Quick writeup this week as I almost forgot to post this. I was very surprised by this CI Legends White Label by Camacho as it was a lot better than I honestly thought it would be. Medium to full body with nice flavors of nuts, wood and spice. I did have a bit of ammonia […]
Ashton ESG – 23 Year Salute
While we have an assortment of reviews of the Ashton VSG it is surprising that we haven’t reviewed anything in the Ashton ESG Series. I would’ve thought our resident baller, Brian Hewitt, with all his Zino, Davidoff and Ashton dinners would’ve reviewed one of the four releases by now. Maybe it is the $20+ price […]
Casa Magna Sanchos
Hello my fellow cigar smokers and welcome to my take on the Casa Magna Sanchos. Been a little hectic around here with colds. flu, allergies, and assorted aches and pains but hopefully I am back and ready to go. This is just a short review of the Casa Magna Sanchos and I will let the […]
Arturo Fuente Hemingway Short Story Maduro
Limited to 1,000 boxes and only available at select retailers the Arturo Fuente Hemingway Short Story Maduro has been a cigar that has eluded our Cigar Review Index for six years. Honestly when the e-mail came in asking for us to review this cigar I honestly thought we had but after scouring the site, it […]
Man O’War Phalanx (Side Projects)
Surprises are nice. For those of you who are fans of the Man O’War series like I am knew we had a maduro version of the Puro Authentico to look forward to this year. A couple weeks ago what should show up on CI, Cigar.com and their associated catalogs? The Man O’War Side Projects series. […]
AKA Cigars – Respect
A few weeks back we received an email from AKA Cigars asking if we would be interested in reviewing their product. We were happy to give the cigars a try and a short time later, samples arrived at my doorstep. While I waited for cigars to arrive, I headed over to the AKA Cigars Website […]
Ortega Cigars Serie D No. 10
A couple of months back there was quite the buzz about Eddie Ortega separating himself from Rocky Patel. Not long after I learned that news, I learned that Eddie Ortega was striking out on his own with a line of cigars. I’ve known Eddie for a few years now and he is always a pleasure […]
Dona Flor Alonso Menendez Series (Guest Review)
If memory serves me correctly, January 2008 was Ed and my first review here at Stogie Review. We reviewed the Dona Flor back then, and now we are re-visiting the brand and another blend. Dona Flor was in limbo for awhile as two companies disputed who had rights to the brand. Now that the issue […]
Rocky Patel Fifty Toro – First Impressions
Wrapper :Ecuadorian Habano Oscuro Binder : 2 binders both secret Filler : secret Nicaraguan Source : local shop paid $22 Coming back to cigar reviews with a special edition cigar, the Rocky Patel Fifty. This cigar was produced to celebrate Rocky Patel’s fiftieth birthday and was in development for four years and uses tobacco that […]
An Afternoon with Pete Johnson (Part Four)
Part Four, the final chapter. Lots of great discussion here about tasting cigars off the bench and envisioning how they will taste as they age, too many 90 plus ratings? Joya de Nicaragua in the 1970’s, more advice for bloggers and the benefits for manufacturers. Cigar technology, dying of cigars, consumer education, sorting tobacco, seed […]