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Review: La Gloria Cubana Inmensos (LCDH 2010)

Today we will be taking a look at a special LCDH only release, the 2010 La Gloria Cubana Inmensos. Just about every year Habanos releases one or two LCDH exclusive cigars. In 2009 it was the H.Upmann Noellas Ceramic Jar and this year (2011) H.Upmann will again have a LCDH release called the Royal Robusto [...]

Review: Partagas Serie P No.1

For those of you that don’t know… In 2006, Habanos started a new series of releases of various brands and vitolas, released primarily (but not always exclusively) for sale in Duty Free and Travel Retail stores around the world…Every year, they contain either single-brand or multi-brand standard production or special release cigars. At one release [...]

Review: Partagas Serie D No.1 (EL 2004)

Today we are smoking a very special cigar by my absolute favorite Cuban cigar brand. A lot of Edición Limitadas have gotten a bad rap simply because they don’t usually warrant the price tag. A lot of people, myself included, would consider them to be bit of marketing genius on Habanos’ part by making you believe [...]

Review: Vegas Robaina Marshal (ER Adriatico 2008)

For those of you that don’t know, the story of the Vegas Robaina Marshal, which is the Regional Edition Release for the Adriatic Region in 2008, is one of the most interesting, and honestly, confusing, to come out of Cuba in a long, long time. It might get a bit confusing, so stick with me. [...]

Review: Ramón Allones Belicosos (ER Germany 2010)

Continuing with the ever popular Cuban Edición Regional series, Ramón Allones first ER release of the year is a Belicoso for the Alemania region.  According to cubancigarwebsite.com: The tobacco blend for this German Regional Edition is made with specifications from the 1950s. The first old style Havana cigar made in decades. It’s a 5 1/2 x [...]

Review: Ramón Allones Celestiales Finos (ER Asia Pacific 2009)

For those of you that don’t know, in 2009, Habanos S.A. released yet another Edición Regional, this time for the  Asia Pacific. The Exclusive Distributor of the Ramón Allones Celestiales Finos is Pacific Cigar and only 4,000 numbered boxes of 25 cigars were released (100,000 cigars total). This cigar, who’s official name is Britanicas, by the [...]

Review: Ramón Allones 8-9-8 (1998)

For those of you that don’t know… The brand of Ramón Allones was started in 1845 by (strangely enough) a man named Ramón Allones… Originally from Spain, Allones (also owner of the La Eminencia factory) was reportedly the first to employ bright, lithographed labels on his boxes, which help set his brand apart from his [...]

Review: Bolívar 109 5th Avenida (ER Germany) (Prerelease)

(Editor’s Note: This cigar was reviewed blind (in other words, I had no idea what cigar it was while I was smoking it) for a Blind Smoking thread on the Brothers of the Leaf forum…In case you don’t know, every once in a while, a member of various forums puts together a thread where they [...]

Review: Partagas Serie D No.4 Reserva

This was a great friggin’ smoke. This is an incredibly difficult cigar to find. Even when it was released in 2005, there were only 5,000 boxes (100,000 cigars) total produced for the entire world market. Manufactured with tobacco leaves specially selected from the 2000 harvest and aged for three years prior to being rolled, the [...]