Reviews

The fourth release of General Cigar Co.’s Weller by Cohiba series features a blend that uses a binder aged in barrels that once held Weller Full Proof Bourbon. It’s offered in a lone 6 x 50 toro size that comes packaged in fancy tubes and boxes.

The first review of the La Aurora 115th Anniversary Limited Edition Gran Toro generated a score of 92. After five-and-a-half years, it’s time to revisit the cigar.

The original Santiago Valladares line was introduced in 2023 as a European exclusive. In just a year, that blend has been discontinued and the brand has made its way to the U.S. Yes, it’s confusing.

When he retired after the 2016 season, there seemed to be little doubt that David Ortiz would be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. That happened in 2022, and two years later, a cigar line has been released to celebrate the accomplishment.

After a five-year hiatus, the Deadwood Sweet Jane Día de los Muertos returned to shelves. It’s a limited edition version of Drew Estate’s popular Deadwood Sweet Jane line.

The cigar is named for the punk rock band fronted by Wendy O. Williams. For brand co-owner Cynn Coburn, it was the chance to honor an icon of punk rock decadence & attitude, who she said live the life of a Dissident.

Last year, General Cigar Co. turned to the factory best known for producing JRE’s cigars for a new Punch line. This year, the company added a lancero to the line.

For the second time, Rojas Cigars celebrated the Cinco de Mayo holiday with a limited edition cigar. However, this time is was for its portfolio as opposed to a collaboration for another company’s

Over the history of the La Gloria Cubana brand, the Glorias name has been used for at least three different cigars. In this case, it was for an Edición Regional released for Germany in late 2016.

Arsenio Ramos was the definition of a “tobacco man,” having spent some 40 years working in Cuba’s tobacco industry before leaving the island to join Eduardo Fernández and the company that would become AGANORSA Leaf. While he passed away in 2018 at the age of 83, his name and his legend live on with a new cigar line released in the summer of 2024.

This is the seventh year of the Cavalier Genève Limited Edition, and the first time the cigar has been a figurado shape. It’s limited to 1,948 boxes, a reference point to the melting temperature of gold.