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 previously assessed/score cigars. Today, we provide a […]
E.P. Carrillo: 2012 Cigar Coop Manufacturer of the Year Our 2012 Year in Review coverage concludes with a look at how the manufacturers did on Cigar Coop for 2012. In Jaunary, 2012 we introduced a numerical scoring system. At first we were very hesitant to make sure a move, and while this is a philosophical […]
The concept behind our Cigar of the Year countdown is to acknowledge the best cigars released for a calendar year. We base this on the new cigar blends released during our Cigar Coop calendar year. Much like you wouldn’t give the original Rocky movie (made in 1975) the 2012 Movie of the Year, we don’t […]
E.P. Carrillo Cardinal Maduro We enter the “Select Six” in the 2012 Cigar of the Year Countdown. Coming it for #6 Cigar of the Year is the E.P. Carrillo Cardinal Maduro. The E.P. Carrillo Cardinal line was introduced after the 2012 IPCPR trade show. The Cardinal Maduro is one of two blends in this […]
E.P. Carrillo Edicion Limitada 2012 The E.P. Carrillo Edicion Limitada 2012 marks the fourth entry into what has become an annual limited edition release by Ernesto Perez Carrillo’s cigar company. The Edicion Limitada series has been released each year since 2009. The blend changes from year to year – and the cigar is done in one […]
#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 […]
