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Review: Cohiba Pirámides (EL 2006)

There were two limited editions made in 2006, the year of Cohiba’s 40th anniversary. One is the legendary Behike, the other was the Edición Limitada Pirámides, the fourth release for the brand since the series was introduced in 2000. Each Edición Limitada features a limited number of cigars produced using aged tobacco in sizes that [...]

Review: El Centurion 2013 Robusto (Prerelease)

In 2007, José “Don Pepín” García released his first official limited edition cigar, the El Centurion. Rolled in three vitolas at first limited to 850 boxes of 20 cigars and priced well north of $10, the release was said to be his own personal blend. A Lancero was added to the line in December of [...]

Redux: Viaje Zombie (2012)

Fewer cigars in Viaje’s portfolio have been the lightning rod that the Zombie was when it was announced in April of 2011. While rumors of the blend being based off the WMD or MOAB had people talking, what really got the cigar into the spotlight was the controversy about its name. In some forums, Andre [...]

Review: Rocky Patel II-XXVI Robusto

Back in May 2011, I had the chance to talk with Rocky Patel during an event in Phoenix, when his new factory in Nicaragua, Tabacalera Villa Cuba, S.A.—TAVICUSA for short—was still in its relative infancy. He was excited about the cigars that would be coming out of the factory, as they would be the higher-end [...]

Review: Flores y Rodriguez Exclusivo The Coney

Back in February 2012, a blurry picture was tweeted by Tim Podwika of Podman Cigars that showed two new lines that would soon be arriving from Pinar Del Rio, the Pinar Del Rio Small Batch Reserve and the Flores y Rodriguez Exclusivo. Both made their official debut at the 2012 IPCPR Convention and Trade Show, though [...]

Review: Montecristo 520 (EL 2012)

At the XIV Festival del Habano, Habanos S.A. honored the “520th anniversary of tobacco discovery.” Amongst the celebration was a preview of the annual Edición Limitada releases, including the Montecristo 520, a 6 1/8 x 55 Double Robusto. In 2000, Habanos S.A. announced the first of the Edición Limitada releases. The cigars are limited releases rolled [...]

Redux: Cabaiguan WCD 120 REDUX

Most of Pete Johnson’s limited editions come with fanfare, but every once in a while the Tatuaje faithful seems to miss one. Such was the case with the 2007 release of the Cabaiguan WCD 120 for Washington D.C.-based W. Curtis Draper’s 120th anniversary. History almost repeated itself again five years later when the cigar was [...]

Review: Pinar Del Rio Reserva Superior Salomon

In August of 2012, Pinar del Rio debuted a new vitola in the Reserva Superior line at the IPCPR show in Orlando, Fla., a 6 x 66 Salomon that would be limited to 1,000 boxes of 10 with each cigar in its own coffins. The defining characteristic of the Reserva Superior blend is that made up of [...]

Review: Villiger Talanga Selecto Lancero

In January of 2013, Villiger Cigars announced they would be hosting various Discovery Tour events in order to introduce their cigars to smokers around the country. Along with the normal specials, the events would also feature a sampler of unreleased cigars that would be included with box purchases. We broke the news with the information [...]

Review: Aquitaine Blockhead (Preproduction)

Since the launch of RoMaCraft Tobac in January 2012, the company has quickly expanded into three full lines of cigars, each of which contain a number of event-only, limited availability cigars. The RoMaCraft Tobac website offers a good amount of detail about the Aquitaine, noting that the filler leaf comes from three separate areas of [...]