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 use crops from Nicaragua’s Jalapa Valley [...]
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 Cubana S.A. The line is named [...]
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 [...]
