Cigar Review: Don Pepin Garcia Vegas Cubanas
Size: 5×50, Robusto (Invictos)
Wrapper: Nicaraguan (Habano Rosado Claro)
Binder: Nicaraguan
Filler: Nicaraguan (’99 Corojo)
Strength: Medium
Price: Box of 25, $154.95
Grade: 8.7
The Vegas Cubanas from Don Pepin Garcia is one of Pepin’s first blends and is currently produced at his Miami factory, El Rey de Los Habanos. It is comprised of Cuban-seed tobacco from a 1999 crop for [...]
Boutique Wedneday Cigar Review: El Tiante Series 23 Habano
Size: 6×54, Belicoso (Torpedo)
Wrapper: Nicaraguan
Binder: Indonesian
Filler: Habano Nicaraguan
Strength: Medium
Price: Box of 23, $175
Grade: 8.8
The El Tiante 23 Series is named after and created by Red Sox legend Luis Tiant. Completely handmade at the Tabacalera Tambor factory, it is rolled in the style of Old Cuba. Available in a Habano and Corojo wrappers, the 23 Series [...]
Cigar Review: Sosa Wavell
Size: 5×50 (Wavell)
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Natural
Binder: Dominican
Filler: Dominican Republic
Price: Box of 25, $89.99
Strength: Medium
Grade: 9.2
The Sosa family has been involved in the cigar industry since the early 1900s, originally as growers and later of course as manufacturers and distributors. During the early 1920s, the small Cuban village of Santa Julia, which the Sosa family called home, [...]
