La Escepción Selectos Finos (ER Italy 2011)
In 2011, Habanos brought back an old Cuban brand La Escepción. as an ER for Italy. The size is a 6 1/2 x 38 Panatela called Selectos Finos,…
Review: EloGio Excepcionales
At IPCPR 2011, the boutique brand EloGio announced the limited edition Excepcionales, a 5 5/8 x 82 (yes, you read that correctly) Double Perfecto. The…
My Father Atlantic 15th Anniversary Robusto
On Feb. 9, 2012, site sponsor Atlantic Cigar Co. put up for sale the next of their four part 15th Anniversary Series. For the first…
Redux: Viaje White Label Project Fifty Fifty Red
Today’s redux review is of a cigar I reviewed way back in June of 2011, the Viaje White Label Project Fifty Fifty Red. I bought…
E.P. Carrillo NWC Short Run 2012 Invictos (Prerelease)
In June of 2010, the relatively new E.P. Carrillo released the first in what has become an annual tradition for the company, the Short Run….
Trinidad Robusto T
In 2009, Habanos S.A. celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Trinidad brand by releasing a Robusto in the Trinidad line at the Havana Libre hotel…
Pinar Del Río BOTL.org Small Batch 2010
Today is another one of our Monday morning traditions at halfwheel, redux reviews. For more info about redux reviews and all of other review types,…
Mayorga Torpedo
Mayorga is perhaps the definition of a boom brand. Introduced in 1995, in debt from day one, sold to a major company by 2001. Mayorga…
Review: Paul Garmirian PG Corona Grande (1995)
For those of you that don’t know… Today is the first non-Cuban cigar that will qualify as “vintage” as per our standards and it comes…
Montecristo Gran Reserva No.2 Cosecha 2005
In 2009, Habanos S.A. released the Cohiba Gran Reserva, the first cigar in the new Gran Reserva line. The cigars in this line are to…
Viaje Zombie
Back in April of 2011, Andre Farkas of Viaje Cigars attended an event at Tobacco Grove in Minnesota. Right before the event Charlie Minato broke…
