Tuesday, September 25, 2012

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.