For Special Edition #6, Mel Shah of Bombay Tobak is our special guests. We will catch up on how things are going with MBombay and take a look at what Mel is planning for this year’s IPCPR Trade Show. THIS SHOW AIRS AT A SPECIAL DATE AND TIME: 6/27 9:15 PM EASTERN / 8:15 PM CENTRAL. We also will have […]
The MBombay Classic is one the first regular production lines from Mel Shah’s Bombay Tobak. The cigar highlights a “classic” Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade wrapper. Over the past few years, I’ve been quite intrigued with smoking Shah’s blends. One reason is that they have intrigued me for being unique multinational blends. In addition, it has impressed me how […]
Today we take a look the Gordo size of the MBombay Corojo Oscuro line. The MBombay Corojo Oscuro made its debut late in 2014. The word Oscuro means dark and the name is highlighted by a dark Ecuadorian-grown Corojo wrapper on this cigar. One observation I’ve had across MBombay’s portfolio is how each vitola tells its own […]
At the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, Mel Shah and Bombay Tobak showcased some extensions to its Gaaja blend. These extensions included an all new Gaaja Maduro offering as well as a box-pressed torpedo vitola to the original Gaaja blend. Today the company announced that these new offerings are now available for distribution to its authorized retailers. […]
“ Overall, this is a cigar that fired on all cylinders. It delivered excellent flavor, had a nice amount of complexity, and excellent construction…As for the vintage tobaccos. there is something intangible about smoking a cigar that contains this type of tobacco, and it’s something that I found to be a positive” Wrapper: Ecuadorian DesFlorado […]
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 […]
At the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, Bombay Tobak launched a limited edition cigar known as the MBombay Vintage Reserve Lancero 1973. The cigar is the second installment in MBombay’s Vintage Reserve series. The Vintage Reserve series is MBombay’s limited edition line. One thing that differentiates the Vintage Reserve series from other limited editions is that […]
The last 12 months have seen a lot of momentum and growth for Mel Shah’s Bombay Tobak brands. At this year’s IPCPR, Shah showcased his new Gaaja brand as well as a new addition to the Vintage Reserve line. Gaaja Prior to IPCPR, Shah launched a new brand called Gaaja. The cigar is Bombay Tobak’s […]
At the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show in Las Vegas, Bombay Tobak unveiled a new installment to its MBombay Vintage Reserve Series. This one is in the form of a lancero containing some very old vintage filler and its called the MBombay Vintage Reserve Lancero 1973. The blend consists of an Ecuadorian DesFlorado wrapper, a Dominican […]
The Gaaja (pronounced : Gaa-ya) is a new release that comes from Bombay Tobak, the maker of the MBombay brand of cigars. The cigar is the first box-pressed offering that is a part of the Bombay Tobak portfolio. The unique feature about this cigar is that it uses tobaccos from Paraguay, a country not known for […]
