Cigar Review: Perdomo Patriarch Corojo
Size: 6 ½x42, Lonsdale
Wrapper: Corojo
Binder: Nicaraguan
Filler: Nicaraguan
Strength: Medium
Price: Box of 20, $116.95
Grade: 8.4
Well, first things first, the picture – not my own! The great computer crash of 2010 wiped out a bunch of my pictures and the Patriarch was one of the fatalities…so, Walt from Stogie Review to the rescue! He was kind enough to [...]
Cigar Review: Don Pepin My Father
Size: 5.2×52, Robusto
Wrapper: Habano-Rosado, Ecuadorian
Filler: Cuban-seed Nicaraguan (Esteli)
Strength: Full
Price: Box of 23, $207
Grade: 9.0
Coming from the El Rey de los Habanos factory, founded in 2002 in Miami’s Little Havana, the My Father is limited to a production 50,000 sticks per year and is a joint effort between Don Pepin and his son Jaime. Together they [...]
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. [...]




