Team Cigar Review: H. Upmann by AJ Fernandez Toro
For fans of AJ, this is a no brainier to try. For others, still worth a try to taste the new spin on an old traditional Cuban brand.
AJ Fernandez
Cigar News: Monte by Montecristo AJ Fernandez Announced
The new Monte by Montecristo AJ Fernandez is a robust, medium to full-bodied cigar. Cloaked in a Dark Ecuadorian Habano wrapper and bound with a Corojo ‘98 binder, it delivers a stout, chocolatey aroma. A Criollo ‘98 and Piloto Cubano Dominican filler yield a nutty and caramel sweetness.
Team Cigar Review: Southern Draw QuickDraw Pennsylvania Broadleaf Short Panatela
This cigar showed quite a bit of complexities, especially within the first third. Given how much I typically dislike this wrapper varietal, I would smoke this cigar again and that itself says a lot.
Team Cigar Review: La Gran Llave Torpedo
I find the La Gran Llave to be like many of AJ's offerings. That is, a profile centered around wood, spice and cream. Nothing truly stands out or is off-putting about the cigar. I do wish the profile reached further depth in spice with the smoking experience matching closer to the pre-light experience.
Team Cigar Review: Foundry Time Flies Robusto
For me, this would be a fit for a last cigar in a multiple cigar smoking day and I could see revisiting it from time to time.
Team Cigar Review: Hoyo de Monterrey Hoyo La Amistad Robusto
AJ never makes a bad cigar in his vast portfolio, and this cigar is another shining example of such. I can see many enjoying this cigar with its straight forward and linear approach in flavors.
Team Cigar Review: AJ Fernandez Bellas Artes Short Churchill
The strength is up there, so newer smokers or those that like milder cigars may want to take caution, but if you like fuller strength cigars, this is a must try. I highly recommend that you seek one of these out.
Personal Cigar Review: AJ Fernandez Last Call
A technically great performing cigar with some good complexity build ups and transitions (minus the last third). But given the 100 minutes of smoking time for this "last call," I will light this one up during half time.
Cigar Line Analysis: Southern Draw QuickDraw Connecticut
I enjoyed both vitolas equally. Both will pair great with the conventional Connecticut cigar pairing of coffee. Both will also stand well by itself, as the cigars provide good depth of flavors, body and finish for any time of the day. Robert Holt’s years in the making has paid off well especially for us flavor forward cigar lovers.
Team Cigar Review: Southern Draw QuickDraw Connecticut Short Panatela
Definitely approachable to any smoker and I would highly recommend that you pick some up. Not that it factors into the scoring, but the price is right and the smoke time is easy to fit in when you may be short on time or ideal weather conditions. Go get some.