Boutique Wednesday Cigar Review: Falto
Size: 5×50, Robusto
Wrapper: Indonesian Sumatran
Binder: Dominican Republic
Filler: Dominican Republic
Price: Box of 25, $112.50
Strength: Medium
Grade: 8.9
Produced in the famed La Aurora factory, the Falto was the first line of cigars offered by La Garita Cigar Company. The first shipment of the Falto arrived to Puerto Rico in July of 1995 and has been in production each [...]
Cigar Review: Cu-Avana Intenso
Size: 5×50, Robusto
Wrapper: Nicaraguan Corojo
Filler: Peruvian and Nicaraguan Ligero
Strength: Full
Price: Box 0f 20, $59.95
Grade: 8.8
Cu-Avana cigars have long been known for their consistency, value, and mildness. The Natural and the Maduro are both very mild cigars and this left the Cu-Avana line with no real place in the new market of fuller-bodied cigars. And so, [...]
Cigar Review: Padilla Series ‘68
Size: 5×50, Robusto
Wrapper: Cuban-seed Corojo
Filler: Cuban-seed Nicaraguan (Jalapa and Condega)
Strength: Medium-Full
Price: Box of 20, $99.95
Grade: 9.1
The final cigar released in honor of Ernesto Padilla’s poet father, the Series ’68 commemorates the year Herberto was arrested for speaking publicly against Castro; 1968 is also the year Herberto published his controversial work on the same matter as [...]
