Right about now, Brian probably has his feet up, puffing on a cigar, and drinking some form of alcoholic beverage at the Drew Estate Compound in Nicaragua. As a result, I’m filling in for him and have to warn you, if you were looking for a Tower of Burn, you’ll have to check back next […]
CI Legends – Maroon Label
Welcome to the CI Legends Maroon Label cigar review. This cigar is produced by Nestor Placensia and is the same dimensions as all the others. Starting off the wrapper gives a sweet grass scent while there is chocolate on the foot and coffee on the cold draw. Once it is lit there is a superb […]
CI Legends – Yellow Label
Here we go, diving right into the CI Legends Yellow Label from Pepin Garcia. Starting out there is a spicy barnyard scent on the wrapper, tobacco on foot, pepper and tobacco on cold draw. The first few puffs a nice mild pepper come through the retrohale and some woody taste on the palette. Nice creamy […]
CI Legends – White Label
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Nat Sherman Timeless – Churchill
Well my friends I seemed to have forgotten to save the written part of my review for this Nat Sherman Timeless so you will be stuck with the video for this one. I will tell you if I would buy it again. YES I would love to try more of all the sizes to pick […]
Villiger La Capitana (plus giveaway)
Recently, the marketing folks at Villiger Stokkebye reached out to us here at the Stogie Review to see if we’d be interested in reviewing a new cigar they were about to release. Best known for their pipe tobaccos, Villiger has produced machine-made cigars for over 120 years and added premium hand-rolled cigars to their repertoire […]
New Havana Cigars (NHC) Surrogates
The inspiration behind the Surrogates, a new line offered exclusively by New Havana Cigars, was to create a special smoke that would be available on a consistent basis, as opposed to a limited edition that you might fall in love with, but which you’ll never be able to get your hands on again. A full-bodied […]
Xen by Nish Patel
Wrapper : Ecuadorian Connecticut Binder : Nicaraguan Filler : Secret blend of herbs and spices Source : bought locally Today I have for you the Xen from Nish Patel in the robusto (5×50) size. I am going to let the video do the talking this week because I just deleted my whole write up and […]