#27: E.P. Carrillo Cardinal Natural The #27 Cigar on the 2012 Cigar of the Year Countdown is the E.P. Carrillo Cardinal Natural. This was a new regular production line of cigars introduced by Ernesto Perez Carrillo’s E.P. Carrillo company shortly after the 2012 IPCPR Trade Show. This marks the third consecutive year that E.P. Carrillo has appeared […]
E.P. Carrillo Edicion Limitada 2012 E.P. Carrillo has quietly unveiled its fourth annual “Edicion Limitada” called the E.P. Carrillo Edicion Limitada 2012. Details of the cigar have begun surfacing at retailers. The E.P. Carrillo Edicion Limitada has been a different blend each year done in one size. For the second year in a row, the Edicion […]
Assessment Updates will be posted on this web-site to: 1) Assess “pre-review” cigars that were not given a rating or score (typically pre-release cigars); 2) Provide numeric ratings to cigars previously assessed prior to the implementation of the numeric scoring system; 3) Provide a re-assessment and re-score of a previously assessed/score cigars. Today, we provide […]
E.P. Carrillo Cardinal Maduro The E.P. Carrillo Cardinal line is one we have been giving some considerable attention to on this web-site for the past few weeks. This is a new line of cigars recently released by E.P. Carrillo in both a Natural and Maduro offering. The E.P. Carrillo Cardinal line started out with a […]
Assessment Updates will be posted on this web-site to: 1) Assess “pre-review” cigars that were not given a rating or score (typically pre-release cigars); 2) Provide numeric ratings to cigars previously assessed prior to the implementation of the numeric scoring system; 3) Provide a re-assessment and re-score of a previously assessed/score cigars. Today, we provide an […]
Assessment Updates will be posted on this web-site to: 1) Assess”pre-review” cigars that were not given a rating or score (typically pre-release cigars); 2) Provide numeric ratings to cigars previously assessed prior to the implementation of the numeric scoring system; 3) Provide a re- ssessment and re score of a previously assessed/score cigars. Today, we provide an assessment rating […]
E.P. Carrillo Cardinal Natural – (Cigar Coop IPCPR Photo) Last month, we reviewed a pre-release sample of the E.P. Carrillo Cardinal Natural. The Cardinal Natural is one of two blends of E.P. Carrillo’s new Cardinal line – the other being a maduro. At the time we did our pre-review of the E.P. Cardinal Natural, there […]
E.P. Carrillo Cardinal Natural The E.P. Carrillo Cardinal series is a new line coming from E.P. Carrillo and is currently surrounded with mystery. It was at the 2012 IPCPR Trade Show where the Carrillo family started to show this cigar. Like the recent release of the Inch by E.P. Carrillo, the Cardinal is going to […]
The E.P. Carrillo Cardinal Natural At the 2012 IPCPR, E.P. Carrillo was showing off a cigar being called “the red label”. Some initial information has been released (on Facebook) regarding this cigar. First up the cigar is being called the “E.P. Carrillo Cardinal”. Secondly, the cigar is being released in two blends – a natural […]
In this cigar conversation from the 2012 IPCPR Trade Show in Orlando, Florida, I sit down with the “Godfather of Boutique Cigars”, Ernesto Perez-Carrillo Jr. of E.P. Carrillo. We start off our conversation talking about the E.P. Carrillo Inch line – a new line launched at the trade show. Ernesto discusses how he wanted to […]
