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Review: Tatuaje Seleccion de Cazador 7th Reserva

In the spring of 2010 word started spreading about a few very exciting Tatuaje line extensions. Among many fairly normal size extensions and a few band changes were the talk of 3 broadleaf wrapped regular production sticks! Now, if you are any kind of Tatuaje fan you know that is VERY exciting news. The Noella [...]

Review: Viaje Satori Zen

Sit down and relax, this is going to be a long review. During the IPCPR show in New Orleans in August, Viaje was showing off another one of their Limited Releases. Dubbed the “Satori”, which is named for a Japanese word that means “sudden spiritual enlightenment”, they were released last week, and sold out pretty [...]

Review: La Flor Dominicana Salomon Maduro

In Early 2009, Litto Gomez of La Flor Dominicana fame decided to release a monster of a cigar called the La Flor Dominicana Salomon, a huge 7 x 64 perfecto shaped cigar with a Nicaraguan sun grown wrapper and filler from the Dominican Republic. The cigar was released to rave reviews and high ratings, and [...]

Review: Liga Privada Único Serie Dirty Rat

One of the most anticipated cigars of the year is the first in Drew Estate’s Único Serie. Dubbed the Dirty Rat, or Rata Sucia in Spanish, is not all that new. Drew Estate began handing out preproduction samples as early as October of 2009. I first reviewed a preproduction sample of the Dirty Rat way back [...]

Review: Toraño Exodus 1959 50 Years Box-Pressed Robusto (Prerelease)

Today we will be reviewing another new release from the 2010 IPCPR trade show. Many of you are very familiar with the Carlos Toraño name as well as their Exodus 1959 50 years line. There are currently 3 vitolas in the line…. Robusto (Box-Pressed) — 5 x 50 Short Churchill — 6 x 48 Torpedo [...]

Review: My Father Limited Edition 2010

For those of you that don’t know, in October of 2009, the rumor mill started putting out some details on a brand new, very limited Pepín cigar that was going to have quite a few firsts for the industry. While unnamed at the time, it was eventually dubbed the My Father Limited Edition 2010. At [...]

Review: Padrón Family Reserve No. 46 Maduro

It’s been 46 years since José Orlando Padrón started selling cigars. Having sold over 100 million cigars to date, Padrón is one of the most prestigious brands out there today. The skill and passion they have for cigars is obvious in the many different cigars they release. Whether you are smoking a Padrón 2000 or [...]

Review: Nestor Miranda Art Deco Robusto Grande (Prerelease)

[Editor's Note: Well, it seems that despite all of the information, marketing and rumors to the contrary, there is NO Pelo de Oro leaf in the Nestor Miranda Art Deco blend. It must have been an EXTREMELY bad FU, as even the samples from the the IPCPR show, that was only 3 weeks ago, if [...]

Review: Guillermo León Belicoso (Prerelease)

[Editor's Note: This is a review of a Prerelease cigar that was released at the IPCPR Show in New Orleans a few weeks ago. Most of the time, we in the blog community are only given one sample of any cigar that is released at the show, and so most of the reviews in this [...]

Review: J. Fuego Origen Originals (Prerelease)

For those of you that don’t know… Around April of this year, J. Fuego started releasing a new cigar onto the market in very small quantities, called the “Origen Original”, a new vitola in the Origen line…The idea behind this vitola was quite different then his other cigars, (and truth be told, quite different then [...]