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Redux: Reynaldo Lancero (2010)

Back in August of 2010, I reviewed a custom Lancero from Reynaldo Gonzáles Jimenez that was rolled at the La Casa del Habano at Hotel Conde Villanueva. Amongst custom rolls, it’s largely hit or miss. A year and a half ago, when I first reviewed the Reynaldo Lancero, it was a definite hit. As such, [...]

Review: Reynaldo Lancero

Reynaldo Jimenez is one of the major custom rollers who plies his craft in Cuba. The main location he works out of is the Hotel Conde de Villanueva, which is the former mansion of Claudio Martínez de Pinillos, Count of Villanueva, the leader of Cuban Creole society in the nineteenth century. The building dates back [...]