Dominican wrapper Archives

90%Gilligan's Island

AVO Syncro Caribe Toro

April 1, 2022

Cigar Reviews, $10 to $15 Range, 2022

The AVO Syncro Caribe was announced last summer, marking the fourth blend under the brand's contemporary Syncro series. AVO first launched this series in 2015 with the AVO Syncro Nicaragua, followed in successi... Read More...

89%North Star

AVO Regional North Edition

Kevin Acuff

February 9, 2021

Cigar Reviews, $10 to $15 Range, 2021

Davidoff Cigars caught the cigar world’s attention with the announcement of a regional-only release from their AVO Cigars brand at the 2019 IPCPR/PCA Trade Show in Las Vegas. The series was dubbed Regional Edit... Read More...

90%Loaded Cannon

Casdagli Basilica A Toro

velorok

January 24, 2020

Cigar Reviews, $15 & Over, 2020

While the Casdagli Basilica A cigar has existed for roughly five years, the brand was recently refreshed in 2019, as Bespoke Cigars rebranded under the Casdagli family name. Basilica A is joined by multiple ble... Read More...

85%Ancient Revival

La Aurora ADN Dominicano Toro

velorok

February 28, 2018

Cigar Reviews, $5 to $8 Range, 2018

There have been several cigar releases in recent memory that have used a special tobacco to make them unique, while often times paying homage to ancient traditions. We’ve seen fire-cured tobacco, rare leaves gr... Read More...

92%Complex

Manuel Quesada 70th

Jordan Guttormson

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 in the tobacco industry, and over forty years experience in... Read More...

90%Zesty

Fuente Fuente OpusX 20 Years Celebration

Steve Stevens

March 27, 2017

Cigar Reviews, $15 & Over, 2017

1992. For lovers of the grape, it was an unremarkable year—the vine destroying louse, Phylloxera ran rampart throughout California, while rains of biblical proportions devastated the vineyards in southern Franc... Read More...

89%Chocolate Malt

Quesada Oktoberfest 2016 Kugel

Jordan Guttormson

September 16, 2016

Cigar Reviews, $5 to $8 Range, 2016

Quesada's line of seasonal, Oktoberfest-themed cigars were introduced in 2011 and have now entered their 6th annual release. The blend utilizes purely Dominican tobaccos, with a profile that has been crafted to... Read More...

95%UMAMI

Davidoff Yamasá Petit Churchill

Steve Stevens

August 30, 2016

Cigar Reviews, $10 to $15 Range, 2016

Recently, I was invited to attend a Master Class conducted by Hendrik “Henke” Kelner of Davidoff of Geneva. Kelner, a courtly gentleman who speaks English with a robust Spanish accent, has been the tobacco prod... Read More...

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