Viaje Zombie (2012)
Fewer cigars in Viaje’s portfolio have been the lightning rod that the Zombie was when it was announced in April of 2011. While rumors of…
Montecristo 520 (EL 2012)
At the XIV Festival del Habano, Habanos S.A. honored the “520th anniversary of tobacco discovery.” Amongst the celebration was a preview of the annual Edición…
Cabaiguan WCD 120 REDUX
Most of Pete Johnson’s limited editions come with fanfare, but every once in a while the Tatuaje faithful seems to miss one. Such was the…
Villiger Talanga Selecto Lancero
In January of 2013, Villiger Cigars announced they would be hosting various Discovery Tour events in order to introduce their cigars to smokers around the…
Aquitaine Blockhead (Preproduction)
Since the launch of RoMaCraft Tobac in January 2012, the company has quickly expanded into three full lines of cigars, each of which contain a…
Joya de Nicaragua CyB Lancero Fino (Prerelease)
There are a lot of best of/top cigars lists that appear at the end and beginning of each calendar year, I’d like to think one serves…
Viaje Super Shot 10 Gauge
If there was ever a surprising Viaje release, it was Super Shot. Debuting first in the Super Shot 10 Gauge, then a smaller 12 Gauge…
Ezra Zion Tantrum (Prerelease)
In July of 2012, the team behind cigar social networking site Cigar Federation launched a brand of their own, Ezra Zion. The brand’s two releases—Honor…
Reinado Grand Empire Reserve Corona Gorda (Prerelease)
Of all of the 2012 releases from smaller manufacturers, the Reinado Grand Empire Reserve arguably received the most fanfare. For the past few month’s Antonio…
Oliva Atlantic Cigar 15th Aniversario Diadema
Back in October of 2012, Atlantic Cigar Co. released the fourth cigar in their series of cigars to celebrate their 15th year of business. Made by Oliva,…
Dante Canto I: The Imp (Prerelease)
In 1857—156 years ago—Dante became one of the first brands to use lithographed labels. It is the same brand also credited as being the first to…
