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Review: Rocky Patel Edición Unica 2011

In late 2011, Rocky Patel quietly shipped the Rocky Patel Edición Unica 2011 to a select amount of retailers. For most, this was just another in the long line of releases for a company noted for their sometimes overwhelming amount of new cigars. The reality is, it wasn’t just another release, it actually might have [...]

Review: Viaje Platino Five Fifty Eight

In 2010, Viaje continued its then two year-old tradition of selecting two retailers to receive an exclusive cigar from one of its two core lines, Oro and Platino. For that year, Habana Smoke Shop received a Short Figurado from the Oro line called La Pequeña, while The Humidor selected what was the biggest Viaje to [...]

Review: Illusione ~ULTRA~ OP No.4

At the IPCPR show in Las Vegas last July, Illusione showed off a new line of cigars based off of one of their most popular releases to date. The ~ULTRA~ line, named after the 2006 MKULTRA, started with the new version of the Corona, ~ULTRA ~ MKULTRA, which was shipped to a few retailers right [...]

Review: Viaje Skull and Bones White MOAB (2012)

On March 12, we reported that Viaje had shipped a number of new cigars to retailers, including three new entries in the Skull and Bones series: the WMD, the FOAB, and the cigar being reviewed today, the MOAB. This is the second installment of the MOAB, which stands for Mother of All Bombs, as well as Massive Ordnance [...]

Review: La Flor Dominicana Face Off by Christian Eiroa

In 2003, Christian Eiroa of Camacho and Litto Gomez of La Flor Dominicana had a competition, a $700,000 competition. It is known as Face Off and is one of the most famous limited editions of all time. It was simple: each sent the other tobacco from their own farm for about 50,000 cigars. Once the [...]

Review: Alec Bradley Fine & Rare Toro

Before the ratings that came in early 2012, Alec Bradley made quite a bit of noise for itself in 2011, just not for Presnado. At IPCPR 2011, one of the most talked about cigars was the Fine & Rare, a limited edition cigar that contained 10 different types of tobacco and was sold out rather [...]

Redux: Illusione ~Síngulare 2010~ Phantom

The Illusione ~Síngulare 2010~ Phantom is a 6 × 50 Nicaraguan puro rolled at the Raíces Cubanas factory in Honduras that was limited to 1,000 boxes of 15 back in 2010. There was supposed to be a limited edition released every year, but backorders in tobacco delayed the 2011 version. However, for 2012, the LE project [...]

Review: Viaje Skull and Bones White FOAB

In mid March of this year, Viaje released yet another slew of new cigars all at once to retailers. There were five new releases in all, bringing the total number of new Viaje Cigars to nine in less than a month. The FOAB, which stands for “Father of All Bombs”, and whose name’s origin is [...]

Review: Viaje White Label Project St. Patrick’s (2012)

In 2011, Viaje introduced the White Label Project, a series of small experimental releases that don’t fall into Andre Farkas’ various series of limited release lines. While the inaugural release was explained as a test blend, the second release was a holiday release. Launched in March of 2011, the WLP Candela was created for St. [...]

Review: Viaje Super Shot 12 Gauge

Late last year, Andre Farkas showed off boxes of a new Viaje line, Super Shot. While the 10 Gauge Super Shot already shipped in late February, Viaje opted to stagger the release of the second size, Super Shot 12 Gauge. This past week, Super Shot 12 Gauge began arriving in stores alongside the next WLP [...]