Cigar Reviews
Newest first. Every verdict judged at street price, source badge on every review.
Crux Guild Toro Review
Verdict: Five-Pack (3/4)... and the closest a cigar has come to the box without getting one. A five-pack lives in the humidor from here on. This is the most playable cigar I've smoked... the flavor changes depending on how you puff it, and it's not a subtle difference.
Perdomo Double Aged 12 Year Vintage Sun Grown Epicure Review
Verdict: Not Even Free (1/4). I put it down midway through the final third... I wouldn't take another one even for free. The bitterness just kept building until it ran the whole show. Which stings a little, because the Maduro from this exact same line was an easy Box Buy for me.
Perdomo Double Aged 12 Year Vintage Maduro Epicure Review
Verdict: Box Buy (4/4). I'd spend my own money on this again... no hesitation. Great smoke front to back, nothing off-putting, and enough going on to keep it interesting the whole way.
Davidoff Winston Churchill The Late Hour Toro Review
Verdict: Hand-Me-One (2/4)... and that's mostly about Davidoff money. Nothing offensive about it. That's kind of the problem. It's a one-dimensional, thin-smoking, burn-fussy cigar that never gave me a reason to buy another one at this price.
Arturo Fuente Don Carlos Belicoso Review
Verdict: Hand-Me-One (2/4). There's a genuinely good cigar in here... the first third was excellent... but a weird burnt-nut note, some bite on the sides of my tongue, and a torch that never got to stay in my pocket kept it from being a yes.