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Cohiba Spectre 2025

October 29, 2025

Cigar Reviews, $15 & Over, 2025

Since its debut in 2018, the Cohiba Spectre series has stood at the very top of the ultra-premium cigar world, at least in terms of price and outlandish packaging. Each release has been a one-time, hand-tailore... Read More...

86%Extra Cedar

Sancho Panza Extra Chido Robusto

Chad Tchad

May 22, 2025

Cigar Reviews, $8 to $10 Range, 2025

The Sancho Panza cigar line has a long, rich history. In the past, I have reviewed Sancho Panza The Original. At last year’s PCA trade show, a line extension was released under the direction of Matt Booth and J... Read More...

CAO Expands FASA Lineup with Shade-Grown Sombra

Eric Guttormson

April 3, 2025

Press Releases

CAO has introduced FASA Sombra, the third installment in its FASA trilogy, adding a shade-grown option to the series. This release follows FASA Sol, a sun-grown cigar, and FASA Noche, a maduro offering, creatin... Read More...

85%Average Lady

La Gloria Cubana Criollo de Oro Toro

Chad Tchad

May 23, 2022

Cigar Reviews, $10 to $15 Range, 2022

What happens when you cross two Cuban-seed tobaccos grown in the Dominican Republic, you may ask? It’s the latest limited release from La Gloria Cubana, called Criollo de Oro. The two Cuban seeds in question ar... Read More...

88%Dense Decade

Partagas Limited Reserve Decadas 2021

Chad Tchad

April 6, 2022

Cigar Reviews, $15 & Over, 2022

Partagas came out with its latest version of the long-running, limited Decadas series last year for 2021. The Partagas Decadas is a cigar line that started in 2005, halted in 2009 for 10 years, and restarted in... Read More...

89%Light & Sweet

Macanudo Inspirado Brazilian Shade Toro

Kevin Acuff

February 4, 2022

Cigar Reviews, $10 to $15 Range, 2022

General Cigar's Macanudo brand is truly an iconic staple for the company. One can hardly venture into any retail humidor and not see at least one iteration of the Macanudo line available for purchase. In recent... Read More...

83%Buffalo Mace

Buffalo Trace Toro

Scott Braband

November 11, 2021

Cigar Reviews, $5 to $8 Range, 2021

When you venture into the realm of premium cigars, it isn’t long until you discover the intoxicating world of cigar and alcohol pairings. Now, we can get into the minutia of which premium spirit is best intende... Read More...

83%Hot & Sour

Punch Chop Suey

Jordan Guttormson

April 17, 2020

Cigar Reviews, $5 to $8 Range, 2020

In the spring of 2019, Punch shocked the cigar scene with a limited cigar known as Punch Egg Roll, deviating from the brand's classic heritage with an off-the-wall concept based around Chinese-American takeout.... Read More...

87%The New Old

Partagas Limited Reserve Decadas 2019

EL Oso Fumar

March 31, 2020

Cigar Reviews, $10 to $15 Range, 2020

“Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.” —St. Augustine. Faith and hard work. It’s the very foundation of the premium cigar industry and the backbone to one of t... Read More...

86%Expensive Date

Cohiba Spectre CS19

velorok

December 13, 2019

Cigar Reviews, $15 & Over, 2019

Ninety dollars. That’s how much one of these cigars costs. There are cigars that I thoroughly enjoy that cost $90 for a box. What in the world could make a single cigar worth $90? Well, the marketing geniuses a... Read More...

83%In Session

CAO Session ‘Garage’

EL Oso Fumar

September 25, 2019

Cigar Reviews, $8 to $10 Range, 2019

“Politeness is the poison of collaboration.” — Edwin Land It’s blunt, but I’ve always loved this quote. Any great project, especially cigars, takes hundreds of hands and a lot of trust and contribution to com... Read More...

86%Generally OK

Cohiba Connecticut Robusto

velorok

September 5, 2019

Cigar Reviews, $15 & Over, 2019

I'll come right out and say this at the start—I feel like the non-Cuban Cohiba is a cigar that shouldn’t be. To be sure, you’ll find plenty of American-distributed versions of the old, famed Cuban brands that e... Read More...

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