What happens when the 5 year aged Atabey Dioses cigars are aged for twice as long? That was what Nelson Alfonso wanted to know, and he now has his answer. At this year’s PCA Trade Show in LasVegas, United Cigars, distributors of Selected Tobacco products including Atabey, will make available the limited edition 10-Year, Extra Aged Atabey Dioses for the first time. As the Goddess of the Taino Indians, Atabey is rich in history. It […]
Toscano Master Aged Cigar Series is a new range of Premium cigars made and rolled by Manifatture Sigaro Toscano exclusively for selected countries (today it is only available in USA, Germany, Austria, Spain, Romania and Serbia). Toscano Master Aged was born from an idea of the Toscano Master Blender to create a unique making process with an extra maturation period, managed by a specialized ‘affinatore’ (refiner). Starting from the fifth day of maturation, the product is […]
The latest from Aladino features a Habano wrapper over Corojo binder and fillers all grown at the company’s farm, Finca Corojo in Danli, Honduras. All the cigars in this release were rolled in 2015-2016 giving them aging of up to 5 years. For now the cigar is available only as a 4.5″ x 48 Rothschild with additional sizes slated in 2021. According to the company, the cigars are a throwback to the golden era of Cuban […]
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 & […]
Rocky Patel Premium Cigars (RPPC) will introduce a new brand at the IPCPR trade show called ALR, an abbreviation for Aged, Limited & Rare. The cigars are the first run of small batch releases the company plans to unveil in the years to come. Rocky conceived the idea of ALR three years ago – before he even had the brand name – when he blended a cigar featuring a smooth Habano-seed wrapper paired with select […]
In 2014, The Cigar Authority announced the winner of our Cigar of the Year award. That cigar was the B.G. Meyer Standard Issue, a blend by Rob Weiss (whom you may know as the producer of TV shows such as Ballers and Entourage). After winning Cigar of the Year, he released a few more additions to the brand, the B.G. Meyer Slackers and today’s topic of discussion, the B.G. Meyer Gigantes. What am I smoking? […]
Back in 2007 La For Dominicana released, in 10 count boxes, the La Flor Dominicana Double Ligero “A” that retailed for $16.00 each. While the cigar has long been sold out we have some that will make an appearance in the Sponsor’s Pack next week (at the time of posting). If you don’t know what the Sponsor’s Pack is, you can find the link on the right-hand side of the The Cigar Authority website. Each […]
According to the Boutique Blends website, the Aging Room F55 Quattro is limited to a yearly production of 400,000 cigars. In Cigar Afficionado it scored a 95 rating and here in the United States it was basically Cigar of the Year. The Sumatra wrapper used on this smoke was being aged since 2003 by a German manufacturer that was going to use it for special release. However the project was scrapped due to economic reasons […]