Review: Pinar del Río Small Batch Reserve Maduro Robusto (Prerelease)
Rumblings of two new cigar lines from Pinar del Río started circulating around the internet in late January, and on February 2, we broke the details of the new additions: the Small Batch Reserve and Flores y Rodriguez. The Small Batch Reserve will be the first to come out, with a due date of late this month or [...]
Review: Undercrown Corona ¡Viva! (Prerelease)
In early December 2011, Erik Calviño of Cigar Snob Magazine posted this picture of a preproduction Undercrown. Shortly thereafter, it was confirmed that the name was in fact Undercrown Corona ¡Viva!, a Corona Gorda-sized extension to Undercrown lineup that was set to debut in Spring of 2012. Steve Saka, president of Drew Estate, described it [...]
Review: E.P. Carrillo NWC Short Run 2012 Invictos (Prerelease)
For those of you that don’t know… In June of 2010, the relatively new E.P. Carrillo released the first in what has become an annual tradition for the company, the Short Run. Each year, E.P. Carrillo produces the same 3 sizes in close to the same numbers, but with different blends. The 2010 version used [...]
Review: Room 101 OSOK Filero (Prerelease)
For those of you that don’t know… Sometime around August of 2011, word started spreading about a new cigar that Matt Booth of Room 101 Cigars was giving away at events on his Cigarmageddon Tour. Dubbed OSOK, which stands for One Shot One Kill. Very little is known about the cigar blend-wise and until now, [...]
Review: La Aurora 107 Puro Vintage (Prerelease)
On December 9, 2011, Buckhead Cigar Club held their second annual ATL Tweet-Up. This year’s featured guests were Guillermo León of La Aurora and Jason Wood of Miami Cigar & Co. That Friday, La Aurora showed off two unofficial additions to the La Aurora 107 line: the La Aurora 107 Puro Vintage and the La [...]
Review: Liga Privada Ünico Serie Feral Flying Pig (Prerelease)
For those of you that don’t know… In 2009, Liga Privada introduced the No. 9 Flying Pig, the vitola of which Steve Saka picked the shape from a photograph of an 1895 cigar salesman’s size-selection case, to impressive reviews. The T52 Flying Pig was released in 2010 to rave reviews as well. Unlike the No. [...]
Review: Viaje Exclusivo Atlantic Cigar Co. 15th Anniversary Lancero (Prerelease)
For those of you that don’t know… There has been a growing trend in recent years for the makers of cigars to release the blends that they make for themselves to smoke as limited releases for the rest of us to enjoy. Much like Pete Johnson’s Black Label and Steve Saka’s Liga Privada No. 9, [...]
Review: E.P. Carrillo Short Run 2010 No.4 (Prerelease)
Today we will be taking a look at a limited store release, the E.P. Carrillo Short Run 2010 No.4, a Federal Cigar anniversary exclusive! A couple months back Rick Gadway, owner of Federal Cigar in New Hampshire, told me about a E.P. Carrillo cigar he had coming down the pike, he explained that it would [...]
Review: Crémo Excelsior (Prerelease)
Today we will be taking a look at a cigar that has yet to be released, the Crémo Excelsior! Handcrafted in “Little Havana (Miami, Florida) the Crémo brand is a revival of sorts of an old New York City brand that gained much popularity in the early 20th century. The company which rose out of beautiful Manhattan, [...]
Review: Four Kicks Corona Gorda (Prerelease)
For those of you that don’t know… In November of 2010, C.A.O. Director of Lifestyle Marketing Jon Huber decided to leave the company after Scandinavian Tobacco (which had acquired C.A.O. in January 2007) moved C.A.O.’s operations from Nashville to Richmond, Virginia, where General Cigar Co., is based. Soon after that, it was announced that Huber, [...]
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