Cigar Reviews

May 3, 2017

It's time to set aside your political beliefs in the name of science! On January 20, 2017, Gurkha Cigars announced that they would be providing a s... Read More...

95%Palatial

Davidoff 702 Series Special R

April 24, 2017

The correct phrasing of the famous saying is “resting on one’s laurels.” It dates back to ancient Greek mythology, where Apollo is described as wearin... Read More...

92%Complex

Manuel Quesada 70th

April 19, 2017

Cigar Reviews, $10 to $15 Range, 2017

When a cigar brand possesses within its arsenal a Master Blender, backed with statistics of Cuban emigration, a family heritage of more than a century... Read More...

88%Pastoral

E.P. Carrillo Dusk

April 14, 2017

Cigar Reviews, $5 to $8 Range, 2017

Fate has a peculiar way of uprooting the plans of mere mortals. For example, Ernesto Pérez-Carrillo, Jr. did not set out to pioneer the popularity of ... Read More...

87%Middling

D’Crossier Pennsylvania Avenue Tainos

April 11, 2017

Cigar Reviews, $8 to $10 Range, 2017

Isaias Santana Diaz’s decision to enter the tobacco business was primarily motivated by the discovery of his great-grandfather’s diary. Born in Havana... Read More...

93%Hot Cocoa

Plasencia Alma Fuerte

April 4, 2017

Until recent years, it has been the common convention—perhaps written in stone and delivered as a sort of "cigar bible" to the first consumers of hand... Read More...

90%Zesty

Fuente Fuente OpusX 20 Years Celebration

March 27, 2017

1992. For lovers of the grape, it was an unremarkable year—the vine destroying louse, Phylloxera ran rampart throughout California, while rains of bib... Read More...

90%Polished

Cornelius Corona Gorda by Cornelius & Anthony

March 22, 2017

Cigar Reviews, $10 to $15 Range, 2017

When the English settlers initially meandered their way down the Eastern Seaboard to the area of the country now known as Virginia, they discovered th... Read More...

89%Dark & Spicy

AVO 90th Classic Covers Volume 4

March 20, 2017

Operating as one of the longest-running, annual releases of a limited edition series, AVO Cigars began introducing special "birthday blends" for the b... Read More...

Camacho Ecuador Box-Pressed BXP toro cigar review

92%Flavor/Cost Harmony

Camacho Ecuador BXP

March 16, 2017

Cigar Reviews, $8 to $10 Range, 2017

After re-envisioning the Camacho brand as the "Bold Standard" in 2013—arguably among the most drastic and influential cigar overhauls in the last deca... Read More...

89%Christmas Bouquet

Don Lucas Family Reserve Natural

March 9, 2017