Cigar Review: Diamond Crown Maximus
Size: 5×50, Robusto Wrapper: Ecuadorian Sungrown Binder: Dominican Filler: Dominican Strength: Full Price: Box of 20, $193.95 Grade: 9.1 Produced at Tabacalera A Fuente for JC Newman, the Diamond Crown Maximus follows the success of the regular Diamond Crown line. Production began on this line at the start of the 21st century and after three [...]
Cigar Review: Macanudo Vintage Cabinet Selection 2000
Size: 6.5×43, Corona (No. II) Wrapper: Connecticut Binder: Dominican Filler: Dominican Piloto Cubano and Mexican long-leaf Strength: Mild Price: Box of 20, $268.95 Grade: 8.9 Macanudo is distributed by General Cigar, who was kind enough to send us samples for this review. General Cigar is of course one of the giants and are responsible for [...]
Boutique Wednesday Cigar Review: Marco V Grand Reserve
Size: 5×60, V. Gigante Wrapper: Arapiraca, Brazilian Maduro Binder: De Olor, Dominican Filler: Nicaraguan Ligero, Dominicano de Olor, Piloto Cubano Republic Strength: Medium/Full Price: Box of 20, $120 Grade: 8.8 This is our second go-round with the Gigante series from Marco V cigars. We reviewed the Bronze Label a while back and included some information [...]
Boutique Wednesday Cigar Review: Arturo Fuente Hemingway Between the Lines
Size: 4 1/4×46, Perfecto Wrapper: Connecticut Shade and Broadleaf Maduro Binder: Dominican Filler: Dominican Strength: Mild/Medium Price: $13/single (MSRP), sold in boxes of 25 Grade: 8.4 This review comes courtesy of Cigars Direct. The next time you’re looking for a rare cigar, check them out. From the Hemingway line, the Between the Lines is a [...]
Cigar Review: Sosa Wavell
Size: 5×50 (Wavell) Wrapper: Ecuadorian Natural Binder: Dominican Filler: Dominican Republic Price: Box of 25, $89.99 Strength: Medium Grade: 9.2 The Sosa family has been involved in the cigar industry since the early 1900s, originally as growers and later of course as manufacturers and distributors. During the early 1920s, the small Cuban village of Santa [...]
