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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008Now one of the top brands in the industry, Nashville-based CAO really started on what would become its road to fame in the mid-90s, when the company released the Black. After smoking this, you’ll be able to see why the company became a hit.
As you can see, it’s a good-looking cigar. When packed, it’s wrapped in a thin slice of cedar wood, but after peeling back the cedar, I noticed the wrapper was especially smooth.
Cigar Links Edition 2: Camacho Diploma
Saturday, January 19th, 2008This week’s edition of Cigar Links focuses on the Camacho Corojo Diploma. I reviewed the Camacho Diploma Natural back in August 2007. The tobacco in the Diploma is from the “Fifth Priming”. These are the top most leaves taken from the plant last so they get more sun and nutrients. Resulting in a stronger and [...]
Fuente Don Carlos Double Robusto Cigar Review
Friday, January 18th, 2008Although not exactly cheap; The Don Carlos line represents a very fine cigar without the hefty price tag that the Opus line carries. Not nearly as strong as the Opus, but very well constructed with a wonderful flavor profile.
Before snipping and lighting, I noticed that the Cameroon wrapper was beautiful, velvety smooth, and was slightly sweet to the nose.
La Tradicion Cubana Figurado Series Cigar Reviews
Thursday, January 17th, 2008Joe from Fullers Pullers asked me if I was interested in trying a new line of cigars from La Tradcion Cubana. The new line is a series of figurados the first two releases are the Reeds and Chulos. The Reed is a chisel tip cigar named for the resemblance to the windwood instrument. The Chulos, tranlated as “cool” here as in some cool looking perfectos with either a maduro wrapper and natural tips or a natural wrapper with maduro tips. The Figurado Series differs from the normal La Tradicion Cubana cigars only in shape and the wrapper on the maduros, other wise this is the same blend.
Tell Us What You Want Reviewed
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008I wrote a review for today, but had some questions about the cigars before I published it. Typically I’ve got a week of reviews planned out in advance, but I didn’t get a chance to do that this week. So today I’m asking you a question.
What cigars would you like to see us review?
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