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To celebrate the the companies 100th anniversary, The 100 Años cigar was created. La Aurora was founded in 1903, and to celebrate the this cigar first appeared in 1994. The cigar was met with much fanfare in it was labeled the 3rd best cigar that year Cigar Aficionado Magazine. When the cigar first appeared on [...]
Posts Tagged ‘90+ Rated’
Cigar Review: CAO La Traviata
Posted by Barry on October 16th, 2009
The La Traviata brand began its life at the turn of the 20th Century in Cuba or, more precisely, in the Tabacalera Cubana, Agramonte no. 106, in Havana. Over 100 years later, CAO has resurrected the La Traviata name, abiding closely to its original Cuban roots in presentation and taste. CAO La Traviata is a [...]
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Tags: 90+ Rated, CAO, cuban style, habano, La Traviata, robusto 
5 Comments »Cigar Review: Cuchillos Cubanos
Posted by Barry on October 7th, 2009
Convenience, flavor and value merge. Cuchillos Cubanos is a 60/40 blend of long and medium filler tobacco in efficient European sizes and packaging. Cuchillos Cubanos delivers rich and hearty cigar flavor without the large cigar format. All cigars are hand-made, double binded and finished with a silky grade A coverleaf. Made for an “on-the-go” lifestyle [...]
Posted in Cigar Reviews Tags: 90+ Rated, Cuchillos Cubanos, dion giolito, illusione, medium filler 1 Comment »Cigar Review: Padilla Dominus
Posted by Barry on September 30th, 2009
Ernesto Padilla, owner of Padilla Cigars, has made full use of Corojo 2006 tobacco to blend his new Padilla Dominus brand, a cigar that is made solely with this type of Nicaraguan-grown tobacco. The seeds were planted in 2006 in the country’s Jalapa and Estelí regions before the crop’s harvest in early 2007. The final [...]
Cigar Review: Paul Garmirian Soiree
Posted by Barry on September 28th, 2009
I get around to more cigar shops then some cigar reps do. Among my favorites is a shop I don’t get to as much as I used to. The shop located in Princeton, NJ is called A Little Taste of Cuba and is owned by the founder of Tobacconist U, Jorge Armenteros. The shop has [...]
Posted in Cigar Reviews Tags: 90+ Rated, Colorado, Paul, Paul Garmirian, Short Robusto, Short Smoke No Comments »Cigar Review: Cain F
Posted by Barry on September 25th, 2009
The Cain F which stands for Fuerte is a special edition in the Cain series. These sticks are 82% ligero compared to the 77% ligero in the maduro line. These 5 packs were available to retailers who took advantage of a special purchase order from Oliva cigars. In turn Oliva provided shops with these 5 [...]
Posted in Cigar Reviews Tags: 90+ Rated, Cain, Cain F, Cain Fuerte, Sam Leccia, Stong Cigar 1 Comment »Cigar Review: Padron Family Reserve
Posted by Barry on September 21st, 2009
The Padron Family Reserve has begin to hit the shelves of tobacconists around the world. The cigar is meant to celebrate the company being in business for 45 years and is nicknamed “The Hammer”. The Padron Family Reserve comes in both the natural and maduro wrapper and are in boxes of 10 cigars. My local [...]
Posted in Cigar Reviews Tags: 90+ Rated, Cigar Of The Year 2009, Family Reserve, limited edition, Natural, padron, The Hammer 10 Comments »Cigar Review: Avo 80th Anniversary LE
Posted by Barry on September 16th, 2009
I find myself digging deep into my humidor lately as I wait for some new releases to make it to my local B&Ms. Buried at the bottom of my humidor was the Avo 80th Anniversary Limited Edition belicoso. The Avo website has this generic description about its limited edition smokes, “AVO Limited Cigars are limited [...]
Posted in Cigar Reviews Tags: 80th, 90+ Rated, avo, Famous Smoke Shop, limited edition, Sun Grown Wrapper No Comments »Cigar Review: Perdomo Edicion de Silvio
Posted by Barry on September 9th, 2009
I never met a Perdomo I liked enough to smoke on a regular basis. I got today’s cigar from a cigar pass, and to be honest I was planning on re-gifting it in another pass somewhere down the road. Well, no passes materialized and I said what the hell I will try it with an [...]
Posted in Cigar Reviews Tags: 90+ Rated, Cuban Seed, Edicion De Silvio, perdomo, Torpedo 1 Comment »Cigar Review: Vogel Red
Posted by Barry on September 4th, 2009
From the Tabacos de la Cordillera website, “John Vogel, long dreamed of making truly unique cigars bearing his name … growing tobacco from his exclusive bank of ancestral Cuban seeds, some dating back to the 1940s. For decades, he preserved their vitality under ideal conditions. Through selective breeding and adaptation to the growing environment on [...]
Posted in Cigar Reviews Tags: 90+ Rated, Chicago Cigar Co., Costa Rica, Cuban Seed, toro, Vogel 2 Comments »
