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Review: Oliva Serie V No.4 (Prerelease)

Today we will be taking a look at the Oliva Serie V No.4, a limited production prerelease vitola for the famous Oliva Serie V line. The Oliva Serie V line has been a hit from the moment it hit shelves in 2007, giving the Oliva fan a full bodied, full flavored cigar to enjoy. I [...]

Review: Viaje Exclusivo Tower Cigars 45th (Prerelease)

For those of you that don’t know… As I said on Wednesday in the review of the Viaje Exclusivo Corona Gorda, there has been a growing trend in recent years for the makers of cigars to release the blends that they themselves (supposedly) smoke as limited releases for the rest of us to enjoy…Much like [...]

Review: Tatuaje Black Label Petite Lancero (Prerelease)

For those of you that don’t know… About 6 months ago, the people at Tobacco Grove in Minnesota contacted Tatuaje Cigars owner Pete Johnson about having a special cigar release (much like his recent and ongoing “Singe Store” releases) for his store…The problem (as with any Tatuaje Single Store release) is deciding on a vitola [...]

Review: Liga Privada Único Serie L40 (Prerelease)

Today we will be taking a look at a much anticipated prerelease cigar, the Liga Privada L40. Liga Privada cigars have always been known to float around in prerelease form for quite some time now. It’s a wonderful chance for people to sample blends that will be made in the future and sometimes blends that [...]

Review: Viaje Platino Samurai (Prerelease)

For those of you that don’t know… In 2009, Viaje started the tradition of allowing two different retailers to choose a vitola of one of their two core line of cigars, the Oro and the Platino, with different numbers of boxes, usually between 30 and 60. Last year, Habana Smoke Shop decided on a short [...]

Review: Zino Château (Prerelease)

Last month, I was reading online and saw this blog post detailing a prerelease of a new blend in the Zino line of cigars, dubbed the Zino Château… The press release says it better then I ever could, so here is a portion of it for your perusal: The new blend features an Ecuadorian-grown, Connecticut-seed [...]

Review: Cain F Lancero (Prerelease)

(Editor’s Note: You can read Charlie’s review of the Cain F Lancero here.) About 1 month ago, rumors started circulating that there would be a couple of new vitolas in the Cain F line of cigars…One of them was rumored to be a Lancero, which (being the Lancero whore that I am) I was extremely [...]

Review: Tatuaje Anarchy (Prerelease) (Face-Off)

In early 2010 the hype drums started rumbling about an exclusive Tatuaje cigar dubbed Anarchy. No details were given about who was behind the project, but what was known was that it wasn’t Pete Johnson himself behind the marketing of the project; he was only part of the blending process. It was most likely a store owner celebrating an anniversary but that was all we knew. Well less than 2 weeks ago that mystery was solved….

Review: Tatuaje Barclay Rex 100th Anniversary (Prerelease)

If you are a Tatuaje fan, you will be excited to know that Pete Johnson has honored a Cigar shop in New York City called Barclay Rex by making a cigar to celebrate their 100th Anniversary in business. 100 years in the cigar business…That’s a beautiful thing. Here is a little info on Barclay Rex [...]

Room 101 Conjura Edition- One Minute Review

[Editor's Note: We had some technical difficulties with the Liga Privada JD#4 "Face Off" review, and we apologize, but it will be fixed and online next week...sorry! ~ed] Back in 2009, Camacho released the Room 101 cigar, which is produced with Matt Booth, a Los Angeles jewelry designer. You may remember my prerelease review here, [...]