This weekend on The Cigar Authority was our annual conspiracy theory show. It’s a show where we talk about where cigar companies could be sold and to whom. It’s entirely hypothetical although each year we manage to get one right. On the show we smoked two cigars from the Care Package. On Saturday we shared our review of the Aladino Maduro, today we offer up our Lunatic Review. Cigar Review: JFR Lunatic Wrapper: Ecuador Habano Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua […]
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 […]
Aganorsa Leaf will be offering a perfecto edition of their ultra-premium Aniversario line exclusively to IPCPR attendees. Only 250 boxes of ten cigars of this vitola will be made and retailers will need to visit the Aganorsa Leaf booth to order them. The Perfecto is aa 6 ¼ x 52 perfecto bunched and rolled by hand in Miami using all Aganorsa Leaf tobaccos from Nicaragua. The cigar features a Corojo 99 wrapper with binder and […]
AGANORSA LEAF has announced the release of the new AGANORSA LEAF SIGNATURE SELECTION to debut at this summer’s IPCPR show in Las Vegas. The SIGNATURE SELECTION will be the latest premier expression of Aganorsa Leaf Tobacco and was designed by owner Eduardo Fernandez and his son Max Fernandez to capture the full flavors and aromas that make Aganorsa Leaf a unique experience. Their Corojo 99 and Criollo 98 seed varietals from the best fields of […]
Warped Cigars is a new school brand started by Kyle Gelis, and the company has become more known thanks to the collaborative effort with Aganorsa in the creation of Guardian of the Farm. The Maestro Del Tiempo offers some similarities to that line, but with more spice. Today we review it here on The Cigar Authority. Cigar: Maestro Del Tiempo Wrapper: Nicaragua Jalapa Corojo 99′ Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaraguan Corojo 99′ & Criollo 98 Length: 6 3/8″ Ring Gauge: 42 Size: 5205 (Lonsdale) […]
Casa Fernandez has a new name and look. The Miami based cigar company, owned and operated by Eduardo Fernandez and his son Max, serves as the distribution center for their eponymous cigar lines as well as the JFR, Lunatic, and Guardian of the Farm brands among others, and will now be operating under the name AGANORSA LEAF. The name change and new logo are designed to align the company with the Fernandez family’s massive leaf […]
This weekend we finalized an event at my job where Terence Reilly will be on hand April 25th to do a blending seminar featuring Aganorsa tobacco. The day will start with him as a guest on The Ash Holes, a podcast that is part of the United Podcast Network. The show airs every Wednesday at 4pm. So in honor of that event, today I fire up the Campeon size of Guardian of the Farm Cigar […]
When I first laid eyes on the JFR Lunatic all I was able to think about was the song Lunatic Fringe by Red Rider. Lunatic Fringe – we all know you’re out there. Can you feel the resistance? Can you feel the thunder? As for the brand it ranges from a 52 ring gauge all the way up to 80 ring gauge and as much as I was tempted to smoke the 8 x 80 bellicoso for today’s review […]
Much of the fanfare has been around the Guardian of the Farm Apollo, and we will have a review of that in the near future. But having smoked all the sizes my first box purchase was today’s review Guardian of the Farm Rambo. While it would be easy to post the differences here I promise to have the other review up shortly. Not everyone will agree with me, but the Rambo is more in my […]
Warped Cigars was founded in 2009 by a then 19-year-old Kyle Gellis but things didn’t fully take off until the company attended their first IPCPR in 2014. What sets Warped Cigars apart from other boutique manufacturers in my mind is they haven’t created their name on strong cigars. The future of Warped might be in danger though as none of their brands make the predicate date of 2007. Like many newer manufacturers they are taking […]