Monday, December 17, 2012

La Aroma De cuba Mi Amor reserva

Hand-crafted in Nicaragua at Pepin Garcia’s My Father factory, Mi Amor Reserva is draped in a dark and enticing Cuban-seed San Andres Oscuro wrapper. This toothsome leaf hugs a potent array of aged Nicaraguan long-fillers. Together this ensemble delivers a bevy of rich, smooth flavors in spades. Notes of roasted coffee, cocoa, earth, sweetness and a hint of cedar all make an appearance behind an impressively refined finish. Throughout the cool, slow burn, expect a gentle note of spice to enter the fray, weaving its way through the impressive bouquet. Although a tad stronger than its counterpart, Mi Amor Reserva never sacrifices an ounce of that renowned La Aroma smoothness.

torano master maduro and salutem

Since launching the original Master in 2010, the brand has received numerous 90+ ratings, including a 98 rating in Cigar Journal Magazine, the Torano Family added a Maduro version with a Nicaraguan/Dominican core, Ecuador Habano binder, and a sun-grown Nicaraguan Habano Maduro wrapper. The result was a complex cigar with an abundance of flavor and sweet-spicy notes.






 
Salutem cigar by is a new, exciting cigar from Carlos Torano. Salutem means Welcome in Latin and we certainly welcome this new intro. Dressed in Habano wrapper from Ecuador, with Jalapa Valley binder, and Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, and Cameroon filler blend this brand is complex and very well balanced. Choosing Cameroon tobacco for the filler makes for a unique and tasty blend with outstanding spicy-sweetness. The process of including Cameroon inside the cigar (instead in the outside wrapper) is rare and adds to the distinctive aroma of the Salutem cigar. The wrapper is an awesome Habano leaf grown in Ecuador, soaking with rich tobacco aromatic oils that ensure even, study, burn and add plenty of nutty flavors to the Salutem cigar. There is a very unique taste to these cigars. I enjoy them.
 

La Flor Dominicana Limitado V Cigars

  The newly released LFD Limitado V cigars will be La Flor Domincana's fifth installment in the Limitado cigar series, which is released every two years. This new LFD Limitado V has a awesome powerful blend with fillers coming from Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic which is wrapped by a seamless Ecuadorian Sumatra ligero wrapper. These La Flor Dominicana Limitado V will be very scarce and La Flor Domincana only produced 2000 boxes in the States

CAO concert series


 
The CAO Concert is a real concert to all your senses. The box design is a recreation of an old Marshall Music amp with the exact layout of the different gain controls and the cigars inside are the best of CAO. Nashville which is synonymous with music and cigars has a new player in town courtesy of CAO. The CAO Concert is perhaps their most adventurous and exceptional release to date. From the brand that was launched in Nashville and marches to the beat of its own drum comes CAO Concert, a new collection that celebrates CAO’s ties to music and harnesses the legendary energy of Music City. “CAO Concert was inspired by the brand’s roots in Nashville,” commented Ed McKenna, CAO’s senior brand manager. “When listening to music at a concert, or even in your own backyard, it’s a great time to sit back, enjoy a great cigar, and enjoy the people you’re with. That’s what Concert is about.”The four-cigar collection is firmly planted in the full-medium-bodied range, with great harmony of flavor among the tobaccos. CAO’s Rick Rodriguez created the blend which features a special combination of four different Nicaraguan and Honduran fillers, not previously used in any other General Cigar offering. Wrapped with a lustrous Ecuadorian Habano Rosado and bound with CT Broadleaf, CAO Concert begins with a kick of pepper, mellows with hints of subtle sweetness and comes to a full-flavored finish.

shizo bundles

This one might have your stratching your head a bit - so I’ll cut right to the chase. Schizo is a brand new release from Christian Eiroa, of Camacho fame. As a part of his new product line roll-out, he released this little number. It’s downright tasty, performs like a champ and is priced oh-so-right. The only catch is it’s a Cuban-sandwich style cigar crafted from the remnants of his new line Asylum. But Scout’s honor, you won’t even notice because each Schizo pumps out a a bevy of mellow flavors and billows of cool smoke. Mild to medium in body, each Schizo contains notes of leather, natural sweetness, cream, gentle spices, and a hint of cocoa. Highly enjoyable, Schizo is a Nicaraguan puro you can puff on all day long. And at my paltry asking price you can stock up until your heart’s content.

Asylum Cigars and Asylum 13

Asylum cigars are made in Miami under the watchful eye of Christian Eiroa. Eiroa, whose claim to fame is the success of the Camacho cigars, sold his previous company to Davidoff of Geneva and launched this new project in 2012. The founders of Asylum: Kevin Baxter and Tom Lazuka joined Christian Eiroa so they can focus on brand development. “By partnering with Christian Eiroa and his company, Tabacaleras Unidas, we have a platform that gives us the ability to create full-body, high-palate-impact to truly flavorful medium bodied cigars” said Tom Lazuka. “Developing blends that will satisfy customers and leave them wanting more was no easy task but we believe we’ve done just that.” says his partner, Kevin Baxter.
The Asylum cigar is medium-to-full body and full-flavored comes in four sizes: Petit Corona (4 x 44); Toro (6 x 50); Torpedo (6 x 54) and Gigante (6 x 60). The Asylum motive is new and innovative with a refreshing trend towards the un-orthodox. Made in Miami with Nicaraguan PURO blend the Asylum is an extraordinary cigar in more than one way.

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Gurkha Cellar Reserve


Kaizad Hansotia has created a true gem this time - The Gurkha Cellar Reserve cigars are a truly wonderful cigar full of taste and body. The Gurkha Cellar Reserve cigars can easily be described as one of the most complex Gurkha cigars ever. The 15 on the wrapper is describing the aged 15 year old vintage tobacco used in the filler. The Gurkha Cellar Reserve Cigars are perfectly packaged in a natural wood grain wooden box complimenting the cigar.
The Gurkha Cellar Reserve cigars are a fantastic smoke and no expense was spared. The cigar starts off medium-bodied but the closer you get to the band strength escalates into a complex, full bodied experience. This cigar has quickly become one of my favorites!

Gurkha Seduction

The Gurkha Seduction Cigars were first released at the 2011 IPCPR trade show as a brick and mortar only cigar. 2011 marked three new releases for Gukha, the Cellar Reserve, the Royal Challenge and the final release the Seduction, All of which we stock. This medium bodied smoke is made using a Habano seed Ecuadorian wrapper which lends this cigar a nice spice and hint of sweetness. The filler is comprised of 100% Columbian Corojo tobacco which gives this cigar its unique flavor profile and rich body, the filler is held together with an aged Dominican Olor binder. The result is an flavorful cigars that is jammed packed with flavor, complex and well balanced. The cigars are packed in sleek modern boxes of 20 cigars, available in 4 different sizes: 5 x 55 Robusto, 6 x 55 Toro, 7 x 55 Churchill and a 6 x 60 XO Gordo.

Arturo Fuente Magnum R

The Arturo Fuente Rosado Sungrown Magnum R line is a new blend from the masters of the Dominican. Unlike previous Rosado releases, this line is made with wrapper leaves lower down on the plant making this a milder Rosado cigar. The Arturo Fuente Rosado Sungrown Magnum R is made with an Ecuadorian Sungrown Sumatra wrapper and the rest of the construction is Dominican. A mild to medium bodied line, these cigars will smoke smooth, sweet, and have a very long finish.

EP Carrillo maduro

Ernesto Perez-Carrillo has been slowly increasing the breadth of his product line, but there was one thing was missing—a maduro. until just this past summer he unveiled his version of a maduro cigar!
"A lot of people were asking for a maduro," Carrillo told Cigar Aficionado . "I had looked at Mexican maduro, Brazilian—but this one shined."

This one is Connecticut broadleaf, a hearty, dark and rugged leaf that Perez-Carrillo first used in the 1970s in Miami, when he was making La Gloria Cubanas. Perez-Carrillo is using broadleaf grown in the Connecticut River Valley in 2008/09, which he claimed was superb, with superior yield and great flavor.

He's used the leaf to create the E.P. Carrillo Maduro, an eight-size line that's identical in dimension and suggested retail price to the lineup of the E.P. Carrillo "core" line. The cigars come in Encantos (4 7/8 by 50, $6.45); Regalias Real (5 5/8 by 46); Club 52 (5 7/8 by 52); Churchill Especial (7 1/8 by 49); Predilectos (a torpedo measuring 6 1/8 by 52); Golosos (6 1/4 by 60) and Monumentos (7 3/8 by 56). They retail for $5.25 to $9.30 per cigar and are made at Perez-Carrillo's factory in Santiago, Dominican Republic.

Berger and Argenti "the mooch"

MOOCH® is a rich, creamy smoking experience that stands as one of the best values in the premium long-filler cigar market. Handcrafted with sweet, robust Nicaraguan Cuban seed fillers grown in Esteli; a savory Jalapa-grown binder crop and enveloped in a sun-grown Ecuador Maduro wrapper; MOOCH® is rapidly becoming what is was meant to be: a cigar enthusiasts’ everyday ‘cigar of choice’!

Saturday, March 3, 2012

Tatuaje Fausto


Introducing Fausto (meaning ’splendor’), a daring new blend from Tatuaje. Heed my warning, the Fausto is not intended for the faint. Greeting you from the outside is an Ecuadorian Habano Maduro that shines with ample oils. Beneath this dark leaf, a hearty combination of Nicaraguan long-fillers and Nicaraguan binder awaits. Upon taking flame to foot, notes of pepper, earth and leather rush to the palate. As the burn progresses, expect additional notes of oak, espresso, and rich tobacco as a slightly peppery flavor enters the fray. A smooth, dark, and powerful cigar.

La Reloba Sumatra and Mexican

Released to the market in May 2010, La Reloba comes in your choice of a hearty Habano or semi-sweet Sumatra wrapper and features a flavorful mix of Nicaraguan long leaves masked with a Nicaraguan binder.

Don Pepin Garcia is arguably making some of the best cigars on the market. His secret family recipe for blending and fermentation has been handed down generation to generation since his family's beginnings in old Cuba. Today, Pepin is using this time honored process to make cigars which many aficionados consider to very reminiscent of the best Cuban cigars available today.

Medium-bodied with many competing nuances that make for a complex yet elegant experience, La Reloba showcases a dark, seamless Sumatra wrapper or a toothy Habano that sports a red hue. The aged Nicaraguan fillers create a bold character while the majority of the complexity in these blends stems from their individual wrapper leaves. These sticks are stunning from pre-light to the nub - all well-constructed and consistent from stick to stick. As an affordable alternative to some of Pepin's other highly acclaimed blends, La Reloba is a winner.

Liga Undercrown by Drew Estate


Liga Undercrown cigars are a "liga privada" created by Drew Estate's torcedors for their own personal enjoyment. Their unique Mexican Otapan Negro Ăšltimo Corte wrapper harvest is delayed by over 4 weeks, resulting in a higher natural sugar content and a richer, creamier flavor. Add the Brazilian Mata Fina and Nicaraguan longfillers, T52 Connecticut stalk cut & cured Habano binder, and you've got a smoke that's lush, smooth, sweet and so marvelously complex, you'll want more. Available in all 5 sizes.

Esteban Carreras 211


Esteban Carreras 211
Esteban Carreras cigars are blended by AJ Fernandez and made in Nicaragua. The 211 blend consists of Nicaraguan filler and binder tobaccos. The wrapper is a stunning Ecuadorian Sun Grown hybrid, near identical to the wrapper on Davidoff Millennium. cigars. The 211 is a newer blend and has quickly become the best selling out of all the Esteban Carreras blends

Kristoff Corojo


The Kristoff Corojo Limitada cigars, blended for the cigar aficionado that loves Nicaraguan flavor as this cigar features nearly all its tobacco from Nicaragua. These rich Nicaraguan Habano tobaccos are double and triple fermented to bring out its flavor while balancing the strength and allowing both the flavor and smoothness to shine. Made with a dark oily Nicaraguan Corojo Habano wrapper with a Nicaraguan Habano binder and filler, Dominican Habano is also added to the filler for complexity. This medium to full bodied blend has wonderful notes of spice, nutmeg, and toasted nuts, followed by a sweet spicy finish. What more can you expect from one of the hottest boutique brands on the market today.