Cigar: Jaime Garcia Reserva Especial
Size: 6 x 56 (Toro Gordo)
Wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf
Binder: Ecuador
Filler: Nicaragua
Strength: Medium / Full
The cigars are blended by Jaime Garcia who is the son of Jose Pepin Garcia. As far as I know this is the second cigar blended by him to go into production with the original My Father line being the first and are due out in the summer of 2010
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Who says you can’t go home? This past week cigar smoking has come full circle for me. With my business partner out of town I have been hanging out with various friends that I normally do not get to spend much time with. One of these friends and I decided to visit The Humidor at [...]
Cigar: Tatuaje Verocu Tubos
Size: 6 1/8 x 52 (Toredo)
Wrapper: Nicaragua
Binder: Nicaragua
Filler: Nicaragua
Strength: Medium / Full
Released the same time of the Tatuaje Black Tubos these cigars have often been over looked by some of the cigar smokers I know.
Cigar: The Griffin’s XXIII 2007
Size: 5.38 x 52 (Tubo)
Wrapper: Ecuadorian sun-grown Connecticut
Binder: Dominican Olor
Filler: Dominican Piloto Cubano, San Vicente Ligero & Seco
Strength: Full
The Griffin’s was created in 1984 by Swiss nightclub impresario Bernard H. Grobet, who owned and operated the Griffin’s Club. Word spread throughout Switzerland about the quality of his house cigar and it was introduced in the U.S. in 1989. The filler includes three different Cibao Valley tobaccos combined with a Dominican binder and Connecticut-seed wrapper to give it a mildly spicy, flavorful taste.
Cigar: Carlos Torano 1959 Exodus 50 Years
Size: 5 x 50 (Robusto)
Wrapper: Brazilian Arapiraca Sun-Grown
Binder: Honduras
Filler: Esteli & Pueblo Nuevo, Nicaragua
Strength: Medium
According to the Torano website, The Exodus 1959 – 50 Years is dressed in a captivating Brazilian Arapiraca sun-grown wrapper. This wrapper – highly regarded for its bold, spicy flavor – combines perfectly with the natural sweetness of the Nicaraguan filler tobaccos from the regions of Esteli and Pueblo Nuevo.
