One of my favorite cigars that has been released in the past 5 years has been the Balmoral Anejo XO by Royal Agio, so I was really excited to visit their booth at the 2018 IPCPR show in Las Vegas. Royal Agio had a distribution deal with Drew Estate to distribute the Balmoral line in […]
Gran Habano Persian King Rajah
Gran Habano is a cigar company that was well know for making quality cigars for a great price. My friends and I smoked a lot of Corojo #5s when we used to get together to smoke because it tasted great and was priced right. They’ve added various line extensions since then and one of them […]
Romeo San Andrés By RyJ Toro
As I smoked through several Romeo San Andrés Toros for this review, I found myself imaging the moment when the idea for the cigar came together. I envision a small group of Altadis blenders and decision-makers walking leisurely along a tobacco field, looking on as a tour group gets the scoop on farming and tobacco […]
Rocky Patel Hamlet Paredes 25th Year Toro
Rocky Patel released the Hamlet Paredes 25th Year in 2017 at IPCPR in Las Vegas. The cigar is in response for cigar smokers asking Hamlet Paredes during his cigar events for a more medium to mild cigar as compared to his popular Tabaquero line which is more medium-full. The 25th Year celebrates the 25th year […]
Debonaire Daybreak Toro
Debonaire House cigars have been around since 2012 and was founded by Philip S. Zanghi III. Debonaire House has two cigar companies under it with Debonaire and Indian Motorcycles Cigars. Both lines feature “ultra premium” cigars that utilize the highest quality tobacco available. Because of this, Debonaire cigar aren’t cheap. Enter the Daybreak. Introduced at the […]
La Aurora ADN Dominicano/Dominican DNA Toro
La Aurora ADN Dominicano Toro La Aurora introduced the ADN Dominicano or, DNA Dominican, at IPCPR in 2017. This new cigar features an interesting new tobacco that is rarely used in cigars called Andullo. Andullo is a tobacco that is aged in tight twist or ropes that was wrapped in palm/yuca leaves to age. This […]
Ben’s Week in Smoke – No. 16
Warped Lirio Rojo Just one of my staples. I consider this one of the best, if not the best cigar from Warped. It’s a perfect size with a medium body and great flavor. It’s the Goldilocks of Warped….not too strong, not too weak, not too small, not too large, etc. I mean, it was my […]
Week in Smoke – 10/25/2017
I have a huge backlog of cigars I want to review before the end of the year, but time is running out on me. Some cigars I want to get to, might not make it, which is why I love when we do these Week in Smoke. Its a good way to showcase some cigars […]
H. Upmann by AJ Fernandez Toro
AJ Fernandez is probably the hottest cigar blender and manufacture in the industry at the moment. Not only is he busying making his own lines, in his new state of the art factory in Esteli, Nicaragua, but he has been blending cigars in collaborations with many other cigar manufactures. One of the largest is Tabacalera […]
Camacho Nicaraguan Barrel Aged Toro
Camacho has always been a cigar company that pushes the envelope with unique innovations in blends and packaging. Their new Camacho Nicaraguan Barrel Aged is the latest cigar blend in the Camacho portfolio to do something a little different. Camacho is known for their excellent corojo tobacco, but the NBA adds a twist. Camacho takes […]