84%Solid if Unspectacular

Oscar Valladares Wild Hunter Natural

August 26, 2020

Cigar Reviews, $8 to $10 Range, 2020

Oscar Valladares has been on a roll the last few years. The Leaf by Oscar has taken on a life of its own since its debut in 2013. That particular cigar was blended by Oscar for "Island" Jim Robinson (of the Lea... Read More...

91%That Good Funk

Super Fly Maduro Super Toro

EL Oso Fumar

August 7, 2020

Cigar Reviews, $10 to $15 Range, 2020

Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin' Into the future Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin' Into the future I wanna fly like an eagle To the sea Fly like an eagle Let my spirit carry me — Stev... Read More...

88%American Beauty

Camacho Liberty 2020

Jordan Guttormson

July 24, 2020

Cigar Reviews, $15 & Over, 2020

Two of the longest-running, consecutive, annual, limited-edition series in the premium cigar industry are owned by the same company: Oettinger Davidoff AG. This would be the AVO Limited Edition Series and Camac... Read More...

90%King of the Valley

EIROA Jamastran 11/18

Kevin Acuff

July 21, 2020

Cigar Reviews, $15 & Over, 2020

When hearing the words Jamastran Valley, a diehard cigar smoker is going to think of Honduras (and perhaps vice versa). When said smoker thinks of Honduran cigars, chances are, they have already made the leap t... Read More...

86%Buzzer Beater

Punch Knuckle Buster Toro

Kevin Acuff

June 9, 2020

Cigar Reviews, $5 to $8 Range, 2020

When thinking of a classic or legendary cigar brand, one of the first that comes to mind is Punch. The brand, believe it or not, was registered in Germany in 1840, and named after a popular European puppet, Mr.... Read More...

89%Distilled & Fulfilled

Camacho Connecticut Distillery Edition

Jordan Guttormson

June 5, 2020

Cigar Reviews, $8 to $10 Range, 2020

Shortly after overhauling the Camacho brand in 2013—including consolidating the Camacho portfolio to only a handful of the brand's most popular blends—Camacho began experimenting with barrel-aged tobaccos, laun... Read More...

88%Mayan I Have Another?

Altar Q by Oscar Valladares

velorok

May 29, 2020

Cigar Reviews, $10 to $15 Range, 2020

The Altar Q comes to us by way of Oscar Valladares and his Oscar Valladares Tobacco & Co. factory in Danlí, Honduras. The cigar pays homage to the Mayan empire, drawing specifically from a 1,244 year-old ar... Read More...

Photo Review: Uru Doshi

Jordan Guttormson

February 24, 2020

Cigar Reviews, Dojo Cigars, $8 to $10 Range, 2020, Photo Reviews

Uru Doshi not only marks Cigar Dojo's first collaborative release in 2020, but the first time partnering with the surging Alec & Bradley Cigars—a boutique-minded sub-brand under the Alec Bradley umbrella th... Read More...

89%Oh, Henry

Henry Clay War Hawk Corona

EL Oso Fumar

September 18, 2019

Cigar Reviews, $5 to $8 Range, 2019

“Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character.” — Henry Clay Full disclosure, my esteemed colleagues at Cigar Dojo know that I’m a huge amateur histori... Read More...

88%Ali-Clean-O

Aladino Connecticut Robusto

Jordan Guttormson

July 19, 2019

Cigar Reviews, $5 to $8 Range, 2019

Once considered one of the better-kept secrets in the world of premium cigars, JRE Tobacco and their Aladino line of cigars are now beginning to crop up in craft humidors across the country. This is, in no smal... Read More...

91%Authentic Powerhouse

Aladino Corojo Reserva

Jordan Guttormson

May 24, 2019

Cigar Reviews, $10 to $15 Range, 2019

When the JRE Tobacco Company debuted in the summer of 2015, the company trotted out a straightforward portfolio of three brands: Aladino, Rancho Luna, and Tatascan. Taking on an old-school approach, the company... Read More...

91%Wild Ride

Plasencia Cosecha 146 La Vega

velorok

April 16, 2019

Cigar Reviews, $10 to $15 Range, 2019

Since 1865, the Plasencia family has been growing tobacco and (more recently) producing cigars for 30-plus prominent third-party companies, numbering over 40 million cigars per year. It was only two years ago (... Read More...

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