E.P. Carillo Long History- New Cigar
Ernie Carillo has a long history in the cigar business. His father, made cigars for many years after coming to this country form Cuba after the revolution and Ernie after a stint as a Jazz musician returned to the family busines – making La Gloria Cubana cigars many years ago. After a very successful run at the helm of this cigar company he sold out. Shortly thereafter he founded EP...
Benji Menendez – A Man with great history, makes an Historic Cigar
Benji Menendez is a man with a history. His father, grandfather, and uncles were all considered to be legendary figures in the Cuban cigar world. They created H. Upmann and Montecristo to name a few. Menendez, born in Havana, has been in the cigar business all his life. And that experience shows in this cigar made under the Partagas label. With all of this as background you would...
San Lantano Oval an Interesting Shape and a Nice Cigar
This afternoon/evening I had a cigar smoking guest join me. He had recently seen the new blog and didn’t know that I was a CigarMayven. When he asked if I could give him some help, I invited him to join me for a late afternoon smoke. I foraged in the humidor and came up with something nice for him to smoke and something interesting, the San Lantano Oval Corona for me. When first...
Jaime Garcia Reserva Especial
I like dark cigars. So it was with some anticipation that I took this stick from the humidor. It is made by Jaime Garcia, son of the master Don Pepin Garcia. The cigar is made In Don Pepin’s factory with Jaime in charge of this line. When I unwrapped the cigar I found a nice oily Connecticut Maduro wrapper smooth and velvety to the touch. It looked like a great stick. The cigar...
Rare Studio Tabac ST-DS001 is a Gem
There are those cigars that are readily available, there are some cigars that are hard to find, there are some cigars that are expensive, and then there are those that can’t be bought. Today’s offering is in the latter category. The only way to get htis stick is to attend a Studio Tabac event in 2011. So, they are damned hard to find. But, that is the smoke that I took out...
Habano 601
It seems as though this week has seen me smoke a number of puros. Today is no different, this one form Nicaragua. Don Pepin Garcia has put together a typical Nicaraguan blend for this heavy cigar. When I first examined the cigar it had a nice aroma, woody and sweet. I thought that might be from the dark oily Habano wrapper. The foot of the cigar seemed to be poorly cut. It was as though...
