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Review: Viva Republica Rapture Harasha (Prerelease)

Tucked inside the La Aurora booth at IPCPR 2012 will be a new brand, Viva Republica. The company is owned by Jason Holly and over the last few years he has been working on bringing Viva Republica to life—something that will come to fruition at IPCPR. Charlie broke the news on most the details last [...]

Review: Jameson Santos de Miami Haven Parejo (Prerelease)

In 2011, Brad Mayo’s Jameson Cigar Co. launched the Santos de Miami series with two vitolas: a 5 x 46 Corona-size called Alma and a 6 x 54 Toro Extra called Haven. Steve Valle reviewed the Haven last August and had high praises for the medium-bodied cigar. The Jameson website describes the blend as such: [...]

Review: E.P. Carrillo Atlantic Cigar Co. 15th Anniversary (Prerelease)

The E.P. Carrillo Atlantic Cigar 15th Anniversary cigar is the third of four releases by various manufacturers to celebrate Atlantic’s 15th year of business. Here are the first three cigars that have been released so far: Viaje Exclusivo Atlantic Cigar Co. 15th Anniversary Lancero — 7 1/2 x 40 My Father Atlantic Cigar Co. 15th [...]

Review: Liga Privada Único Serie Ratzilla (Prerelease)

Liga Privada is forever working on new blends, and new vitolas of old blends, and that is how the Ratzilla came to be. While looking to make a (somewhat) larger version of the insanely popular Dirty Rat, quite a few different sizes were tested before they settled on a final size of 6 1/4 x [...]

Review: Los Hermanos Miami Edition Box-Pressed Robusto (Prerelease)

When reviewing the Los Hermanos Robusto in November of last year, one of the new vitolas that Atlantic Cigar was thinking of producing in 2012 was a limited edition box-pressed Robusto. They did eventually decide to go through with that plan, and produce not only that size, but a Corona Gorda as well. But first, [...]

Review: Tatuaje Avion 12 (Prerelease)

At the 2011 IPCPR show, Tatuaje introduced the Avion, a limited production box-pressed Perfecto version of the Fausto blend. Each vitola is named for the year of its release, thus this year’s version will be dubbed the Avion 12. The blend for both the Fausto and the Avion is based off of the Tatuaje T110, (which in [...]

Review: Arturo Fuente Solaris (Prerelease)

In the latter part of 2010, Smoke Inn, based out of Florida, announced the first in what would eventually number four separate releases in what is known as their Microblend series to celebrate their 15th anniversary in business. Each release is by a different manufacturer, with different blends, sizes, numbers of cigars released and price [...]

Review: Four Kicks Selección No.5 (Prerelease)

In late 2011, the long-awaited and much-anticipated Four Kicks debuted from Crowned Heads, the Nashville-based company formed by Mike Conder, Nancy Heathman, Jon Huber and Michael Trebing, all former CAO employees. Four Kicks would be their first line, made by Ernesto Perez-Carrillo Jr., and originally debuted in four sizes. Huber told Brooks back in November: It [...]

Review: La Dueña Petit Robusto (Prerelease)

In the early parts of last year, Charlie discovered a trademark for La Dueña that was registered by Pete Johnson of Tatuaje. A month later, Janny García tweeted about smoking a La Dueña, at which Charlie made the prediction that La Dueña, which translates into the owner, designating the female owner, was in fact a [...]

Review: Cain F (Prerelease)

At the 2009 IPCPR show Oliva released Cain, the second of their two new age lines following NUb’s release in 2008. Sam Leccia was pegged to serve as the face of both brands, which were a departure from the family’s core lines. In exchange for bringing in the regular Cain Habano and Maduro lines, retailers [...]