Cigar Reviews
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All 46 cigar reviews
La Aroma de Cuba Noblesse Viceroy Review
The La Aroma de Cuba Noblesse Viceroy is a Not Even Free (1/4) at about $19.50 street... a burn that never stayed even through four touch-ups, a draw...
Crowned Heads Mil Días Sublime Review
The Crowned Heads Mil Días Sublime is a Five-Pack (3/4) at about $12 street... a creamy, mild-to-medium smoke that stays sweet cream from the first...
Padrón 1926 Serie 80 Years Maduro Review
The Padrón 1926 Serie 80 Years Maduro is a Hand-Me-One (2/4) at about $37 street... a really good cigar for two thirds, then the flavor drained out of...
El Rey del Mundo Oscuro Robusto Larga Review
The El Rey del Mundo Oscuro Robusto Larga is a Not Even Free (1/4) at about $6.50 street... strong black coffee and leather with no sweetness and no...
Ashton ESG 23 Year Salute Toro Review
The Ashton ESG 23 Year Salute Toro is a Hand-Me-One (2/4) at about $30 street... a creamy, cedar, plum-sweet middle that I'd call phenomenal, wrapped...
Perez-Carrillo La Historia Doña Elena Review
The Perez-Carrillo La Historia Doña Elena is a Not Even Free (1/4) at about $12.50 street... a great draw and plenty of smoke wrapped around black...
Fuente Fuente Opus X Perfecxion X Review
The Fuente Fuente Opus X Perfecxion X is a Hand-Me-One (2/4) at about $37 to $40 street... a year of rest turned hot dirt into leather, earth, and a...
Arturo Fuente Hemingway Short Story Review
The Arturo Fuente Hemingway Short Story is a Hand-Me-One (2/4) at about $8 street... construction and draw as good as I've had in a short cigar...
Perez-Carrillo Pledge Prequel Review
The Perez-Carrillo Pledge Prequel is a Hand-Me-One (2/4) at about $13 street... the first third was bitter, tight on the draw and wavy on the burn with...
My Father Blue Toro Review
The My Father Blue Toro is a Five-Pack (3/4) at about $12 street... a bready, creamy, nutty cigar with great construction that a lingering bitterness...
Nub Maduro 460 Review
The Nub Maduro 460 is a Not Even Free (1/4) at about $10.50 street... it was bitter from the first puff to the last one I took, and I put it down...
Padrón Family Reserve No. 45 Maduro Review
The Padrón Family Reserve No. 45 Maduro is a Box Buy (4/4) at about $32 street... it never dipped, never needed a touch-up, and never got boring for...
Crux Epicure Habano Toro Review
The Crux Epicure Habano Toro is a Five-Pack (3/4) at about $14 street... a nutty, creamy, coffee-and-leather cigar that gets noticeably better the more...
Perez-Carrillo La Historia Silk Toro Review
The Perez-Carrillo La Historia Silk Toro is a Hand-Me-One (2/4) at about $16.50 street... there's a cream-leather-coffee cigar in here that kept trying...
Liga Privada No. 9 Toro Review
The Liga Privada No. 9 Toro is a Five-Pack (3/4) at about $18 street... a leather-coffee-cream cigar with no bitterness, a near-perfect draw, and the...
My Father La Promesa Corona Gorda Review
The My Father La Promesa Corona Gorda is a Hand-Me-One (2/4) at about $9.20 street... the first two thirds were genuinely good, with leather, coffee...
La Flor Dominicana Andalusian Bull Review
The La Flor Dominicana Andalusian Bull is a Hand-Me-One (2/4) at about $25 street... the best-constructed cigar I've ever had in my hand, wrapped...
Arturo Fuente Añejo No. 77 "The Shark" Review
The Arturo Fuente Añejo No. 77 "The Shark" is a Box Buy (4/4) at about $23 street... complex, layered, and phenomenal start to finish, and I'll be...
Oliva Serie V Melanio Figurado Review
The Oliva Serie V Melanio Figurado is a Hand-Me-One (2/4) at about $14 street... nothing bad, nothing good, just nothing, the most forgettable cigar...
AJ Fernandez New World Gobernador Toro Review
The AJ Fernandez New World Gobernador Toro is a Five-Pack (3/4) at $8.70 street... good flavor the whole way through, but good, not great, and that's...
Romeo y Julieta Habana Reserve Robusto Review
The Romeo y Julieta Habana Reserve Robusto is a Not Even Free (1/4) at $8 to $9 street... bitter from the first inch to the last, on a draw so tight I...
Crowned Heads Mil Días Maduro Edmundo Review
The Crowned Heads Mil Días Maduro Edmundo is a Not Even Free (1/4) at about $11 street... it fought me the whole night on a tight draw and a crooked...
Perdomo Legacy Nicaraguan Shade-Grown Epicure Review
The Perdomo Legacy Nicaraguan Shade-Grown Epicure is a Box Buy (4/4) at $14 to $14.50 street... sweet cream, roasted cashew, and a baking spice...
Dunbarton LecheBurra Cigars Daily Edition Toro Review
The Dunbarton LecheBurra Cigars Daily Edition Toro is a Five-Pack (3/4) at $19.45 street... creamy, bready, and lightly sweet from the first draw to...
Foundation 10 Year Aniversario Salomon Review
The Foundation 10 Year Aniversario Salomon is a Box Buy (4/4) at $35 street... a Mexican hot chocolate of a cigar that stays excellent start to finish...
Espinosa Knuckle Sandwich Chef Special 2024 Toro Review
The Espinosa Knuckle Sandwich Chef Special 2024 Toro is a Not Even Free (1/4) at $16 to $18 street... it opens mild and a little chocolatey, then...
Liga Privada T52 Corona Doble Review
The Liga Privada T52 Corona Doble is a Hand-Me-One (2/4) at about $20 street... a well-made, well-mannered medium-plus smoke with a mild, layered...
La Aroma de Cuba Mi Amor Magnifico Review
The La Aroma de Cuba Mi Amor Magnifico is a Not Even Free (1/4) at about $10.25 street... leather and earth start to finish, with the little bit of...
Diesel Whiskey Row Toro Review
The Diesel Whiskey Row Toro is a Hand-Me-One (2/4) at about $8 street... a pleasant nutty-bready-coffee smoke through two thirds that never found the...
Punch Reserve Collection Robusto Review
The Punch Reserve Collection Robusto is a Five-Pack (3/4) at about $9 street when it was still made... a mild-plus, bready-sweet Robusto with a...
Room101 Johnny Tobacconaut 10th Anniversary (JT10) Toro Review
The Room101 Johnny Tobacconaut 10th Anniversary Toro is a Five-Pack (3/4) at $11.99 street... the flavor is box-worthy start to finish, but a burn that...
Padrón 1926 Serie 40th Anniversary Maduro Review
The Padrón 1926 Serie 40th Anniversary Maduro is a Five-Pack (3/4) at about $32 street... a genuinely great cigar that only two things keep off a box:...
Foundation The Wise Man Corojo Toro Review
The Foundation Wise Man Corojo Toro is a Hand-Me-One (2/4) at $12.50 to $13 street... a pleasant, mild tobacco-sweet smoke that never develops and made...
Tatuaje Tattoo Universo Review
The Tatuaje Tattoo Universo is a Not Even Free (1/4) at about $5.50 street... a well-built cigar aimed at a palate that isn't mine.
Padrón 2000 Series Maduro Robusto Review
The Padrón 2000 Series Maduro Robusto is a Hand-Me-One (2/4) at about $9 street... not bad, just boring, and Padrón pricing means boring never goes on...
Foundation The Tabernacle Havana Seed CT No. 142 Toro Review
The Foundation Tabernacle Havana Seed CT No. 142 Toro is a Box Buy (4/4) at $14.50 to $15.50 street... an easy, easy Box Buy, and the next order will...
Oliva Serie V Toro Review
The Oliva Serie V Toro is a Five-Pack (3/4) at about $13 street... a sweet, nutty, medium cigar that punches way above its price tag, and asks for a...
My Father Le Bijou 1922 Torpedo Review
The My Father Le Bijou 1922 Torpedo is a Five-Pack (3/4) at $11.75 to $12.25 street... for this stick, on this night, and just barely over that line.
Asylum 13 Corojo Robusto Review
The Asylum 13 Corojo Robusto is a Five-Pack (3/4) at about $10 street... a mild-to-medium creamy-bread smoke that flipped my "Asylum is a gimmick...
My Father Flor de las Antillas Toro Review
The My Father Flor de las Antillas Toro is a Hand-Me-One (2/4) at about $11 street... the flavor's there when you manage it, but the burn fought me...
The Filthy Viking Toro Review (American Viking Cigars)
The Filthy Viking Toro from American Viking is a Five-Pack (3/4) at $11.44 street... with a standing exception you should know about: catch these...
Crux Guild Toro Review
The Crux Guild Toro is a Five-Pack (3/4) at about $12.50 street... and the closest a cigar has come to the box without getting one.
Perdomo Double Aged 12 Year Vintage Sun Grown Epicure Review
The Perdomo Double Aged 12 Year Vintage Sun Grown Epicure is a Not Even Free (1/4) at about $12.50 street... I put it down midway through the final...
Perdomo Double Aged 12 Year Vintage Maduro Epicure Review
The Perdomo Double Aged 12 Year Vintage Maduro Epicure is a Box Buy (4/4) at about $12.50 street... I'd spend my own money on this again, no hesitation.
Davidoff Winston Churchill The Late Hour Toro Review
The Davidoff Winston Churchill The Late Hour Toro is a Hand-Me-One (2/4) at about $29.50 street... and that's mostly about Davidoff money.
Arturo Fuente Don Carlos Belicoso Review
The Arturo Fuente Don Carlos Belicoso is a Hand-Me-One (2/4) at about $15.50 street... there's a genuinely good cigar in here, the first third was...