Intemperance EC XVIII

Welcome to May, loyal Stogie Review fans. A new month brings us a new cigar line: Intemperance by RoMa Craft Tobac. You’ll recall back in November I reviewed the CroMagnon Knuckle Dragger, the brainchild of Skip Martin (aka @ChiefHava), which I liked so much that it wound up in my list of the Top 5 Cigars of 2011. Well, Skip is back with his latest creation, the new Intemperance line, again in collaboration with Michael Rosales…

Partagas 1845

The newest release from the stables of General Cigars is the Partagas 1845. I have a soft spot for Partagas. Any of you who have been with us since the beginning (can’t believe you have stuck around for over six years) probably found Stogie Review because of my review of the Partagas Black on YouTube which was one of the first video reviews we did here. So it is nice to get excited about a new release under the …

CI Legends – Maroon Label

Welcome to the CI Legends Maroon Label cigar review. This cigar is produced by Nestor Placensia and is the same dimensions as all the others.

Starting off the wrapper gives a sweet grass scent while there is chocolate on the foot and coffee on the cold draw.

Once it is lit there is a superb woody taste and a sweetness comes into play after a few puffs.

I would call this cigar a medium to start off.

Diving further into …

El Primer Mundo Announces Clase Reserva

It’s new cigar season, my favorite time of the year. And the very latest word on premium tobacco is Sean Williams, owner of Atlanta-based El Primer Mundo is getting into the San Andreas Maduro game with a new cigar named “Clase Reserva”. (You don’t have to know much Spanish to correctly guess that translates to “Reserve Class” in English.)

No finished product pictures were available at the time of this writing, but we do have a first look …

CAO Last Stick Standing “C”

This will be the first of three videos for the CAO Last Stick Standing contest. Basically there are three cigars, the one with the most votes, wins and becomes a future release sometime in 2013. Walt, Brian, Charlie and I all received a container of the three contenders and we wondered what the best way to present all of our opinions. We thought about centering a YQMA style video where we all smoke the cigar at the same time but …

Berger & Argenti Entubar V32 Rogue Rothschild

Do no adjust your monitor, the cigar I’m sacrificing to the Tower of Burn this week really does have a column of tobacco sticking out of the foot. If you’ve never encountered the Berger & Argenti Entubar V32 (or even the regular Entubar line) before, you might be wondering its appearance means somebody needs to sharpen the cutters at the factory. Rest assured, their blades are plenty sharp. What you see is intentional, and for more details on that, and …

CI Legends – Yellow Label

Here we go, diving right into the CI Legends Yellow Label from Pepin Garcia.

Starting out there is a spicy barnyard scent on the wrapper, tobacco on foot, pepper and tobacco on cold draw.

The first few puffs a nice mild pepper come through the retrohale and some woody taste on the palette. Nice creamy smoke at this point also.

Only about an inch into the cigar and the expected pepper is at the front with the woody taste taking …

Nomad Cigars – Fugitive (Joint Review)

Over the last couple of months, Mike and I have been talking with Fred “Godfadr” Rewey, CEO of Nomad Cigar Company, on Twitter. Fred was kind enough to offer us some samples to try and Mike and I discussed doing a joint review with those samples.

Like the well oiled machine that we are, Mike and I never discussed which sample we would review together. Fortunately, out of sheer coincidence we both saved a large figurado, The Fugitive, …

Partagas 1845 Launch Event (plus giveaway)

This past Saturday, I made my way over to Leesburg Cigar & Pipe in Leesburg, Virginia for the Partagas 1845 launch event. The latest offering from General Cigar, the Partagas 1845 is a whole new blend featuring a Ecuadorian Habano wrapper, a unique & proprietary Connecticut Habano binder, and a filler comprised of Dominican & Nicaraguan tobaccos. It’s designed to fill that medium-bodied spot in between the classic, Cameroon-wrapped Partagas and the fuller-bodied Partagas Black.

Dan Greenwald, …

An Evening with Guillermo Leon – Part Two

The second of two parts with Guillermo Leon of La Aurora Cigars. This follows the format of the other Q&A videos we have recorded. George Brightman of W.Curtis Draper (Bethesda) sits down with Guillermo Leon and discusses all things La Aurora from the history of when Guillermo was handed the “keys” to the factory, to what cigars he is producing today and most exciting what Guillermo and the La Aurora Family have planned for us to enjoy in the …