Dominican Republic

The debut line from Freud Cigar Co. gets its name from Dr. Sigmund Freud’s model for psychoanalytic theory.

Vandermarliere Family of Cigars has brought back Cuba Aliados—a Honduran brand made popular by the late Rolando Reyes Sr. in the 1990s—by introducing two distinct blends: the Cuba Aliados by Ernesto Perez-Carrillo is a limited edition release made by E.P. Carrillo while the Cuba Aliados Original Blend is a regular production line being made Julio Eiroa of JRE Tobacco Co.

Macanudo Inspirado Jamao gets its name from two different growing regions: the Jamastran Valley in Honduras and Mao in the Dominican Republic. General Cigar Co. took a habano seed from the Jamastran Valley and planted in Mao, which is used for the wrapper of this cigar.

Gurkha’s exclusive creation for the Tobacconists’ Association of America is the Colección Especial TAA 2022, a 5 1/4 x 58 double perfecto packaged in 8-count boxes.

The Lampert 1593 Edición Blanca Toro soft launched this summer at SmallBatchCigar.com. It will head to stores nationwide in January 2023.

The 22 Minutes to Midnight Connecticut Radiante is part of the reinvention of Lost&Found. This is one of the two Robert Caldwell blends.

Caldwell’s Anastasia line added a new, yellow-banded member this year, and Patrick Lagreid gives the robusto vitola a review.

Lost&Found is revisiting a cigar it first made in 2016 and is now expanding into a trio of offerings under the Instant Classic name.

The Saga Solaz finally comes out of the redux humidor after more than two-and-a-half years of rest.

Seven months ago, I gave the Saga Short Tales Tomo VII – Tales of the Land: Navarrete one of the lowest scores of the year, but a bit of age has changed the blend for the better.

The second brand from Ponce Cigar Co. is the Ponce Sumatra, a three-vitola line that debuted in May.