Inevitable? Yes. I’ve already reviewed the Illusione ~hl~ in Candela and Natural, so the ~hl~ Maduro was only a matter of time before I completed the selection of Dion Giolito’s Lanceros. While I said that the I believed the ~hl~ in Natural might have been the most overlooked, a bit of research trying to figure [...]

Where to start? I’ve already reviewed the La Aurora 107 Lancero once before and written have a few more posts on it, most noticeably here. What started as some people somewhat joking around on Twitter turned into a few-hundred boxes of one of the most notable Lancero releases of recent memory. It was almost a [...]

Today we will be taking a look at a new release from Viaje, the 2011 Chiquito! In 2009, using the very popular Exclusivo Blend, Viaje released a 4 7/8 x 51 Figurado named the Chiquito, the cigar was made in very limited quantities and was only made available at two stores: Tower Cigars in California [...]

Litto Gomez, founder of La Flor Dominicana, is somewhat known for his liking of the Lancero size, so no one was shocked when Litto announced that he would add the format to the 2010 release of his signature Litto Gomez Diez line. Like a lot of other cigars, the LG Lancero became a constant candidate [...]

SWAG is a bit mysterious as far as brands go. Oliveros introduced SWAG last year at IPCPR, their take on the “boutique” brand that also sought rebrand the Dominican profile. I’m not sure as to why this is deemed necessary as the DR has seemingly shook off the “mild” reputation with Fuente’s Opus and Litto [...]

Shocking, another Pepín Lancero. This time, the cigar is produced by the My Father Cigars S.A. factory for Ashton. It’s part of the ever-growing La Aroma de Cuba brand that is Ashton’s friendlier priced brand. It’s not exactly a staple brand of mine, but because of creative marketing, this is one of the more popular [...]

EO Brands is one of the quieter companies in the industry. Cubao? Perhaps the quietest brand. 601 takes most of the attention, and those that know about Murcielago seem to love “The Bat.” But, Cubao? Not exactly in the spotlight. Admittedly, I don’t smoke a whole lot of Cubaos, but none of them have been [...]

Today we will be taking a look at a special cigar that I didn’t even know about until recently, the Don Pepín García Atlantic Cigar Exclusivo Ltd! In June 2010, the García Family came to Atlantic Cigar’s New York location for an event and brought with them roughly 250 boxes of 20 of a custom [...]

I’ve made it no secret that I’m a fan of Davidoff. Lanceros? I like those too. Perhaps my favorite Davidoff of all time? The Classic No. 2. Easily one of the best cigars featured on the site and in the market. Davidoff makes four cigars as part of the “Classic” series, a No. 1, the [...]

Say what? There’s another Double Espresso? Long before I got word that Toraño would be taking over Graycliff’s distribution, the Double Espresso Elegante was on the top of the list to reviews. I had been handed one by Brooks when I told him about the Lancero50 project (it was still known by its better form “Lancero [...]

For those of you that don’t know… During the IPCPR Trade Show in New Orleans last year, La Aurora released a brand new line of cigars, named after the President of the company, Guillermo León…In fact, he had this to say about the release: “Obviously, this cigar is personal for me. It is part of [...]

Litto Gomez normally keeps news pretty close, but it seems like he’s already ready to go public with some of La Flor Dominicana’s IPCPR plans. The La Flor Dominicana Double Ligero “The Digger”, a cigar released in limited quantities to a hundred accounts in April will be made into a regular production cigar. The 8 [...]