Jose Blanco’s New Senorial Cigars Are Worth A Try
Jose Blanco has a well established reputation after a long career at La Aurora and a shorter stint at Joya de Nicaragua. Leaving a short retirement, Jose created Las Cumbres Tabaco in 2014 to launch his new Senorial blend, marketed as a full bodied, full flavored cigar. This blend uses Dominican Piloto Cubano and Dominican Corojo fillers with an Esteli Nicaraguan binder, all wrapped by an...
Gurkha’s East India Classic Havana Blend Is Quite Good
East India has 6 separate blends in the market and the Classic Havana Blend is one of the best. The Havana Blend is offered in 4 shapes (robusto, toro, XO and figurado) and sports San Andres tobacco wrapped around proprietary binder and filler. The Havana is box pressed and made in Nicaragua. Gurkha provided me with a Havana toro at the IPCPR in New Orleans. The toro was attractive with an...
Esteban Carreras- A Nice Smoke
It’s been quite some time since I enjoyed reviewing a cigar. Reviews over the past month or so have focused on our CigarMadness2016 smoking contest. Results of that contest should be posted within a few weeks to coincide with the basketball. It has been fun smoking and reviewing some great sticks. But it has left little time for other reviews. If you can’t sympathize because...
Crossfire Cigars Hit The Bullseye With Its Count of San Andres
I have reviewed Crossfire Cigars for a couple of years and found their cigars to generally be above average. At the 2015 IPCPR Crossfire introduced their Library Series, a new blend aimed at the premium market segment and they gave me a sample of the Count of San Andres to review. The San Andres was a 6 ¼ X 56 box pressed beauty, slightly darker than milk chocolate. It was firm and easy to...
Cornelius & Anthony Releases Their Premiere Line – CORNELIUS
Cornelius & Anthony Releases Their Premiere Line – CORNELIUS Cornelius & Anthony Premium Cigars is the new cigar division of the Bailey family’s 150-year-old tobacco company. Our passion for the finest grown tobacco coupled with the foremost aspects of craftsmanship allows us to introduce the most exquisite cigars on the market. Our premiere release is Cornelius. This...
