A new line of cigars from D’Crossier Cigars hit the market in summer of this year known as Seleccion Escogida Lumina. The line was blended by Isaias Santana Diaz and Andres Leon and is handcrafted at Tabacos de Costa Rica. According to the company, the cigars in this line have undergone a 8 month aging Read more about Cigar Review: D’Crossier Seleccion Escogida Lumina Double Corona – Rated 94[…]
Steve Saka and his Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Cigar company have had a busy 2023, releasing a number of cigars to the market. One of those releases was the 7th iteration of the Muestra de Saka collection, which for those that may not be familiar with, means Sample of Saka. It is line of cigars Read more about Cigar Review: Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust – Muestra de Saka Krakatoa – Rated 98[…]
Back in 2012, Miami Cigar & Co debuted a line known as the Nestor Miranda Special Selection that included a three different blends – Habano Rosado, Oscuro, and Connecticut. The line lasted a short couple of years as was phased out in 2014. Then in 2019 they brought back the Habano to celebrate 30 years Read more about Cigar Review: Nestor Miranda Special Selection Connecticut Toro – Rated 95[…]
A few years ago, Nestor Miranda, the creator of Miami Cigar & Co., decided to bring back one of his favorite blends – the Special Selection Habano – which originally debuted back in 2006. It was part of a 30th anniversary celebration of the company. I reviewed the Coffee Break vitola back in 2020. The company Read more about Cigar Review: Miami Cigar & Co. Nestor Miranda Special Collection Habano Toro – Rated 90[…]
Back in September, Drew Estate introduced a completely new version of the Liga Privada 10 at the Intertabac Show in Dortmund, Germany. The company noted that the Liga Privada 10 Selección de Mercado Toro was carefully handcrafted to showcase the bold characteristics of a specially curated Connecticut Criollo capa leaf that was grown exclusively for Read more about Cigar Review: Drew Estate Liga Privada 10 Seleccion De Mercado – Rated 95[…]
The year 2023 marked 55 years since Joya de Nicaragua opened its doors in Nicaragua and cemented itself as the oldest premium cigar brand in the country. In celebration of this milestone, the company rolled out a new brand at the 2023 PCA Trade Show known as Cinco de Cinco and added it to their Read more about Cigar Review: Joya de Nicaragua Cinco de Cinco Toro – Rated 95[…]
As Konscious Cigars owner Kevin “King” Brown states – “Ignite Your Konsciousness“, a term he uses to describe the state of mind you should be in when enjoying a fine cigar. I have reviewed some other cigars from this young company, but the spotlight deserves to be on his lancero. The first of his blends Read more about Cigar Review: Konscious Cigar Lancero – Rated 97[…]
B.A.M.F. Cigars, owned by Ismael Olivan, is known for sourcing some of the most exotic worldwide tobacco leaf on the market. This year, the company introduced a new blend at the 2023 PCA Trade Show, that features Italian tobacco in the filler and binder and formed the cigar into a unique vitola called a Botellita Read more about Cigar Review: B.A.M.F. Cigars Mafioso – Rated 92[…]
Late this past summer, I was contacted by Mr. Victor Fernandez the owner of Cigar Gallery Club in Kennesaw, GA. The company as a whole has been doing business since around 2016. As for Victor himself, he came from the music industry where his skills were in Strategic Planning, Entertainment, Studio Recording, and Project Management. Read more about Cigar Review: Notre Dame Gargouille Box Pressed Robusto – Rated 86[…]
I recently gifted the new Don Pepin Nicaragua TAA Exclusive by a great BOTL (Lou Piscitelli) and have been waiting to give this one a review. The stars aligned one day as I was sorting through what was on the list to review, the Don Pepin Nicaragua caught my eye and called out, me me. Read more about Cigar Review: Don Pepin Vintage Edition Nicaragua TAA Exclusive – Rated 95[…]
Well folks, it is that time of the year again when Sinistro Cigars release their annual NV cigar. This years release will be shipping to retailers this coming week and the company notes that there will be only 360 boxes of 20 in production for the year 2023. That means there will be 180 boxes Read more about Cigar News: Sinistro Cigars Releases the 2023 NV[…]
At this years PCA Trade Show, Luciano Cigars and Dalay Zigarren announced a new partnership between the two companies for the exclusive distribution of Dalay products by Luciano Cigars in the United States. The two companies have worked together for nearly five years, with Dalay being the sole distributor of Luciano Cigars in Germany. One of the cigars announced Read more about Cigar Review: Dalay Nicaragua Robusto by Luciano Cigars – Rated 95[…]
The Mi Querida Black was officially introduced at the 2022 PCA Trade Show in Las Vegas in a (7.25 x 54) vitola known as the Mi Querida Black SakaKhan, but some say it was teased out in 2021 when Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust’s crafted a Limited Edition “EM” Maduro for the 50th anniversary of JR Read more about Cigar Review: Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Mi Querida Black PapaSaka – Rated 96[…]
The TNT was one of Viaje’s earliest cigars. The company created it to celebrate Independence Day in 2010. Over 7 more years there was a TNT though some years were skipped. The last TNT was released in 2021 and now we have the TNT 2023. The Viaje TNT 2023 is expressed in a single (6 x Read more about Cigar Review: Viaje Cigars TNT 2023 – Rated 89[…]