Cigar Review: Sancho Panza
Size: 6.2×54, Aragon Wrapper: Connecticut Shade Binder: Connecticut Broadleaf Filler: Honduran, Nicaraguan, Dominican (Piloto Cubano) Price: Box of 20, $59 Up today is a quick toast on the Sancho Panza. With a slight box press and a medium brown to almond colored wrapper, this is a good looking cigar. The Sancho Panza is well packed [...]
Cigar Review: Hoyo De Monterrey, Hoyo De Tradicion
Size: 6×52, Toro Wrapper: Honduran Jamastran Viso Rosado Binder: Connecticut Filler: Honduran, Nicaraguan, & Dominican Strength: Medium Price: Box of 25, $133.95 Score: 8.8 The Hoyo De Tradicion is produced by General Cigar in the famed Villazon factory in Honduras. The Rosado Honduran wrapper encases a three country filler that includes proprietary tobacco grown in [...]
Cigar Review: Alec Bradley New York
Size: 5.25×52, “Six Two” Robusto Wrapper: Honduran Criollo ’98 Filler: Honduran & Nicaraguan Binder: Honduran Strength: Medium Price: $11.00 Grade: 8.7 This is our second cigar this week that is a salute to the Big Apple. Monday we reviewed the La Aurora Broadway Series. Today we are toasting the Alec Bradley New York and the [...]
Cigar Review: Carlos Torano Reserva Selecta
Size: 5×50, Robusto Wrapper: Connecticut Binder: Indonesian Filler: Dominican, Honduran, Nicaraguan Strength: Mild Price: Box of 20, $146.99 Grade: 8.4 Heralded as one the Torano family’s finest cigars, the Reserva Selecta comes in a Connecticut shade wrapper and Costa Rican Maduro, each employing a variety of tobacco in the binder and filler. Since they own [...]
Boutique Wednesday Cigar Review: Di Fazio Maduro
Size: 5×50, Robust Wrapper: Nicaraguan Binder: Honduran and Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Strength: Medium Price: Box of 24, $141 (Purchase) Grade: 8.1 Birthed in 2008, Di Fazio honors the memory of a family name and currently offers three blends: Connecticut (Black), Picoso (Red), and Maduro (White). Presented in four sizes, a Robust, Double Robust, Torpedo, and [...]
