Back in April 2019, La Aurora Cigars announced the fourth installment of its Time Capsule Series with the release of the La Aurora 1985 Maduro. The La Aurora cigar factory was founded in 1903 and it is the oldest factory in the Dominican Republic. La Aurora Cigars often commemorates milestones in the history of the […]
Cigar Review: Eastern Standard Sungrown Toro Extra by Caldwell Cigar Company
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 88-90, Buy One, Caldwell Cigar Co, Caldwell Collection, Review
At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, Caldwell Cigar Company introduced its third ongoing production under its Eastern Standard brand, the Eastern Standard Sungrown. As the name indicates the Eastern Standard Sungrown introduced a Sungrown wrapper offering into the line. In this case it’s a Habano wrapper. Caldwell Cigars has been known to do some […]
Cigar Review: RoMa Craft Tobac CroMagnon EMH Don Bosco
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 88-90, Buy One, Review, RoMa Craft Tobac
The CroMagnon EMH Don Bosco is a limited production cigar that comes from RoMa Craft Tobac. It’s a cigar that was released for Virginia-based retailer Old Virginia Tobacco Company. It’s an off-shoot of the company’s CroMagnon blend, but utilizes a barber-pole style wrapper of Candela and Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper. The name Don Bosco refers to […]
Agile Cigar Review: La Palina Bronze Label Toro
William Cooper Agile Cigar Reviews, Reviews No Comments 88-90, Agile Cigar Review, Assessment Update, Buy One, La Palina
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 might be a blend we […]
Cigar Review: Davidoff Diademas 100 (Vault Series Re-Release)
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 91-93, Buy One, Davidoff, Review
Back in 2006, Davidoff celebrated what would have been the 100th birthday of company founder Zino Davidoff. To commemorate the occasion, there were three special cigars released: Diademas Finas (6 3/4 x 50), Robusto (5 x 50), and Diademas 100 (9 1/8 x 55). As we have seen in the past couple of years with […]
Cigar Review: La Aurora 115th Anniversary Limited Edition Belicoso
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 88-90, Buy One, La Aurora, Miami Cigars, Review
Founded in 1903, La Aurora Cigar is the oldest cigar factory in the Dominican Republic. In 2018, at Inter-Tabac 2018 in Dortmund, Germany, the namesake brand coming out of La Aurora Cigar factory would unveil a series of cigars to commemorate the 115th anniversary of the factory. The La Aurora 115th Anniversary series would consist […]
Cigar Review: Sin Compromiso Selección No. 7 by Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust
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Back at the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, Steve Saka and Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust introduced a line known as Sin Compromiso. While it was a cigar that had a limited introduction in 2016 just before the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Deeming Rules were put into effect, it wasn’t until two years later that the […]
Cigar Review: Davidoff Winston Churchill Limited Edition 2019 Robusto
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 88-90, Buy One, Davidoff, Review, Winston Churchill Cigars
At the start of 2019, Davidoff announced a new limited edition cigar under its Davidoff Winston Churchill line called the Davidoff Winston Churchill Limited Edition 2019. It’s the second limited edition cigar to be released under the Davidoff Winston Churchill brand since the brand’s relaunch in 2015 following the Davidoff Winston Churchill Limited Edition 2016. […]
Cigar Review: La Sirena Aniversario Especial
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 91-93, Buy One, La Sirena, Review
This year marks the tenth anniversary of La Sirena Cigars, and the company has released a limited edition cigar to mark the occasion – the La Sirena Aniversario Especial. Over the years, La Sirena has established partnerships with many leading cigar manufacturers in the leading cigar countries of the world. These countries have included Nicaragua, […]
Cigar Review: Villiger La Meridiana Toro Box Pressed
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 88-90, Buy One, Review, Villiger
Back at the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, Villiger Cigars North America was quietly showcasing a cigar at its booth known as La Meridiana. The Villiger La Meridiana is a cigar line that had already been successful in the European market, and the plan was for a widespread release of La Meridiana into the U.S. market […]