The Bandolero is a cigar from United Cigar that also distributes Atabey and Byron cigars. We’ve reviewed these cigar before, but I haven’t had any of them since that review. They are a little hard to find and no shops near me, at the time, carried United Cigar. The cigars from United Cigar are blended […]
Top 10 Cigars of 2017
It’s list making season and it’s about time we posted one for Stogie Review. Due to some scheduling difficulties, we’re a little later posting it this year than we planned. But better late than never, right? This year we went with a different approach, abandoning separate lists and opting instead for a single, official Stogie […]
CLE The First 20 Years Colorado Robusto
Earlier this year, CLE quietly introduced a new line extension to The First 20 Years with The First 20 Years Colorado. Christian Eiroa said he was trying to get a perfect colorado color. reddish brown hue, with his corojo for quite awhile and has finally done it. This cigar is a Honduran puro made in […]
Davidoff Winston Churchill Late Hour Churchill
Davidoff introduced the Winston Churchill Late Hour as an extension of their Winston Churchill cigar line at this year’s IPCPR. The Late Hour is named after time of day that Winston Churchill found most of his inspiration and creative spark, the late hours. What makes this cigar unique is that the Nicaraguan Condega Visus tobacco […]
A.J. Fernandez New World Puro Especial Robusto
AJ Fernandez released the New World Puro Especial at the IPCPR 2017 following the brands very successfully release of the original New World in 2014. The New World line was released to honor Christopher Columbus discovering the tobacco plant in the new world. The tobaccos used in this cigar were all grown on farms owned […]
Dunbarton Tobacco and Trust Todos Las Dias Half Churchill
Dunbarton Tobacco and Trust introduced the Todos Las Dias as their third line extension following the huge successes of the Sobremesa and Mi Querida. The Todos Las Dias was blended by Steve Saka to honor the Nicaragua puro cigars of old. Steve posted on his Facebook page about what this cigar is all about: One […]
La Aurora ADN Dominicano/Dominican DNA Toro
La Aurora ADN Dominicano Toro La Aurora introduced the ADN Dominicano or, DNA Dominican, at IPCPR in 2017. This new cigar features an interesting new tobacco that is rarely used in cigars called Andullo. Andullo is a tobacco that is aged in tight twist or ropes that was wrapped in palm/yuca leaves to age. This […]
Ben’s Week in Smoke – No. 16
Warped Lirio Rojo Just one of my staples. I consider this one of the best, if not the best cigar from Warped. It’s a perfect size with a medium body and great flavor. It’s the Goldilocks of Warped….not too strong, not too weak, not too small, not too large, etc. I mean, it was my […]
Week in Smoke – 10/25/2017
I have a huge backlog of cigars I want to review before the end of the year, but time is running out on me. Some cigars I want to get to, might not make it, which is why I love when we do these Week in Smoke. Its a good way to showcase some cigars […]
La Gloria Cubana Coleccion Reserva Robusto
The La Gloria Cubana Colección Reserva was released at the 2017 IPCPR trade show in Las Vegas, NV. The cigar is a collaboration with Ernesto Perez Carrillo who took over the La Gloria Cubana line in Miami in 1980 where it had been in operation since 1972. La Gloria Cubana was one of the hottest […]