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Cigar News: La Gloria Cubana Criollo de Oro Announced
La Gloria Cubana presents “Criollo de Oro,” a new, limited edition collection named after the hybrid varietal developed by crossing two Cuban seed tobaccos: the versatile Criollo ’98 with the rare Cuban seed Pelo de Oro.
Personal Cigar Review: Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Muestra De Saka #NLMTHA
The price point on the Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Muestra De Saka #NLMTHA is quite high, and would likely keep me from returning to this all that often. This version of the MdS is about on par with the others I have smoked. Lancero fans should give this a shot to see what they think.
Team Cigar Review: Crowned Heads Four Kicks Capa Especial Águilas LE 2021
It's about time I had a legit, tasty review cigar. It's been months! I'd like to take this opportunity to thank Jon Huber and God. The Crowned Heads Four Kicks Capa Especial Águilas LE 2021 is how a cigar should taste. Full in flavors and engaging from initial light to nub.
Cigar News: Ferio Tego Timelesss Prestige and Timeless Sterling Released
Following the recent announcement of the release of Ferio Tego’s flagship namesake brand of premium cigars slated for the first week of October, the company is pleased to share the Timeless Collection brand is ready to return to premium tobacconists with the immediate availability of the Timeless Prestige and Timeless Sterling blends. Both lines are manufactured in the Dominican Republic by Quesada Cigars.
Team Cigar Review: Camacho Factory Unleashed
While the Camacho Factory Unleashed does not smoke like a Camacho, it does show some qualities of blends coming out of their Honduran factory. You can get the Honduran, Dominican, Nicaraguan and Ecuadorian tobacco flavors. Good cigar, though not quite sure it does well as a Camacho. It’s not really a Camacho, AVO or Davidoff.
Cigar News: PCA Government Affairs Team Expands
The Premium Cigar Association (PCA) announced today that Ryan Parada has officially joined PCA as the full-time manager of government affairs focusing on grassroots and political operations including Premium Cigar PAC, assisting both federal and state government affairs work. Parada worked as a contractor over the past year for the PCA.
Team Cigar Review: A.C.E. Prime Luciano The Traveler
The A.C.E. Prime Luciano The Traveler had a nice start, but dropped down to average in the second third and maintained that level of enjoyment the rest of the way. The price point for this cigar is quite high and with the flavor experience I had, I'm not sure I see myself coming back to this one.
Team Cigar Review: Caldwell Blind Man’s Bluff Maduro This is Trouble
The Caldwell Blind Man's Bluff Maduro This is Trouble kept me engaged through the first and second thirds with an interesting combination and balance of flavors. The draw and burn were fairly flawless. Based on this review experience I would add this cigar to the list of Caldwell releases I would happily smoke again.
Team Cigar Review: E.P. Carrillo Short Run Retro 2021 Short Play
This was a good cigar, and it was nice to see a blend like this from E.P. Carrillo again. The E.P. Carrillo Short Run Retro 2021 Short Play had nice flavors of spices, earth, wood, and the overall barnyard qualities were fantastic. It started off a little bit stronger than it finished, but I like when a cigar does that. Really was great to smoke an E.P. Carrillo Short Run offering with the original bands.
Personal Cigar Review: Davidoff Colorado Claro Special R
When it comes to the White Labels, this Davidoff Colorado Claro Special R is where my attention leads to as this blend hits for me. The price point on the line is fairly high, but it is worth reaching for from time to time and I would recommend that anyone who hasn't tried one yet, do so.
Cigar News: Cigar Release List – August 2021
Monthly, we will put together a list of all of the cigars that were released, or announced to be released, in the previous month. This should give you an easy way to stay in tune with new releases.
Cigar News: Protocol Battle Borne Announced
Protocol Cigars is proud and honored to present the Protocol Battle Borne Cigar. Battle Borne is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Their Mission is to connect veterans with the resources needed to recover from their mental, emotional and physical trauma so they can restore their lives and reintegrate into society.
Team Cigar Review: JRE Aladino Corojo Reserva Figurado
I really enjoyed the JRE Aladino Corojo Reserva Figurado. It is a great blend that produces lovely flavors from beginning to end. Wonderful balance and nice strength and body. For those of you who hate large ring gauges, you will not mind the larger ring gauge with the Toro or the Figurado. It is a line, that when it's in the right vitola, produces an amazing Honduran puro.
Team Cigar Review: Crowned Heads The Lost Angel TAA 2021
The Crowned Heads The Lost Angel TAA 2021 did a good job of balancing out Mexican San Andres and Brazilian Mata Fina, while having them be the focus of the blend and delivering their positive qualities. The cigar had a nice balance between sweet and spicy, and the earth presence was perfect as well. With that, you can’t go wrong with a matte black band. It just looks awesome.
