Brand: Gran Habano Azteca Blender: George Rico Vitola: Toro Ring Gauge: 52ish Length: 6.00 Wrapper: San Andres Valley – Mexico (Double Maduro) Binder: San Andres Valley – Mexico Filler: Panamanian and Nicarguan Origin: Honduras MSRP: Unknown Purchased From: Sample from Kensington Tobacconist Last week while making my usual Friday afternoon visit to Kensington Tobacconist, I […]
Tatuaje Boris
The Tatuaje Boris has been out for awhile. I’m sure you’re wondering why I’ve chosen now to review it? First, when the Boris was released everyone jumped on it. Blog after blog, forum after forum were flooded with reviews. By now, you all know what an attention whore I can be and I didn’t want […]
Zino Platinum Crown Series Emperor 2009 (First Impressions)
We will see how this goes over. Since this is a First Impressions, I just basically included my notes in the write up with a bit of editing. Pre-light and first puffs – nice smooth oily wrapper, not much odor to it, see papers for info on it. Light up was great, first puffs were […]
Alec Bradley Prensado (Guest Review)
A Note from Tom: Ed and I are back once again for our monthly guest spot here on The Stogie Review. It’s hard to believe we’ve been here for two years! If you watched our January video, I put Ed on the spot and asked what his top cigar was for 2009. My choice was […]
Tatuaje RC184 (Guest Review)
This review comes courtesy of Rich (BootyRock) from the Stogie Review Fan Forums The RC cigars (RC meaning “Retro Cuban”) are two unique figurados. They feature half of the cigar wrapped in foil (the head), and the names (numbers) relate to the size in millimeters. Blended to be milder than the regular Miami line. Little […]
Anatomy of a Cigar
Over the past year or two, we have seen an explosion in the way cigars are marketed. In addition to tying a persona to the brand, some manufacturers are giving you an inside look into what makes up their product. Two great examples of this can be seen during presentations by Jose Blanco, of La […]
Gurkha Empire I
Origin : Unknown Wrapper : Honduran Habano Binder : Unknown Filler : Long-leaf Ligero from Peru and Nicaragua Source : Purchased from Cigars International with my own funds Today I have for you the Gurkha Empire I. This is a cigar that there is not much information floating around on except what is on the […]
Mederos Fifty 3
Brand: Mederos Blender: Carlos Mederos Vitola: Fifty 3 (Torpedo) Ring Gauge: 52 Length: 6.125 Wrapper: Nicaraguan Corojo (Jalapa) Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua Origin: Nicaragua MSRP: Unknown Purchased From: Samples from Mederos Cigars & Jerry Cruz Brand: The Mederos Fifty line is one that features six sizes, all residing in the fifty ring gauge range. Up […]
Declaration by Jameson Cigars
Just like I preface the video I wanted to start out by saying that Jameson Cigars is a long time advertiser and all around great supporter of The Stogie Review. All the Declarations smoked for this video were all provided by Jameson Cigars. This is my first experience with Jameson Cigars. Walt has previously reviewed […]
Nestor Miranda Dominicano Robusto Grande (Pre-Release)
I just love it when a plan comes together. Though calling what I have for you this week the result of a “plan” is really stretching it. It’s more the result of a little luck and a lot of shooting from the hip. Last week, Rich Meade (a regular on the Stogie Review forum, and […]