It’s the day before St. Patrick’s Day and the cliche thing to review is a Candela cigar. This year I wanted to be different, so I was think what has a green band? Then I thought about Java Mint. Mint is associated with green and my favorite cookie is the Girl Scout Thin Mint so I said to myself, “Self, this is a cigar to review today.” It was introduced at the 2017 trade show […]
Umbagog comes to us from Steve Saka’s Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust. The cigar gets its name from one of the most pristine wilderness lakes in all of the United States. It is on this lake that Steve Saka takes part in something he loves almost as much as cigars, fishing. As a result, he wanted to create a durable cigar for time spent on the lake where the beauty is nature, not the cigar itself. […]
On Monday we reviewed the Atabey Spiritus which we gave a perfect one-hundred rating. It was such an amazing cigar that we had to light up one of the other new sizes today, Atabey Duendes. What better way to come back to work after a 27″ snow storm then to light up a cigar from Nelson Alfonso’s Selected Tobacco. The Duendes was chosen for review when a few people asked me for my thoughts, so […]
If you ask our own David Garofalo what his favorite cigar is, without hesitation he will say Atabey. If you ask him what his least favorite size is, he will answer just as fast, Lancero. Talk about the conundrum this cigar created. Now on the other hand if you ask me those same questions this would be the dream cigar in theory. However, does that theory hold up? Today we put the theory to the […]
Every Saturday after The Cigar Authority airs from 12 Noon to 2pm (eastern) we feature a full review of a cigar smoked on the show. This week that cigar is the Petit LFD La Nox. Cigar: La Flor Dominicana La Nox Wrapper Brazil Cubra Binder: San Andres Mexico Filler: Dominican Republic (including Pelo de Oro) Length: 5″ Ring Gauge: 40 Size: Petit The Look: Packaged in 50 count boxes, the cigars come without cellophane in a black slide top cabinet box. […]
Jay Leno has Regis Philbin and Saturday Night Live has Alec Baldwin as the most frequent guest, we here at The Cigar Authority have Mr. Jonathan Carney the VP of Sales for La Flor Dominicana as our most frequent. Could today be his last visit? We will put him on the hot seat and ask some pressing questions about LFD while we smoke the Petit La Nox in the first hour. In the second hour, […]
With news from Illusione coming out that the company would be releasing One Off at the 2018 IPCPR I decided to reach into the humidor and pull out one of my favorite Illusione cigars for today’s review. Cigar: Illusione Epernay Wrapper: Cafe Rosado Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua (Criollo & Corojo) Length: 5.25″ Ring Gauge: 48 Size: La Ferme The Look: The Illusione Epernay La Ferme comes packaged in 50 count cedar boxes. Inside the cigars are in packaged in a wheel. A vision of […]
Intemperance is defined as a lack of moderation or restraint. It’s secondary definition is excessive indulgence, especially in alcohol. For the Intemperance from RoMaCraft one can argue that cigars are our Intemperance and much like the prohibition movement with alcohol, it is time to stand up against those who want to take away the things we enjoy as adults. We should be free to make our own decisions in life. Cigar Review: Intemperance BA XXIWrapper: Brazil ArapiracaBinder: IndonesiaFiller: Dominican […]
Today we decided to kick it old school with the Oliva V that was introduced in 2007 . It’s withstood the test of time, and today we choose to light up the Special V which is a Figurado. Cigar Review: Oliva V Wrapper: Nicaragua Habano Sun Grown Binder: Nicaragua Finder: Nicaragua Length: 6″ Ring Gauge: 52 Size: Special V (Figurado) The Look: The chocolate color wrapper that adorns the Oliva V Figurado has a slightly oily sheen to it, with minimal veins. In […]
The Oscar Habano comes to us from Oscar Valladares and it’s interesting to the fact that two cigars Oscar is best known for use a tobacco leaf instead of a cello. While at first glance it might seem like a gimmick, there is no denying that these are great cigars as well. Cigar Review: The Oscar Habano Wrapper: Ecuador Habano Binder: Honduras Filler: Honduras, Nicaragua Length: 6″ Ring Gauge: 52 Vitola: Toro The Look: Packaged in 11 count boxes that look like the […]