91%Wild Ride

Plasencia Cosecha 146 La Vega

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...

90%Peace

Illusione OneOff Robustos

Jordan Guttormson

April 10, 2019

Cigar Reviews, $10 to $15 Range, 2019

Illusione's latest offering—OneOff—arrived in 2018 with a peculiar look, one that was quick to pique the interest of loyalists to the Illusione brand. This is because the cigar is not quite an Illusione origina... Read More...

89%Magically Delicious

Magic Toast Robusto

Jack Heyer

March 13, 2019

Cigar Reviews, $8 to $10 Range, 2019

The Alec Bradley Magic Toast has an origin story that is truly unique. On a trip down to Honduras to visit the Raíces Cubanas factory (Alec Bradley's most frequent manufacturing partner), Alan Rubin and Ralph M... Read More...

88%Pretty, pretty good

My Father La Opulencia Robusto

velorok

March 1, 2019

Cigar Reviews, $10 to $15 Range, 2019

While not making it into Cigar Dojo's top 10 list for 2018 (although the My Father La Gran Oferta was our No. 8), My Father La Opulencia—the company's 2017 offering—did take home the silver from Cigar Aficionad... Read More...

87%Two-Faced

Asylum 13 Medulla Oblongata Maduro

Jack Heyer

February 22, 2019

Cigar Reviews, $5 to $8 Range, 2019

Continuing the Asylum tradition of interesting, innovative cigars and packaging is the Asylum 13 Medulla Oblongata Maduro. The Maduro is a followup to the Asylum 13 Medulla Oblongata, which was reviewed by Ciga... Read More...

87%Slow Starter

Gran Habano S.T.K. Black Dahlia Robusto

velorok

February 12, 2019

Cigar Reviews, $8 to $10 Range, 2019

Gran Habano introduced the Black Dahlia in the spring of 2017 under the company's S.T.K. (Stay True Kid) collection. The series includes some of the brand's most popular releases in recent years, cultivating a ... Read More...

92%Gentleman’s Cigar

Warped Serie Gran Reserva 1988

velorok

January 18, 2019

Cigar Reviews, $8 to $10 Range, 2019

Remember the doomsday scenario that everyone thought was coming with the whole FDA thing? How there would be no new cigars—ever? Well, Warped Cigars released three new cigars in 2018—two years after the FDA sca... Read More...

La Palina Number Series LP01 Robusto cigar review

78%Moochador

La Palina LP01 Robusto

velorok

January 15, 2019

Cigar Reviews, $8 to $10 Range, 2019

The La Palina Number Series cigars (01 & 02) were introduced at the 2017 IPCPR show. The notable factors here being that both cigars utilize Costa Rican tobacco. In the case of the 01, it’s Sumatra for the ... Read More...

89%Isn’t a Farce

Room101 Farce Connecticut Robusto

EL Oso Fumar

December 11, 2018

Cigar Reviews, $10 to $15 Range, 2018

COACH MEISTER What if I could guarantee that this year’s show will make money?… …why don’t we get some of my football players to be dancers in the show and people will show up in droves just to see them fal... Read More...

90%Blast Off!

Fratello Navetta Discovery

velorok

October 30, 2018

Cigar Reviews, $10 to $15 Range, 2018

There’s an old saying in the restaurant industry: "Want to make a million dollars opening a restaurant? Start with two million." This statement illustrates just how hard it is to translate vision into success. ... Read More...

88%Oaked not Choked

Diesel Whiskey Row Robusto

EL Oso Fumar

October 19, 2018

Cigar Reviews, $5 to $8 Range, 2018

It seems that everywhere you turn today, there is a new brewery, distillery—even artisan cheese shop popping up in towns across this country. I wish the same existed for cigar companies, but this isn’t the arti... Read More...

88%Bronze Medal

La Palina Bronze Label Robusto

velorok

October 10, 2018

Cigar Reviews, $8 to $10 Range, 2018

La Palina, while being a fairly new-to-the-scene cigar brand, actually has a history that goes back to the late 1800s, when the original company founder, Sam Paley, left the Ukraine to find himself working in a... Read More...

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