Reviews of many individual cigars. Cigars are rated according to taste, draw, construction, burn, appearance, feel, etc. and then categorized and compared to other cigars. Makes a great aid in helping choose a new cigar to try for the first time.
Review of the 5 Vegas Gold Robusto Cigar Made in Honduras with aged Honduran filler tobacco and a Connecticut shade wrapper. 5 Vegas is an inexpensive and mild to medium cigar having an average flavor.
Review of Black Pearl Rojo Toro Cigar made in Nicaragua with Nicaraguan tobaccos. A full bodied cigar at a modest price makes a good value for seasoned cigar smokers.
Review of a Camacho Select Cigar made in Honduras with Cameroon wrappers and Honduran filler tobacco leaves. These cigars use a special blend of tobaccos initially developed as a private project by the Eiroa family, the makers of Camacho cigars. The Super Robusto cigar size reviewed measured 5 ¾ inches long with a ring gauge of 52.
Cigar review of CAO America cigars which are made with two Connecticut wrappers which give them a pinstripe appearance. The cigars have a patriotic name and band, and in addition to the Connecticut Broadleaf and natural wrappers, also contain filler tobaccos grown in the United States of America.
Review of the CAO Black cigar, which is the first blend that got the company rolling in the cigar business during the mid 1990's. These sticks are made with Nicaraguan, Honduran, and a hint of Mexican filler tobaccos, and use a Connecticut Ecuadorian wrapper. The stogie sampled was a Churchill size, which they call the Frontier. The cigar is seven inches in length with a ring gauge of 50.
Review of the Cohiba Red Dot Robusto cigar made in the Dominican Republic by the General Cigar subsidiary of Swedish Match, not to be confused with the original Cuban Cohiba cigar brand loved by Fidel Castro.
Review of Flor de Oliva Gold Toro Cigar, made in Nicaragua with Nicaraguan filler tobaccos and Connecticut shade wrappers, after conducting a series of taste tests over a period of one year as the cigars were aging. Also a review of the Flor de Oliva Torpedo cigar made with Nicaraguan filler and sweet Sumatra wrappers.
Review of Arturo Fuente's top of the line super premium cigar, the Fuente Fuente Opus X. Opus X Perfecxion No. 4 cigars are made in the Dominican Republic with Dominican tobaccos. These cigars are very rare, very expensive, and considered by many to be one of the best cigars in the world.
Review of the Gurkha Connecticut Reserve Robusto Number 4 cigar, made in the Dominican Republic with a Connecticut shade wrapper tobacco leaf. This cigar is not really a Robusto, since the cigar measures six inches long with a ring gauge of 50, making it the size of a Toro.
Review of the Helix Blue Tubular Cigar, made in Honduras by the General Cigar Company. This Helix cigar contains Honduran, Brazilian and Dominican filler tobaccos, bunched inside a Mexican binder tobacco leaf, and wrapped in a Connecticut shade wrapper. A mild cigar comparable to Macanudo, but less expensive, making for a great value.
Review of the La Paloma Vintage Reserva Maduro Torpedo cigar, made in the Dominican Republic. This La Paloma cigar uses a Bahia Brazilian Maduro wrapper, and has a chocolate-like flavor. La Paloma cigars are Thompson Cigar exclusives.
Review of the Macanudo Hampton Court cigar made by General Cigar in the Dominican Republic with a blend of aged Dominican filler tobaccos and Connecticut shade wrappers. Macanudo sets the standard for mild cigars.
Review of the Montecristo Number 3 cigar manufactured by Altadis in the Dominican Republic with Dominican filler tobaccos and a Connecticut shade wrapper.
Review of the Thompson Cigar Company's Paso Doble Toro Cigar, a value priced cigar made in the Dominican Republic with Connecticut Ecuadorian wrappers and a blend of Dominican and Costa Rican filler tobaccos.
Review of the Perdomo Reserve Cameroon Robusto Cigar made by Tabacalera Perdomo in Nicaragua, using a blend of Nicaraguan Cuban seed filler tobaccos and African Cameroon wrappers.
Review of the Punch Double Corona cigar made by the General Cigar Company in Honduras with Honduran, Nicaraguan and Dominican filler tobaccos and Ecuadorian Sumatra tobacco wrapper leafs.
Review of the Punch Grand Cru Robusto cigar made by General Cigar Company in Honduras with Dominican, Honduran, and Nicaraguan filler tobacco and a Connecticut shade wrapper. It's medium strength and mellow smoke make this a recommended cigar for beginners and connoisseurs alike.
Review of the Rocky Patel Edge Lite Torpedo Cigar made in Honduras with Nicaraguan and Honduran aged filler tobaccos and natural Ecuadorian Connecticut wrappers. A lighter medium bodied alternative to the full flavored original "The Edge" cigar.
Review of two Romeo y Julieta cigars from the 1875 line, made in the Dominican Republic by Altadis. A Churchill and Torpedo are reviewed for flavor, burn and construction, and value. This is a great cigar brand to smoke on one of those romantic holidays.
Review of the Saint Luis Rey (SLR) Rothchilde Cigar now made in Honduras with Honduran, Peruvian, and Nicaraguan filler tobaccos and a dark natural Nicaraguan wrapper. This modestly priced Robusto size cigar that tastes and smokes like a super premium is highly recommended.
Review of the Sancho Panza Double Maduro Quixote cigar, made by General Cigar in Honduras with Honduran, Nicaraguan and Dominican filler tobaccos, and a Connecticut broadleaf wrapper.
The Slow-Aged Lot 826 Toro cigar is made in Nicaragua by Tabacalera Perdomo with Nicaraguan filler tobaccos and a Connecticut Broadleaf Maduro wrapper.
Review of two Toro TNT Padron Anniversary Alternative cigars, one with a Natural wrapper and the other with Maduro, made entirely with tobacco from Nicaragua just as the authentic Padron Anniversary cigars.
Pairing review of the V.S.O.P. cigar as accompanied by E&J VSOP brandy. These Dominican made cigars contain mostly Dominican filler tobaccos and have natural Indonesian wrappers. An excellent value for an inexpensive cigar that once commanded a higher price.
