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Review: Ramón Allones Selección Suprema (ER Italia 2005)

For those of you that don’t know, in 2005, Habanos S.A. introduced the Edición Regional (Regional Edition) series to consumers around the world. I think CubanCigarWebsite.com says it best: The series comprises special limited production cigars made exclusively for a regional market, and are available for a one or two year period.  After this, Habanos [...]

Review: Cueto No.4 Largos

Today we will be taking a look at a yet another cigar in our Custom Rolled Cuban series, the Cueto No.4 Largos. Cueto, whose real name is José Castelar Cayro, is certainly among the top Level 8 rollers coming out of Cuba today. He has acquired rock star status in the Cuban cigar community because he simply [...]

Review: Dunhill Cabinetta

Today we will be taking a look at yet another vintage cigar for this week, a 1984 Dunhill Cabinetta. It’s no surprise that we at halfwheel absolutely love anything made by Dunhill. Time and time again they knock us off our feet (see here) with their complexity, construction, flavor and almost indescribable smoothness. Dunhill cigars [...]

Review: Davidoff Dom Perignon

For those of you that don’t know… Ask any cigar smoker that has been enjoying this hobby for a while a cigar they want to smoke before they die, and the odds are the Davidoff Dom Perignon will be fairly close to the top of the list… A brand (much like Dunhill) that has grown [...]

Review: La Gloria Cubana Inmensos (LCDH 2010)

Today we will be taking a look at a special LCDH only release, the 2010 La Gloria Cubana Inmensos. Just about every year Habanos releases one or two LCDH exclusive cigars. In 2009 it was the H.Upmann Noellas Ceramic Jar and this year (2011) H.Upmann will again have a LCDH release called the Royal Robusto [...]

Review: Partagas Serie P No.1

For those of you that don’t know… In 2006, Habanos started a new series of releases of various brands and vitolas, released primarily (but not always exclusively) for sale in Duty Free and Travel Retail stores around the world…Every year, they contain either single-brand or multi-brand standard production or special release cigars. At one release [...]

Review: Partagas 165th Aniversario 109 (Prerelease)

For those of you that don’t know… One of the most anticipated new cigar releases around the time of the 2011 Annual Habanos Festival was the Partagas 165th, which were rolled to celebrate the 165th Anniversary of the Fernando Perez German in Cuba. The 165th band on each cigar was made especially for the Humidor… [...]

Review: Juan López Selección No.3 (ER Benelux 2010)

Today we will be taking a look at another cigar in our Edición Regional series, the Juan López Selección No.3 2010 Benelux. This is one of two Edición Regional releases by Juan López in 2010 the other being the Selección No.4 Pirámides for the Asia Pacific Region. Often times each year companies have many regionals [...]

Review: Punch Serie D’Oro No.1 (ER U.K. 2008)

Today we will be taking a look at another Edición Regional for our Weekly Series, the Punch Serie D’Oro No.1 Edición Regional Reino Unido (2008). Only 1,210 boxes of this cigar were made and come in boxes of 25 cigars (30,250 cigars total produced). They come in a box made to replicate a box from the [...]

Review: Cueto Salomone (2008)

[This is another review in our series called "Custom Rolled Cubans", which as far as I know is the only series like this of it's kind on any of the major cigar review blogs...(the first review in this series was on the Robaina "El Padrino" Farm Cigar, which we reviewed HERE)... For those of you [...]