Redux

It wouldn’t be Holy Grail Week if the cigars were replaceable. Now with 17 years of aging, it’s time to light up what might be my last El Centurion Lancero.

Joya de Nicaragua, Nicaragua’s first premium cigar maker, celebrated its 55th anniversary in 2023 with Cinco de Cinco. The cigar was blended with the input of hundreds of visitors to the factory and the cigars they created for themselves.

In 2020, J.C. Newman released Yagua, a cigar that doesn’t look like any other cigar on the market. Then again, many Yaguas don’t like many Yaguas.

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.

In 2020, following its purchase of Royal Agro, STG stopped selling the Balmoral cigars in the U.S. It’s time to take a look back at one of the last new releases from the brand.

In October of 2018, Tatuaje unveiled a new collection of limited, Miami-made Tatuaje cigars called Escasos. The following spring, the Selección de Cazador line—commonly referred to as the Brown Label—would get the Escasos treatment, getting a new wrapper and being rolled in South Florida.

Los Tejanos is a collaboration between Edgar Hoill and Noel Rojas. Four years after the original review, it’s time to revisit the Toro vitola.

Released last year, the Connecticut Londres was part of a sampler that included 16 cigars, two each of the company’s eight different core-line blends. Carrying the name Micallef Collectors Edition, the sampler was made to commemorate the 80th birthday of company founder Al Micallef.

In the spring of 2023, Powstanie added a 5 1/2 x 46 corona gorda as the fifth size in its core lines, the Habano and Broadleaf. After a year of rest, the time has come to revisit the skinniest size in the line.

Eleven years ago, Davidoff entered a new chapter of its storied history, embracing Nicaragua and its tobacco. Ten years later, the company celebrated that event with a cigar; now that cigar gets a revisit.

More than five years after its initial review full of lots of praise, it’s time to revisit the Gran Habano Blue in Green Gran Robusto. Yes, it looks like Johnnie Walker Blue.