Cigar Review: Cuvee Blanc
Size: 5×50, Robusto Wrapper: Ecuadorian Connecticut Binder: Dominican Filler: Piloto Cubano, San Vicente Strength: Mild-Medium Price: Box of 24, $149 Grade: 9.2 The Cuvee line of cigars from Mike Chiusano of Cusano cigars originated to compete with fuller-bodied cigars in the European market; the line was ranked in the top 10 by the European Cigar [...]
Boutique Wednesday Cigar Review: Boris 11 Connecticut
Size: 5.25×50, Perfecto Wrapper: Connecticut Filler: Dominican Olor, Cubano, and San Vicente Strength: Mild-Medium Price: Box of 20, $199.99 Grade: 8.5 The Boris 11 is available exclusively at Corona Cigar Company and is available in several sizes and in a Connecticut and Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper. Today we’ll take on the Connecticut, which was gifted to [...]
Cigar Review: AVO Lounge Edition
Size: 6×50, Toro Wrapper: Ecuadorian 151 Sun-grown Filler: Dominican Olor, Piloto Cubano, and San Vicente Strength: Medium Price: Box of 20, $225 Grade: 8.3 Today we take on the AVO Lounge Edition, gifted to us by Jeff from Corona Cigar Company. From Avo Uvezian and Henkie Kelner of Davidoff, the Lounge Edition is blended specifically [...]
Cigar Review: Davidoff Maduro R
Size: 5×52, Robusto Wrapper: Cuban seed, Nicaraguan Sungrown (Maduro) Binder: Dominican San Vicente Filler: Dominican Strength: Full Price: Box of 25, $368 Grade: 9.1 Davidoff’s Maduro R is blended by Henke Kellner and has Dominican binder and filler, all wrapped up nice and tight by a Cuban seed, Nicaraguan sungrown wrapper. The R is only [...]
Cigar Review: Davidoff Seleccion 702, Limited Edition (2009)
Size: 5.25×48, Toro Especial Wrapper: Sungrown Ecuadorian Filler: Piloto Cubano, Dominican Olor, and San Vicente Strength: Medium-Full Price: Box of 10, $247 Grade: 8.1 (JJ); 7.8 (MM) The kind folks at Davidoff recently sent a sampler and today we do a joint review on the Davidoff Seleccion 702, a specially shaped Toro released in limited [...]
