Posts Tagged ‘Nicaraguan Puro’

Cigar Review: Reinado

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The name of the cigar reminds me of a soccer player, or the boxer Renaldo Snipes who can be found hanging out smoking cigars all over New York City. But for me the one thing that stands out about the cigar is the fact it is produced by a home town boy, kinda. Having spent a lot of time in New Jersey over the last couple of years due to the location of my offices I have become a regular is a few local tobacconists. Over the years I ran into brand owner, Antonio Lam who is as down to earth as they come. Back at IPCPR he launched his cigar, Reinaldo and it has begun to show up everywhere local. According to Antonio the one thing that makes his cigar different is a unique fermentation process that he was not willing to discuss and prefers to keep a trade secret. The cigars come in 3 sizes, 5.5 x 50 robusto; 6 1/8 x 52 torpedo, and a 7 5/8 x 48 Churchill. Each size is slightly longer then the traditional vitola.

Cigar Review: Viaje Reserva VOR #5

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As I prepared to review today’s cigar I realized that my camera was at work so I had to resort to my phone’s camera. Anyway, one of the benefits from working at home is I can smoke. So as the snow falls outside my window and work awaits I needed to prioritize my day and the cigar review became first order.

Today’s smoke was pretty much off my radar until a certain magazine named it the #2 cigar of the year as they are produced in limited quantities and I never see the brand at any location in New York City which is very frustrating because for the most part the Viaje cigars I have smoked I have enjoyed. But like many cigar smokers I had to ask is this cigar really worth the #2 slot? The cigar is produced at the Raices Cubanas cigar factory which also makes illusione and has had some success lately. The brand owner is Andre Farkas and this our take on the Viaje Reserva VOR #5.

Cigar Review: Torano Single Region

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Back at the trade show I was given samples along with Jerry Cruz from Stogie Review as Bruce Lewis took us around the Torano booth. One of those samples that I loved and reviewed a few weeks ago was the Torano Master. The following week I broke out the samples for today’s review and both of them were plugged. I wasn’t going to mention this on the website because the Torano Family was nice enough to send me more samples. Don’t worry about those samples being plugged because storage and weather at IPCPR New Orleans was less then optimal. I only mention this because I saw a few people mention draw issues from the show samples, and I wanted people to know that the second samples I got were perfect.

Cigar Review: Viaje 50/50 Red Label

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Viaje is one of those cigars that I don’t see many places but when I run across them I always manage to pick some up. I believe the first place I ever saw them was at Little Taste of Cuba in Princeton, NJ after hearing about them for months on the cigar forums. Sadly more people do not know about the brand and I wish finding them was a little bit easier.

Thankfully I got my hands on some at the Twitter BOTL Cocktail Hour in New Orleans as Viaje was nice enough to donate some to the event.

The idea of the 50/50 is placing of two blends within one cigar. The first creation, the 50/50 Black was full and fuller, while this red is supposed to be more of a balanced smoke. The cigar comes in 3 sizes and are called the No. 1 (5.6 x 46), No. 2 (6 x 50), and No. 3 (7 x 47). Each cigar is a Nicaraguan Puro.

Cigar Review: CAO Criollo

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The CAO Criollo cigar is the result of years of had work for Nicaraguan tobacco growers to yield a richer, sweeter tobacco. In the beginning the tobacco was met with blue mold until one year the growers got it right. Since then the CAO Criollo was a mainstay of my rotation for many years. Recently I picked up a 5 pack to see if my love for the CAO Criollo was still present and this is the review that answers that question.

Cigar: CAO Criollo
Size: 4 7/8 x 50 (Pato)
Wrapper: Nicaraguan Criollo ’98
Binder: Nicaragua
Filler: Nicaragua
Strength: Medium
Twitter: @caocigars

Cigar Review: El Baton

Today’s cigar is the perfect example of how powerful the cigar websites can be. The El Baton is a cigar I never really went out of my way for, but after seeing various reviews (some negative, some positive) I had to pick up a few to review. I believe I picked this up at my [...]

Cigar Review: Esteban Carreras 10 Anos

Yet another story with a Philadelphia connection. Once a month I find myself in the city of brotherly love and one of our stops is the twin shoppe on 10th and Tasker. Our last visit down there, they had today’s cigar on the shelf. I originally passed on it for some reason, but when my [...]

Cigar Review: Tatuaje Cojonu 2009

Christmas came in April for me this year. Peter Cottontail played the roll of Santa Claus and delivered to me 2 boxes of the new Tatuaje Cojonu 2009 cigars. Released in a new size every three years, the 2009 follows the 2003 and the 2006. Every cigar is made from first generation Cuban seed. I’ve [...]

Cigar Review: G.A.R. Lux

Back in the days of the old Cigar Live, I was introduced to a cigar by the brotherhood that made up the user base. The cigar was simply called G.A.R. and it was very well liked by me and a few friends. Yesterday I found out that George A Rico has a couple of new [...]

Cigar Review: My Father Lancero

I decided to do a little impromptu review tonight while chatting with some cigar bloggers on stickam. It’s amazing how the love of a good smoke can bring people from across the USA together. Joining me tonight was Justin from lasvegASHtv.com, Tom from TomsCigars, Stew from The World According to Stew, Mike aka Agent 6 [...]

Review: ITC 10th Anniversary

Greetings from beautiful Portsmouth, New Hampshire. I decided to get away for a few days and enjoy life. So I currently sit on a balcony overlooking the water and I decided to get one more review up since I will not have a chance to write for a few days while I do the tourist [...]

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