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Review: La Aurora Preferidos Maduro Lancero (2012)

The La Aurora Preferidos Maduro Lancero up for review traces its roots back to a similar cigar made for W. Curtis Draper’s 123rd anniversary back in May 2010. That cigar caught the attention of David Mogilner, vice-president of Racine & Laramie in San Diego, who wanted to have some made for his store. According to [...]

Redux: Para Japón by La Aurora

Shortly after a massive 8.9–magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami struck Japan in March 2011, a group of online cigar media were visiting La Aurora’s facilities in the Dominican Republic. In that group was Mario Takeyama of Cigar Explorer, who was born in Japan and felt the call to do something as an industry member to [...]

Review: La Aurora Preferidos Diamond (Prerelease)

Announced in April and introduced at IPCPR 2012 in August, the La Aurora Preferidos Diamond is the latest expansion in the Preferidos line. Charlie posted the details of this back in July: La Aurora has confirmed its newest Preferido will be one with a Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper. The cigar, which will be known as Preferidos [...]

Redux: La Aurora 107 Salomon

Back in January, I reviewed the La Aurora 107 Puro Vintage, which at the time was a cigar that was only available at Buckhead Cigar Club’s tweet-up in December of 2011. However, Miami Cigar & Co. had just announced it would be making 1,000 boxes of the blend, which were released last month. While the size [...]

Redux: La Aurora 107 Lancero

About two years ago, myself and others went to Twitter to convince Guillermo León and José Blanco that the popular La Aurora 107 blend needed to be made in a Lancero. Eventually, after some persistence and retailer commitments, the La Aurora 107 Lancero came to life. Oddly, I chronicled the history in an editorial, which [...]

Review: La Aurora Excepcionales

To my knowledge, this is the third time this cigar has been mentioned on halfwheel. Its name is the La Aurora Excepcionales and unless you live in New York — you’ve probably never seen it. Given its limited nature, and the fact that it’s been nearly five years since the cigar debuted, I thought it [...]

Review: La Aurora 100 Años W. Curtis Draper 125th Robusto

On April 13, 2012, La Aurora Cigars’ Guillermo León appeared for an event at W. Curtis Draper in Washington D.C. to celebrate Draper’s 125th year in business. To commemorate the occasion, La Aurara released a special cigar, a 5 x 50 Robusto in the 100 Años blend. Charlie covered the details of the 100 Años [...]

Review: La Aurora 107 Maduro Gran 107 (2011)

The La Aurora 107 Maduro was formally announced shortly after IPCPR 2010. After a fairly successful La Aurora 107 launch, Guillermo León, José Blanco and the Miami Cigar & Co. team sought to capitalize on the line’s popularity. Unfortunately, the cigar continued to remain a mystery through much of 2011, as the delays continued to pile [...]

Review: Para Japón by La Aurora

It was March 11, 2011 when an 8.9–magnitude earthquake hit Japan, devastating enough on its own without being followed up by a tsunami that caused record amounts of damage and destruction. A group of online cigar media, including Japanese native Mario Takeyama of Cigar Explorer, who were visiting La Aurora’s facilities in the Dominican Republic shortly after [...]

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 [...]