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Review: Ramón Allones Celestiales Finos (ER Asia Pacific 2009)

For those of you that don’t know, in 2009, Habanos S.A. released yet another Edición Regional, this time for the  Asia Pacific. The Exclusive Distributor of the Ramón Allones Celestiales Finos is Pacific Cigar and only 4,000 numbered boxes of 25 cigars were released (100,000 cigars total). This cigar, who’s official name is Britanicas, by the [...]

Review: Por Larrañaga Los Andes (ER Peru)

For those of you that don’t know there’s yet another entry in omnipresent Edición Regional series coming out of Cuba, the Por Larrañaga Los Andes is a 2009, exclusive to Peru that is one of the hardest to find REs I have found. The Exclusive Distributor is Vegas del Caribe, and there were 600 numbered [...]

Review: Partagás Dunhill Selección Suprema No.150 (1979)

For those of you that don’t know… In the annals of cigar history, Dunhill is considered to have produced some of the best sticks of all time… The cigars that Dunhill produced are legendary, and it has been theorized that the reason the cigars were so good was that Dunhill was using superior tobacco in [...]

Review: Ramón Allones 8-9-8 (1998)

For those of you that don’t know… The brand of Ramón Allones was started in 1845 by (strangely enough) a man named Ramón Allones… Originally from Spain, Allones (also owner of the La Eminencia factory) was reportedly the first to employ bright, lithographed labels on his boxes, which help set his brand apart from his [...]

Review: Robaina Family “El Padrino”

For those of you that don’t know… During one of my trades recently, I was offered up a cigar that I had only heard about, and had never actually seen (and was not expecting to EVER smoke), a Robaina family farm cigar, the “El Padrino,” which translates roughly to “The Godfather.” Apparently, most of the [...]

Review: Flor de Farach Conchas (1930s)

[Editor's Note: This is the third review in a newer section on the site titled "Vintage Smokes", in which we will be reviewing some extremely aged cigars...In order to be considered for this section, the cigars reviewed will be AT LEAST 30 years old, and will consist of both Cuban and non Cuban cigars...Also, there [...]

Review: Montecristo Maravilla (2005)

This time, I will be sparking up a Montecristo Maravilla…Released in 2005 as part of the Colección Habanos (or Habanos Book Series), there were only 500 boxes of 20 cigars (or 10,000 total) produced for the entire world…So I think that qualifies as a somewhat rare smoke… The cigar itself is a HUGE monstrosity, measuring [...]

Review: H. Upmann Belvedere (1954)

[Editor's Note: This is the 4th review in a newer section on the site titled "Vintage Smokes", in which we will be reviewing some extremely aged cigars...In order to be considered for this section, the cigars reviewed will be AT LEAST 20 years old, and will consist of both Cuban and non Cuban cigars...Also, there [...]

Review: Dunhill Mojito

For those of you that don’t know… One of the most interesting brands in cigar history (or “Cigstory” as I like to call it when I am drunk) has always been Dunhill, and the Dunhill Mojito is one of the most sought after vitolas that they produced. For the history of the Dunhill brand, Wikipedia [...]

Review: Farach Farachitos (Pre-Embargo)

[Editor's Note: This is the third review in a newer section on the site titled "Vintage Smokes", in which we will be reviewing some extremely aged cigars...In order to be considered for this section, the cigars reviewed will be AT LEAST 20 years old, and will consist of both Cuban and non Cuban cigars...Also, there [...]