In a series of press releases, Aganorsa Leaf has announced the Casa Fernandez Aniversario Cuban 109 and Supreme Leaf Toro for July 2020. For the third year in a row, Aganorsa Leaf has announced they will offer an exclusive blend of the ultra-premium Casa Fernandez Aniversario. This year’s edition is a 6.25″ x 54 box-pressed 109 head maduro. Using one hundred percent Aganorsa Leaf tobaccos and covered in their proprietary Aganorsa Shade Grown Corojo Maduro […]
In a world where we are looking for a sense of normalcy, it’s nice as a cigar smoker to see TAA releases still coming too retail. Earlier this year the TAA postponed their annual convention before canceling the event due to COVID-19. Limited to 500 boxes, the Kristoff TAA Exclusive has the honor of being the first TAA I have smoked from this years batch of releases. Cigar Review: Kristoff San Andres 2020 TAA Exclusive Wrapper: San […]
This weekend on The Cigar Authority we celebrated Dos Hombre Day marking 30 years of the brand. As a bit of a cigar geek, I’ve always looked at bundle cigars with a bit of disdain. However, when you smoke as many cigars are I do, upwards of 6 cigars a day you need to find an affordable smoke or you will wind up in the poor house. We featured the Dos Hombre Dominican Toro in the […]
Los Caidos is Spanish for The Fallen and it comes to us from Steve Zengel who made the cigar at the Aganorsa factory in Nicragua as an extenson of honoring one of his closest friends, Chris Duncuff who lost his life on 9/11. In addition to honoring his friend, Los Caidos honors the fallen with its unique box design. Upon opening the 12 count box you will notice one cigar is missing. That open space is reserved for the End of […]
The week on The Cigar Authority we smoked the Southern Draw Jacobs Ladder as we looked at the differences between Connecticut Broadleaf and Pennsylvania Broadleaf tobaccos. Southern Draw is a veteran owned company based in Texas with their cigars blended at AJ Fernandez in Esteli, Nicaragua. Like many of the cigar names from Southern Draw it has a link with agriculture, religion and family. First, it shares its name with a plant. In this case, it […]
Miami Cigar & Company celebrated its 30th Anniversary by bringing back a line that was a fan favorite. The Nestor Miranda Special Selection was the signature line of the company. The Special Selection was originally introduced in 2006 and was available in two wrappers at the time of its release, Habano Rosado and a dark Habano Oscuro. In 2012, the company added a Connecticut wrapper to the original release. During their 25th Anniversary in 2014, […]
Almost one year ago The Cigar Authority named their 2018 Cigar of the Year. At the time I summarized the cigar with the following conclusion, “On the podcast I refer to some of the newer Connecticut cigars as, Not your Grandfather’s Connecticut. The Aganorsa Leaf Connecticut is a perfect example of that. If you were to smoke this cigar with a blindfold on, you might have a hard time guessing the wrapper. It’s a medium […]
Since 2012 Davidoff has released a special Limited Edition cigar that celebrates the Chinese New Year. Unlike the traditional Zodiac which is separated by 30 days, the Chinese Zodiac is set up by year in accordance to the Chinese calendar. To date Davidoff has released the Snake (Released 2012 / Celebrated 2013), Horse (2013/2014), Sheep (2014/2015), Monkey (2015/2016), Rooster (2016/2017), Dog (2017/2018), Pig (2018/2019) and now the Rat for 2019/2020. It is said that each […]
In 2011 Jeff Borysiewicz began growing tobacco in Claremont, Florida. It was the first time since 1977 that a farm in Florida grew tobacco for use in cigars. For nearly 175 years, Florida had a rich and storied history of growing some of the world’s finest cigar tobacco. It is with this tobacco from Jeff’s farm that Willy Herrera of Drew Estate blended the Florida Sun Grown cigar, the first cigar in decades to feature […]
Since 2008 Oliva V has released a limited edition Maduro wrapper each summer. The line has been highly sought after by cigar enthusiasts each year it has been released. This year the Oliva Cigar Company has announced that the cigar will be an ongoing yearly release in four sizes limited to 6,000 boxes per size. The four sizes available are a Double Robusto (5.5 x 54), Toro (6 x 50), Torpedo (6 x 54) and […]