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Review: Casa Magna Domus Magnus Centuriones

In October of last year, Terrence Reilly announced that SAG Imports would be extending its popular Casa Magna Domus Magnus Limitada line to include three new limited sizes. Originally thought as a January release, due to delays and backorders on the original two sizes, the new sizes of Domus Magnus shipped from SAG Imports on [...]

Review: Quesada q d’etat Molotov

In December of 2011, SAG Imports/Quesada announced a new project that would be the company’s first cigar solely created at Quesada’s new factory and an effort to raise awareness for cigar rights. Manuel “Manolo” Quesada’s company would create the q d’etat line as a way to protest increased restrictions on cigar smoking and higher taxes [...]

Review: Quesada Oktoberfest The Über (Prerelease)

Today we will be taking a look at a cigar that I have been very much anticipating, the Quesada Oktoberfest Über! We reviewed the wonderful Quesada Selección España Corona, the España Short Robusto and the new Casa Magna Dominus a few weeks ago and frankly all three completely knocked our socks off, this has given me [...]

Review: Casa Magna Domus Magnus Optimus (Prerelease)

For those of you that don’t know… In 2008, Cigar Aficionado shocked the cigar world (and yes, I think that “Shocked” is the appropriate term) by naming the newish released Casa Magna as the #1 Cigar of the Year in their ratings. The Casa Magna, a cigar made by Nestor Plasencia for the Quesada family, [...]

Review: Quesada Selección España Short Robusto

It has been known for a while that Quesada (makers of the wonderful 35th Anniversary and the Tributo) were releasing a blend that was only being sold in the Spanish market. Dubbed the somewhat obvious, Selección España, the blend started selling in Spain in February, but samples were passed around the ProCigar Festival in Dominican Republic [...]

Review: Casa Magna Robusto

Ok, so I am just a bit late (ahem) with this review, since the controversy has died down (somewhat), but as my father always told me, “Anything worth doing is worth doing well.” (Of course, he was also fond of telling me “Son, don’t even THINK about eating that yellow snow”, but that is a [...]