Brand: Pinar del Rio Blender: Abe Flores Vitola: Lancero Ring Gauge: 38 Length: 7.25 Wrapper: Ecuadorian Connecticut Binder: Habano / DR Filler: Dominican and Nicaraguan Origin: Dominican Republic MSRP: $5.90 Brand: The Classico Exclusivo is the newest addition to the Pinar del Rio line. The blend was created by Abe Flores and the intention was […]
Top Shelf Signature Select White Label
Brand: Top Shelf Signature Select White Label Blender: William Ventura formerly of Don Leoncio Cigars Vitola: Corona Gorda Ring Guage: 46 Length: 6.25 Wrapper: Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade Binder: Dominican Olor Ligero Filler: Dominican with Nicaraguan Ligero MSRP: $6.00 Brand: Top Shelf Signature Select is a line of cigars owned by Jim Cronin, owner of Top […]
601 Maduro (Short Ashes)
With a little spare time in the morning, I searched through my cooler looking for a cigar to review this week. I came up empty handed in terms of a mild morning smoke, so I went with something that I could smoke in a short ashes format. Having met up with my local Miami Cigar […]
Maria Mancini Natural (Short Ashes)
On Sunday I was talking with Jerry via Twitter and got word that the weather in Maryland was no better than here in PA. As a result, Jerry didn’t think he was going to be able to pull off his Tuesday review. In order to cover him, I got to work on smoking a cigar […]
Carlos Torano Exodus 1959 Gold (Short Ashes)
Jerry wasn’t feeling 100% this week so he asked if Brian or Myself could cover for him today while he recuperates. Rather than a standard Short Ashes review, I played the role of Ghost of Stogie Future as Jerry and I both take a look at the Carlos Torano Exodus 1959 Gold. The review runs […]
Dona Flor (Short Ashes)
Once upon a time, Stogie Review was contacted by a rep for Cigars of Brazil. This rep was a nice guy and offered to send all three of us a couple of sample products to do a review on. Brian (Tipton), Jerry, and I each did a review of one of the three cigars sent […]
Nub Maduro
Brand: Nub Maduro Vitola: 460 Ring Gauge: 60 Length: 4.00 Wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf Brazilian Maduro Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Website: Nub Cigars MSRP: Unknown Brand: The Nub line of cigars is a creation of Sam Leccia, a former sales representative for the Oliva brand. In mid 2007 the idea of the Nub was pitched to […]
Alec Bradley Tempus (Short Ashes)
For the first time in Short Ashes history, I decided to review something that I have not reviewed in the past. Instead I have reviewed a cigar that I have smoked several of over the past few months and that Brian was fortunate enough to get his hands on early in the release. That cigar […]
Arganese Nicaraguan Presidente (Short Ashes)
With a forgotten appointment looming over my head, I needed to act fast and whip up a review for todays post. Not having the normal time frame available, I decided to go with a Short Ashes review today and hope to have a full length review up on Saturday. This week a take a look […]
Viaje Platino
Cigar: Viaje Platino Website: http://viajecigars.com Vitola: Chiva 5×52 Filler: Cuban-seed Nicaraguan Binder: Cuban-seed Nicaraguan Wrapper: Cuban-seed Nicaraguan Corojo 99 Price: $7-$8 Pre-light Appearance and such: I got this cigar from the girl who manages my local shop. I had read a little bit about them in a recent cigar press magazine, and it all sounded […]