Toasted Foot Top 10 of 2012 – Honorable Mentions
Posted by WillyStyl on Jan 2, 2013 in Reviews | 5 comments
Honorable Mentions:
There are a few cigars that were either near misses, or otherwise noteworthy, and while they didn’t make my top 10 list, but I’d like to give them a mention.
Arturo Fuente-Solaris Reviewed by my buddy Da Mayor from the Gar Shop, this well aged Belicoso from Fuente, and part of Smoke Inn’s Micro blend series was probably my favorite Fuente this past year, and I’m not a big Fuente guy. A perfect early day cigar the Solaris brings all the smooth, subtle, gently nuanced flavor premium Fuente’s offer.
Crowned Heads Headley Grange Estupendo I Found the unique almost citrusy note in this excellent cigar blended by Erneto Perez-Carillo to be memorable and am looking forward to the expanded release in 2013.
Ezra Zion-Inception Fantastic blend for a newly launched brand. Smooth smoke with a lot of flavor. I hope their new distribution with Emilio Cigars means the Inception makes it to a B&M near me soon.
Espinosa Ciagrs La Zona (Habano) I reviewed pre-release samples that were good. They have gotten much better with a little rest!
My Father Cigars La Duena No. 7 I had to give the Duena her due. She was in the top 10 right up until my final revision. Another example of my appreciation for Broadleaf and smaller ring gauges!
Nestor Miranda Special Selection Connecticut Coffee Break My favorite Connecticut over the last few months of 2012.
Tatuaje Cojonu 2012-Broadleaf Simply put, I can’t get enough good Broadleaf, and this is good Broadleaf.
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Nice reviews.
Why the hate towards AF? They make some of the best cigars in the world, yet many BOTLs that I respect seem to have animocity towards the company.
No hate at all towards AF. In fact we had some nice remarks on AF in our IPCPR coverage and the oval petit Robusto was a regular Saturday morning smoke for me in the earlier part of 2012. not sure where you’re basing your assumption from, but I wouldn’t agree with it. It may not have made any of my lists, but that’s probably because I didn’t write a formal review on any of their sticks in 2012.
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Not necessarily you, but I’m an avid cigar review reader and I’ve read what I read to be a tense relationship to hatred.
I think it’s because of the limited distrtibution of their “elite” cigars (Opus / Anejos / etc).
I wasn’t trying to throw you under the bus Willy, you made the reference that you weren’t a big Fuente guy which made the connection for me. Truth be told, your reviews are usually spot on for my taste buds, so I don’t want you to change what you’re doing. Keep up the great work!
First, thanks for the kind words, I appreciate them.
Secondly,, when you said AF, I mistook you for meaning AJ Fernandez ..lol..
As for my take on Fuente’s. I think the reason why there are fewer reviews with their smokes is a lot of us who blog either a) typically review new or otherwise unique smokes and Fuente’s unique smokes are a) limited but re-released annually, and b) speaking for myself, I tend to age most of my “elite” Fuente stash for a few years and save them for particular occasions.
I think a few blogs give Fuente some good attention and I think you’ll see a lot of reviews of Fuente product this year as they go about releasing their centennial celebration offerings.
I have no dislike for the brand, frankly I have a healthy respect for their accomplishments and charity work. But you are right, I don’t hide the fact that I tend to gravitate away from most Dominican cigars as part of my usual routine, that’s just a taste thing.
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I fell in love with the Headly Grange as soon as I light it up, can’t wait for the full line release. On the other hand the La Duena I just thought was bad. I tried it a couple times in different sizes and to me it just had some kind of chemical taste.