Monday, December 17, 2012

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’!