Early in 2021, Drew Estate quietly released an addition to its Liga Privada Unico Serie known as the Year of the Ox. The Year of the Ox continued Drew Estate’s delivery of special offerings for the international (non-U.S.) market. Late in 2020, the Liga Privada Unico Serie Bauhaus was released for the European market. The […]
Cigar Review: AVO Improvisation LE21
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 88-90, AVO, Davidoff, Review, Try a Sample
2021 marks the 21st consecutive year that AVO Cigars has released an annual limited edition cigar. It also marks the start of the third decade of this series – an incredible feat in itself. For the first 14 years (2001-2014), the cigar was positioned as a birthday cigar for the late Avo Uvezian. In 2015, […]
Cigar Review: Crowned Heads Mil Días Mareva Edición Limitada XX
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 85-87, Crowned Heads, Review, Try a Sample
In 2020 Crowned Heads and ACE Prime came together and formed a strategic alliance. Under the alliance, ACE Prime Cigars would now be produced at Crowned Heads. At the same time, Crowned Heads would continue to leverage ACE Prime’s factory, Tabacalera Pichardo. Prior to the alliance, Crowned Heads had worked with Tabacalera Pichardo to produce […]
Cigar Review: Camacho Factory Unleashed (Toro)
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 85-87, Camacho, Davidoff, Review, Try a Sample
The period of 2013 to 2017 will long be remembered as the innovation era at Davidoff. During that period, Davidoff would introduce a variety of new regular production and limited edition releases into the market. Post-2017 has seen the number of new releases decrease. One of the Davidoff brands that still has maintained a […]
Cigar Review: Aganorsa Leaf Rare Leaf Reserve Robusto
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 85-87, AGANORSA Leaf, Review, Try a Sample
In 2021 Aganorsa Leaf would release a new line of cigars dubbed the Rare Leaf Reserve. As the name indicates, it is a line to showcase some of Aganorsa’s low-yield tobaccos. Typically when a blend uses a significant amount of low-yield tobaccos, it will be a limited line. But for the Rare Leaf Reserve, Aganorsa […]
Cigar Review: Esteban Carreras Cashmere Toro
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 85-87, Esteban Carreras, Review, Try a Sample
There are two things I have come to expect from Esteban Carreras Cigars when the company comes to the PCA/IPCPR Trade Show. First is that the company will unveil a new product at the Trade Show and second, the company will keep the release under wraps until the Trade Show opens. In 2020 the COVID-19 […]
Cigar Review: Davidoff Special «53» Capa Dominicana (2020)
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 88-90, Davidoff, Review, Try a Sample
In 2020, Davidoff Cigars went back to its past and re-released a limited edition known as the Davidoff Special <<53>> Capa Dominicana. This was a cigar that was positioned as a part of Davidoff’s “Vintage Series,” but in reality, it was at the time another installment of Davidoff reaching into its past and re-releasing a […]
Cigar Review: Macanudo Inspirado Brazilian Shade Toro
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 85-87, General, Macanudo, Review, Scandinavian Tobacco Group, STG, Try a Sample
Earlier this year, General Cigar Company released the seventh installment under its Macanudo Inspirado Series, the Macanudo Inspirado Brazilian Shade. The Macanudo Inspirado Series is a series of cigars under General Cigar Company’s Macanudo brand that brings a contemporary look and feel. It’s also served as an innovation platform for the Macanudo brand – incorporating […]
Cigar Review: HVC Black Friday 2020 Corona Gorda
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 85-87, HVC, Review, Try a Sample
Seasonal release cigars are not anything new in the cigar industry. We have seen cigars over the years come out for Independence Day, Christmas, Halloween, St. Patrick’s Day, etc. In 2015, Reinier Lorenzo of HVC Cigars decided to release a cigar for what has become an unofficial holiday particularly in the U.S. and that is […]
Agile Cigar Review: Aganorsa Leaf Supreme Leaf Corona Gorda
William Cooper Agile Cigar Reviews, Reviews No Comments 88-90, AGANORSA Leaf, Agile Cigar Review, Assessment Update, Try a Sample
Agile Cigar Reviews are cigar assessments where we 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 or giving a score for the first time. It might be a blend we […]