S.) market. Stallone Cigars launched in the U.S. […]
Cigar Review: Jake Wyatt Lithium Toro
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 88-90, Buy One, Jake Wyatt, Review
In 2020, Jake Wyatt Cigar Company would do a soft-launch of a new cigar blend known as Lithium. J/the ake Wyatt Cigar Company had launched earlier in the year. Throughout most of 2020, the company went to market with five blends under its Gourmet Line. The soft launch for Lithium would allow cigar enthusiasts to […]
Cigar Review: Black Label Trading Company Last Rites Viaticum Robusto (2019)
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 88-90, Black Label Trading Company, Buy One, Oveja Negra Brands, Review
In 2019, Black Label Trading Company announced it was releasing an offshoot of its Last Rites line known as Viaticum. At the time, Black Label Trading Company was celebrating its sixth anniversary and brand owner James Brown wanted to release something special to coincide with the milestone. In this case, he opted to take his […]
Cigar Review: Esteban Carreras Chupa Cabra 10 Year Anniversary Sixty
William Cooper Cigar News, Reviews No Comments 88-90, Buy One, Esteban Carreras, Review
About ten years ago, Esteban Carreras was an “under the radar” brand and was truly one of the best kept secrets in the cigar world. Today, the company is much better known than it was a decade ago, and much of that can be attributed to a line introduced known as Chupa Cabra. Chupa Cabra […]
Cigar Review: Aging Room Bin No. 2 C Major by Boutique Blends Cigars
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 88-90, Aging Room Cigars, Altadis USA, Boutique Blends Cigars, Buy One, Review, Tabacalera USA
In 2019, Boutique Blends Cigars’ released the Aging Room Bin No. 2 line. As the name indicates, “Bin No. 2” is a follow-up to another release, the Aging Room Bin No. 1. The original Bin No. 1 was made in the Dominican Republic at Tabacalera Palma by Jochy Blanco. The Bin No. 1 got its […]