Review: La Aurora 107 Maduro Gran 107 (2011)
The La Aurora 107 Maduro was formally announced shortly after IPCPR 2010. After a fairly successful La Aurora 107 launch, Guillermo León, José Blanco and…
Pinar del Río Small Batch Reserve Maduro Robusto (Prerelease)
Rumblings of two new cigar lines from Pinar del Río started circulating around the internet in late January, and on February 2, we broke the…
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,…
Arturo Fuente Don Carlos Lancero
The Don Carlos Lancero is a cigar that I should like. Up until December 2011, the Don Carlos Lancero was a rather rare specimen reserved…
La Flor Dominicana Double Claro No. 42
In late 2010, Litto Gomez added his name to the growing, yet still small, hat of manufacturers to produce a Candela cigar. Unlike recent initial…
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…
Undercrown Corona ¡Viva! (Prerelease)
In early December 2011, Erik Calviño of Cigar Snob Magazine posted this picture of a preproduction Undercrown. Shortly thereafter, it was confirmed that the name…
La Gloria Cubana Deliciosos (ER Cuba 2009)
In 2009, Habanos S.A. released a new La Gloria Cubana release made solely for Cuba. Launched under its Edición Regional banner, the La Gloria Cubana…
Davidoff No.1
In August of 1989, one of the most expensive, yet least destructive fires in history took place. Zino Davidoff, founder of Davidoff, allegedly burned upwards of…
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…
