Cigar Review: Illusione 88
Size: 5X52, Robusto Wrapper: Café Colorado Binder/Filler: Corojo and Criollo Strength: Full Price: Box of 25, $195 Grade: 9.0 Known primarily as a boutique blend, Illusione has received some great reviews, including a Top 10 finish on Cigar Aficionado’s 2007 list (again, for whatever that is worth). Produced in the Raices Cubanas factory, Illusione cigars [...]
Cigar Review: Padilla 1932 Signature
Size: 5×50, Robusto Wrapper: Cuban-seed Corojo (Nicaraguan) Filler: Cuban-seed Corojo (Nicaraguan) Strength: Full Price: Box of 25, $269.95 Grade: 9.2 The Padilla 1932 was masterminded by Don Pepin Garcia and is produced in his Little Havana factory, El Rey de los Habanos. One size however, the La Perla, is produced at Pepin’s Nicaraguan factory, Tabacalera [...]
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 [...]
