Cigar Review: CAO La Traviata
Size: 5×50, Robusto (Divino)
Wrapper: Ecaudorian Habano
Binder: Cameroon
Filler: Nicraguan & Dominican
Strength: Full
Price: Box of 24, $130
Grade: 9.5
The CAO La Traviata is another smoke that has garnered a great deal of conversation around the blogosphere and on Twitter. Announced at this year’s IPCPR event, held on August 8-12 in New Orleans, CAO picks up a time [...]
Cigar Review: CAO Escaparate Costa Rican Maduro
Size: 5×50, Robusto
Wrapper: Costa Rican Maduro
Binder: Ecuadorian
Filler: Nicaraguan Blend (Esteli, Jalapa, and Condega regions)
Strength: Medium
Price: Rueda of 50, $339.95
Grade: 8.6
The Escaparate is a blend made exclusively for Corona Cigar Company and comes in two varieties: Costa Rican and Ecuadorian. Today we toast the Costa Rican Maduro sent to us by Jeff a couple months ago. [...]
Quick Toast: Isla del Sol
Let’s get this out of the way: I am not a big fan of flavored cigars. Since moving on from Swisher Sweets and Black n Milds years and years ago, I haven’t craved a flavored cigar. However, my dad loves them. After dinner at my folk’s, I started digging through his humidor. It was full [...]
