As we announced earlier this week via a press release from Drew Estate, the company has begun shipping the smaller ring gauges of the Liga Privada line. I’ve been smoking them like crazy, and was surprised to see I haven’t review it as of yet. So without further adieu… Cigar Review: Liga Privada No. 9 Wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf Binder: Brazilian Mata Fina Filler: Nicaragua & Honduras Length: 144mm (4.5″) Ring: 40 Size: Petit Corona The Look: Packaged in flip top wooden boxes, the […]
In 2015, Rocky blended a cigar featuring a smooth Habano-seed wrapper. Rocky had decided that this great blend would develop even further with aging, so he ordered a short production run of 100,000 cigars. The cigars were rolled and laid to rest in an aging room where they remained for nearly three years. Now the the Aged, Limited & Rare have reached retailer and today we offer up a review. Cigar Review: Rocky Patel Aged Limited & […]
This morning as I pulled into work the Executive Vice President of Hammer + Sickle, Erik Wentworth had just pulled in front of me. As we enjoyed our morning coffee he handed me today’s cigar which he delivered to 2GuysCigars.com after being out of stock for a short bit. Cigar Review: Hammer + Sickle Trademark Wrapper: Ecuador Connecticut Binder: Dominican Republic Filler: Dominican Republic Length: 5″ Ring Gauge: 50 Size: Robusto The Look: The Hammer + Sickle Trademark gets a packaging change, gone are […]
On this week’s episode we smoked the United Natural Churchill and as become customary today we share a review of the cigar we smoked. This review is a rebroadcast of the Natural Robusto. Cigar: United Cigar Box Press Size: 5 x 54 (Robusto) Wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf Binder: Habano Filler: Brazilian Mata Fina, Dominican Habano Corojo and Dominican Habano Criollo 98 The Look: The band of the cigar features a shield of red white and blue, that reminds me of the old […]
In 2015 RoMaCraft Tobacco introduced a sampler called, El Catador de la Petite Corona which featured all their regular release lines in 4 x 46 format. The release was so popular and highly sought after that it led to release of the of the Cromagnon and Cromagnon Aquitaine in this particular vitola at the 2018 IPCPR trade show. Cigar Review: CroMagnon Pestera Muierilor Wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf Binder: Cameroon Filler: Nicaragua Length: 4″ Ring Gauge: 46 Vitola: Pestera Muierilor (Petit Corona) […]
Ever since the IPCPR trade show has come to a close I’ve been asked over and over again, “What were some of the best cigars you smoked?” My answer has always been there were two cigars that stood out (I ruled out cigars I got to smoke before the show). One of the two cigars that stood out was today’s cigar that celebrated the 50th Anniversary of Joya de Nicaragua aptly called Cinco Decadas. In […]
Back in June, Steve Saka announced a line extension fro Todos Las Dias in the form of Mas Fuerte. The name Mas Fuerte translates to stronger, but the question is does the cigar ramp things up enough to deserve the name. Today we look at this Thick Lonsdale and answer that question on The Cigar Authority. Cigar Review: Todos Las Dias Mas Fuerte Wrapper:Nicaraguan Sungrown Criollo Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua Length: 6″ Ring Gauge: 46 Size: Thick Lonsdale The Look: Like the […]
In 1998, Eduardo Fernandez went to Nicaragua with a dream: to grow the finest tobacco in the world that captured the very essence of the Cuban cigars of old. In order to do this he worked with some great tobacco people and they quickly realized they could recreate the style and aroma of Cuban tobacco with the resources available to them in Nicaragua. The tobacco that they cultivated was named Aganorsa Leaf. As a vertically […]
Between the unveiling of the La Flor Dominicana TAA 50th Golden “Oro” Anniversary at TAA something changed. The inside of the box has a more professional feel to it, but the outside of the box looks like it was designed by a child. Back in April we asked Carney about the box and we were told the story behind the box art has Litto Gomez the owner of La Flor Dominicana reaching out to his son, […]
While the Placencia Alma Fuerte was the cigar that grabbed everyones attention in 2017, there was another line from the company that hooked me from the second I lit up. The Alma del Campo which translates to “Soul of the Fields” is more medium bodied, but it’s loaded with flavor and it’s today’s review here at The Cigar Authority. Cigar Review: Plasencia Alma del Campo Wrapper: Nicaragua Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua Length: 5″ Ring Gauge: 52 Size: Tribu (Robusto) The Look: Packaged in 10 […]