The Avion which started out as a limited production extension of the Fausto line is limited to a perfecto shape would eventually transition to a regular release that is still available in 2016. The cigar can be traced back to the T110 which was made exclusively for R. Field Wine Co. in Hawaii and serves as the blueprint for this release. Avion ’11 – 6.75 x 48/52 (Perfecto Grande/Habano Wrapper) Avion ’12 – 5 5/8 x […]
The Davidoff acquisition machine goes back, way back. One of their earliest acquisitions was in 2004 when they bought Griffin’s Cigars. The brand was founded in 1984 by Bernard H. Grobert who named the cigars after his night club in Switzerland. Prior to Davidoff purchasing the brand, they distributed the cigars which was exported for sale into the United States in 1989. Today we look at the Griffin’s Special Edition 2013 which came packaged in a box that […]
Last year it felt like MBombay was advertising in the cigar world on nearly every form of digital media. Other then the fact that these cigars are made in Costa Rica I knew little about these smokes. Our friend Nelson Alfonso makes some of the best cigars in the world in the country so obviously I was curious to see how they compared. Luckily, one of the owners of the company reached out with some […]
Today, I’ll be diving into the Davidoff Nicaragua Robusto Tubo. If there is one brand that is known for making some of the highest quality cigars on the market, its Davidoff. Previously, Davidoff made their cigars using nothing but Dominican tobaccos. But a few years ago, back in 2013, the company announced it would make a brand new line featuring all Nicaraguan tobacco. In anticipation of the new Davidoff Nicaragua Box Press, I wanted to […]
Originally released in 2015; The Perdomo Special Craft Series is a series of cigars that was blended to pair specifically with beer. Following the business model of Perdomo, the cigar was released in three wrappers Connecticut (Pilsner), Maduro (Stout) and today’s review Amber (Sungrown). The cigar which we review today is part of the Sponsor’s Deal on The Cigar Authority where each week we will offer a special sampler of cigars that are advertisers on […]
The Alec Bradley Filthy Hooligan has been a yearly limited edition since 2013 when it was released for the first time. The yearly release which comes out in time for St. Patrick’s Day has undergone a change this year, instituting a barber pole for the first time. With Candela wrappers being such a hit or miss, I decided to crack open a box and review the 2016 edition, which is limited to 2,000 boxes of […]
The La Flor Dominicana La Nox is the newest release from the company blended by Tony Gomez, son of the famed Litto Gomez. LFD is now in its 20th year of business, and business is a boomin’. Just in the last year alone LFD has put out multiple new blends, including the LFD 1994, a special limited edition for the Tobacconist Association of America (TAA) and now a cigar that is taking the market by […]
The La Galera Connecticut comes to us from Tabacalera Palma which has origins back to the mid 19th century when a Spanish citiizen named Jose Manuel Blanco Lozada moved to the Dominican Republic to specialize in the trade of tropical fruits and tobacco. La Galera is the first project from Jochy Blanco that will be distributed by Indian Head Cigars; a company he acquired back in the fall of 2015. The name of the cigar is […]
Skip Martin and Michael Rosales have been in the cigar game for a few years. Since 2012, RoMa Craft Tobacco has been making cigars out of Estelí, Nicaragua. One of the lines RoMa Craft has in their armory is called Intemperance, named after the prohibition of alcohol in the United States from 1920 to 1933. Last week, Barry took a look at the Intemperance EC XVIII “Faith”. The XVIII is the Ecuadorian Connecticut version of […]
This past weekend on The Cigar Authority podcast we smoked the Intemperance EC XVIII, Mr. Jonathan looked to see if the type of cut changes the duration of a cigar and we smoked the Eiroa Classic which our friends at Cigar Journal named as their cigar of the year. The magazine went on to say, “Not even having reached his mid-forties, Christian Luis Eiroa has a long family tradition in the cigar business – in 2016 […]