Perdomo is a story of the American dream. During the Cuban revolution, Silvio Perdomo was arrested as an enemy of Fidel Castro and he would spend 15 years in jail before escaping to the United States. Meanwhile Nick Perdomo Sr. would fight against the guerrillas and would suffer multiple gunshot wounds. He would later escape to the United States as well, where his son would serve as an air traffic controller in the Navy before […]
Back in 1983 Arturo Fuente released the first cigar of the Hemingway line called the Signature. In 1988 it would be joined by other sizes and today it remains one of the top sellers for the Dominican Republic based cigar company. The cigar which usually features a Cameroon wrapper sees a release 1-2 times a year featuring a Connecticut Broadleaf Maduro wrapper. Today we offer up a review of the Classic Maduro. Cigar Review: Arturo Fuente […]
The award-winning Padron 1926 Serie premiered in 2002 to commemorate Jose O. Padron’s 75th birthday. The line contains refined tobacco aged five to ten years and it comes in a Natural and Maduro wrapper. Today on The Cigar Authority we offer up a review of the Maduro. Cigar Review: Padron 1926 Serie Wrapper: Nicaragua Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua Length: 5.25 Ring Gauge: 56 Size: No. 9 The Look: Packaged in wooden boxes of 24 cigars the Padron 1926 Serie is laid out in two […]
It’s the most wonderful time of the year and on today’s episode of The Cigar Authority we announced the Contenders for Cigar of the Year. During the course of the show we smoked the 2016 winner, La Galera Connecticut. It was part of The Cigar Authority Care Pack and today we offer a full review of the cigar we enjoyed live on the podcast. Cigar Review: La Galera Connecticut Wrapper: Ecuador Connecticut Binder: Dominican Republic Filler: Piloto Cubano, Criollo ’98, Dominican […]
Since 2008, the Oliva Cigar Family has released a limited edition of the Oliva Serve V, the Maduro Especial. This year the cigar sees two sizes released in 6,000 boxes of 10. Like the last couple of years the cigar sees the release of the Double Toro (6 x 60), but this year also sees the release of a Double Robusto measuring 5 x 54. It’s consistently been one of my favorite special releases each […]
There are few debates in the cigar industry that you just can’t win because there is no clear cut answer. The first one is, do you store your cigars in cello or with the cello removed. The second is, how do you cut a La Flor Dominicana Double Ligero Chisel? Do you make like Rush Limbaugh and pinch the sides popping the cap, do you use a bullet punch on the top side, or bottom […]
On the show today we welcomed Omar de Frias of Fratello Cigars to The Cigar Authority podcast. During the course of the show we smoked the Navetta Inverso and a cigar from the care package. As has become custom we offer a full review of said cigar this week being the Fratello Bianco III. Cigar Review: Fratello Bianco Wrapper: San Andres Negro Maduro Binder: Dominican Republic Filler: Peru, Pennsylvania (USA), Nicaragua Length: 6″ Ring Gauge: 56 The Look: The leathery looking wrapper that […]
Each year that Davidoff releases their limited edition Year of the Series I can’t help but chuckle as it is a cigar ahead of its time. Despite being November, 2018 the cigar is billed as a 2019 Limited Edition. This year marks the seventh time that Davidoff has released a cigar in conjunction with the Chinese New Year, and only 3,000 boxes of 10 cigars have been released in the U.S. market. Without further delay, […]
The term Hors d’Age means “beyond time” and it best describes the components of highest quality where time is the key to reach the highest level of perfection in them. It’s a term more commonly used with Cognac but it works with this cigar. For the La Aurora Hors d’Age 2017, all the tobacco was grown in 2006 and the cigars were rolled in 2017 where they have aged at the first cigar factory of the […]
The ring gauge of a cigar is based on fractions of an inch. A cigar like a robusto is a 50 ring gauge, or 50/64th of an inch. EP Carrillo in 2012 launched the creation of the INCH line, with the ring gauge being 64/64 or, one INCH. At the 2018 IPCPR the company unveiled a Nicaraguan Puro called The Ringmaster for national distribution. Cigar Review: EP Carrillo Inch The Ringmaster Wrapper: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua Binder: Nicaragua Length: 5 […]