Toast of the Week (9/21/10)
The first few weeks of September is a fun time, as all the cigars introduced at IPCPR start making their way on the shelves of local B&M stores. I know we’re excited to get a first taste of the La Traviata Maduro and the AVO Heritage this week, as JJ is stopping by Buckhead Cigar [...]
Boutique Cigar Review: Tesa Havanita
Size: 7×36, Lancero (No. 1) Wrapper: Connecticut Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Strength: Mild Price: $12.15 single (10% discount on 20) Grade: 9.1 Tesa Cigar Company is a cigar lounge based in Chicago with a superb lineup of house blends. They currently have 9 different blends, all blended by Chicagoan Chris Kelly, the mid-20s owner of [...]
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 [...]
Cigar Review: Davidoff No. 1
Size: 7 1/2×38, No. 1 Wrapper: Connecticut Binder: Dominican Filler: Dominican Strength: Mild Price: Box of 25, $422.99 Grade: 9.2 Zino Davidoff, eldest son of Henri, was born in present day Ukraine in March of 1906. After fleeing to Switzerland, his family opened a tobacconist shop in 1912. Zino kept a steady eye on the [...]
Cigar Review: AVO Limited Edition 2010 (Pre-release)
Size: 5.5×55, Super Robusto Wrapper: Ecuadorian Sungrown Binder: Mexican grown, Sumatra seed Filler: Dominican Ligero Strength: Full Price: Box of 10, $155 Grade: 9.1 Avo Uvezian was introduced to the cigar industry when he met Hendrik Kelner in 1982, though he began his career as a musician and later became a composer. The first AVO [...]
