Agile Cigar Reviews replace what we termed “Assessment Updates”. The concept is the same, but the name is different. Agile Cigar Reviews 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 […]
Las Cumbres Tabaco, the company founded by Jose Blanco and his wife Emma Viktorsson announced its newest line called Freyja. Frejya is the follow up to highly successful releases, Senorial and Senorial 65th Anniversary lines.. While the Senorial were blended by Jose, Freyja is Emma’s blend. Those who know Jose know tobacco runs through his veins. His wife equally shares that passion […]
Sixteen months ago, cigar industry icon Jose Blanco and his wife Emma Viktorsson launched Las Cumbres Tabaco. Once the company was launched Blanco went hard at work blending the Senorial and Senorial 65th Anniversary lines. Meanwhile Viktorsson worked hard on the marketing and art for these lines. With Frejya, it’s now Emma who gets her chance her to blend a cigar. Plans are for […]
Jose Blanco’s Las Cumbres Tabaco is heading north of the border. Yesterday Cigar Aficionado reported that House of Horvath will become the distributor in Canada for Las Cumbres Tabaco – makers of Senorial cigars. The agreement goes into effect in early February and coincides with a Canadian launch party at Victory Cigars in Oshawa, Ontario […]
The Senorial 65th Anniversary Perfecto Elegance is the second release by Jose Blanco’s new company Las Cumbres Tabaco. Earlier this year the company launched its first release, the Senorial. While the Senorial is a regular production cigar produced across five sizes, the Senorial 65th Anniversary is a limited production cigar that is being produced in […]
“The Senorial is a converging of a perfect storm – namely combining excellent tobacco with someone of Blanco’s blending knowledge. The end result is that this cigar is a home run.” Coming in at #10 is the Las Cumbres Tabaco Senorial by Jose Blanco. This is the first release by Jose Blanco’s new own company Las Cumbres […]
Las Cumbres Tabaco, the company of longtime industry icon Jose Blanco has announced its second release. The Senorial 65th Anniversary is slated to become the company’s first limited edition cigar. The cigar is being made in one size – a 5 3/4 x 55 perfecto with the vitola name Perfecto Elegance. It commemorates Blanco’s 65th birthday […]
Las Cumbres Tabaco Senorial by Jose Blanco – Corona Gorda No. 5 The Senorial by Jose Blanco is the debut release by new company Las Cumbres Tabaco. This is the company formed by longtime industry veteran Jose Blanco. Blanco is best known for his long-time association with La Aurora Cigars in the Dominican Republic. After […]
Welcome to our 2014 IPCPR Trade Show Preview. During the next few weeks, we are providing a preview into the cigar industry’s biggest event – the 2014 IPCPR Trade Show that begins on July 19th in Las Vegas, Nevada. During this time, we’ll continue our weekly preview from an industry standpoint. In between, expect lots […]
The Senorial, the first launch by Jose Blanco’s new company Las Cumbres Tabaco will officially launch in June. The cigar will be released in five sizes and a series of events will kick off the release. Information on the launch was broken by Cigar Aficionado on 5/13/14. Back in February, Blanco officially announced the launch of […]
