For the last 20 years not only has he made some of the most popular cigars in the industry, but he has also fought for our rights as cigar smokers in the public eye like no other manufacturer has done. To commemorate the 20th Rocky Patel has released a cigar that is described on his website as, “Celebrating 20 years in the business of creating iconic cigars, we couldn’t deliver something short of magnificent. This […]
This weekend on The Cigar Authority we will discuss the winners of The 2015 Cigar Trophy Awards as presented by Cigar Journal magazine. Last year it feels as if the awards were dominated by Flor de Selva and Maya Selva Cigars who this year began to make a push to improve their footprint in the American market. The company which is headed by Maya Selva, a Franco-Honduran; began selling cigars in France in 1995 and […]
The Perdomo 20th Anniversary features tobaccos grown on Perdomo’s farms in Esteli, Condega and Jalapa Valley in Nicaragua. Each cigar in the Perdomo 20th Anniversary is barrel-aged in bourbon barrels for 14 months. The cigars are available in both a Sun-Grown and Maduro format with 6 different vitals. Cigar: Perdomo 20th Anniversary Size: Robusto (5 x 56) Wrapper: Sun Grown Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua Strength: Medium-Full The Look: The Perdomo 20th Anniversary Robusto is a soft box pressed beauty with a reddish-brown wrapper […]
As we pre-record our Saturday broadcast with Jon Carney from La Flor Dominicana I am going to attempt to do my first ever live blogging cigar review. Today’s cigar is the new 1994 from Litto Gomez’ La Flor Dominicana… The cigar comes in 4 sizes and has a wrapper from San Andreas with binder and filler from the Dominican Republic. Cigar: La Flor Dominicana 1994 Size: Mamba (7 x 52) Wrapper: San Andreas Binder: Dominican Republic Filler: Dominican Republic […]