Gunslinger was created working with the likes of A.J. Fernandez. Kendall Culbertson set out to craft a medium to full body cigar with a profile of complexity and depth, this journey took over a year to create from start to finish. Kendall wanted to work with Habano 2000 seed to get a unique twist adding in Sumatra as binder with Nicaraguan and Honduran filler leaves. After many trips and taste testing over several months the Gunslinger Drifter […]
The La Aurora factory is the oldest cigar factory in the Dominican Republic, and their signature cigar is the Preferidos which comes in 6 different wrappers. The newest edition which is now a couple of years old is the Diamond, which features a Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper. Late in 2014, the company released the Preferidos in a corona format for the territory covered by Mid-Atlantic sales representative Christopher Lenzo of Miami Cigar & Company who distributes […]
While conducting inventory last night at the shop I work for, Two Guys Smoke Shop (2GuysCigars.com) one of my co-workers found a box of Jose L. Piedra which utilizes short filler. If memory serves me correct and at 46 it is beginning to slip, the Jose L. Piedra is composed of short filler made from scraps of other Padron cigars. It is believed these were buried in inventory since 2010 but are now in my […]
Tis the season of cold weather, at least here in the Northeast. A lot of us can’t smoke in the house, so our size preference changes and we smoke smaller cigars if we have to be outdoors, so it won’t be as long as a more traditional vital. The BG Meyer Slackers which a follow-up to the Standard Issue fits that mold. Packaged in tins of 4, these cigars are developed by Henke Kelner at the Tabadom […]
20 Years ago, United Cigar released the La Gianna Havana featuring a Connecticut shade wrapper as a celebration of the birth of David Garofalo becoming a father to a beautiful baby girl named Gianna. A few years after that a Maduro was released. The blend is said to be a ramped up version of the natural featuring a maduro wrapper, and being we were in the mood for a Maduro this morning we opted to […]
It’s New Years Eve and at the stroke of midnight most people will be raising a glass of champagne to toast the new year, and what better way to end 2014 than to smoke a cigar named for where some of the best champagne in the world comes from. According to the Illusione website, “This blend originally debuted in 2008 through the European Cigar Cult Journal 15th anniversary limited release. Since then, Epernay has garnered […]
Originally released in 2013, the Eiroa (Salud Amor Y Pesetas) is a tribute to the summer of 1916 when Generoso Eiroa got his first job as a boat captain for the Cuban Land and Leaf Tobacco Company. It was there that the Eiroa family began a tradition that would extend into its fourth generation. The cigars come packaged in 10 count boxes held together by a leather ribbon which is a representation of the way […]
Following the successful rebranding of Camacho, Davidoff decided this was time to rebrand the Winston Churchill and Avo lines. While not as a drastic as the Camacho rebranding the new Avo is much more subtle. The colors are lighter and brighter and the use of foil accentuates the new design making it more sleek and modern than before. According to the 4 pack box that the Avo Classic No. 2 arrived in, “This inviting blend of balance and refined taste is composed using rare tobaccos which […]
After years in the making, the Arturo Fuente Gran AniverXario Destino al Siglo was master blended to commemorate the company’s 100 year anniversary.. Made with wrappers from Chateau de la Fuente, this line of cigars uses a Habano seed rather than the Corojo seed used to make Opus X. The cigar is described as a full-flavor, robust smoke. I recently purchased a sampler pack from Two Guys Smoke Shop in which this cigar was a part […]
Back in 2008, I referred to the Padron Principe as my favorite cigar and scored it 100. I said in actuality it was a 94-96 but since it was my absolute favorite it deserved a perfect score at the time. Earlier this year, I smoked the Atabey which was the first cigar to receive a 100 rating here at The Cigar Authority. According to Padron, “The Padrón 1964 Anniversary Series line was introduced in 1994 […]