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 […]
E.P. Carrillo Inch Natural The E.P. Carrillo Inch Natural is one of two blends of E.P. Carrillo’s upcoming Inch line. This is a line of cigars that is being geared toward big ring gauge cigar enthusiasts. All of the vitolas in the E.P. Carrillo Inch series have a 60 ring gauge and higher. There is […]
E.P. Carrillo Inch Maduro No. 64 The E.P. Carrillo Inch Series consists of two lines of cigars (Natural and Maduro) geared a big ring gauge cigar enthusiasts. While big ring gauge cigars have their critics, one cannot deny that they still sell well to a large segment of cigar enthusiasts. The Inch Series marks the […]
Inch by E.P. Carrillo – linked from ACigarsmoker.com Back in May, E.P. Carrillo announced the new Inch by E.P. Carrillo blend. We summarized some preliminary information from Cigar Aficionado. Our friends at A Cigar Smoker’s Journal broke some news earlier today that the Inch will be shipped before the 2012 IPCPR show and were kind […]
Atlantic Cigar Company has listed their third cigar in their 15th Anniversary Series. This one is a retail exclusive cigar provided by E.P. Carrillo cigars and is called “E.P. Carrillo Atlantic 15th Anniversary”. The cigar is available for purchase at the time of this article. Atlantic Cigar has said this is the only maduro that […]
Cigar Aficionado reported a new line of cigars made by E.P. Carrillo. The new cigar line will be called “Inch by E.P. Carrillo” and will be geared to large ring gauge cigar enthusiasts. The Inch by E.P. Carrillo will be available in three vitolas and have two distinct blends. One will feature a natural Ecuadorian […]
