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Cigar Review: 5 Vegas Miami Toro

August 11, 2008

Brand: 5 Vegas Line: Miami Vitola: Toro (6 x 48) Origin: Nicaragua Wrapper: Nicaraguan Corojo Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Cuban-seed Nicaraguan, Dominican Body: Medium-to-full Strength: Medium-to-full Cigar Price:

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Cigar Review: Sol Cubano Cuban Classic

May 19, 2008

The Sol Cubano Cuban Cabinet, made in Oliva’s factory in Esteli, Nicaragua, has an extremely smooth, slightly oily, vein-free Ecuadorian Habano wrapper. If you give it a whiff, you’ll definitely notice its nice sweet-and-spicy scent.

Once I lit up, I found the Cuban Cabinet had a great draw that was consistent through several sticks. Now, I’ve read some posts around the blogosphere complaining about the draw on this cigar. Since it’s still a pretty new blend, perhaps Fernandez is still working out the kinks. Anyway, you’ll get no complaints from me.

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Cuba Libre Magnum Cigar Review

March 24, 2008

Well, that’s probably a stretch, but the Cuba Libre is a fairly new offering from Plasencia, who left Cuba at a young age, and is being offered at a decent price pretty much all over the Web. (Thanks to Steve from Cigars International for getting this out to me.)

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