A Fuente Gran Reserva
A. Fuente is celebrating their 100th anniversary year. They have been making cigars for a very long time. And it shows. The company is run by Carlos Fuente, Sr. and his children, Carlos Fuente, Jr. (known as Carlito) and Cynthia Fuente-Saurez. They are wonderful people quite generous and charitable. They have provided for the education of thousands in the Domincan Republic by...
St. Luis Rey Titan a Full Bodied Giant
This is a large cigar. The tendency over the last few years of smokers is to seek out and enjoy larger shapes. And, this will certainly fit that bill. Cigar ring size or gauge is measured in 64ths of an inch, so 60 is almost a full inch around. That’s a lot of cigar. In addition to being a bigger cigar with more tobacco, larger rings smoke cooler. The thicker the cigar the...
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...
Baccarat Belicoso
It is not often that I reach into the humidor for a mild cigar. My idea of mild is more along the lines of what most smokers would call medium. And, I really didn’t realize that until just recently. I was having a discussion with a new cigar smoker about flavor and taste when he remarked on my habit of categorizing cigars as breakfast, lunch, or dinner. He told me that he would...
Dunhill Aged Dominican Tabaras
One of the reps at TPE gave me a nice cigar that I would not ordinarily smoke. Not because it’s bad, rather because for me it’s too mild. The Dunhill Aged Dominican Tabaras is actually a very nice cigar. It is a nice light brown color, with not overly large veins. It looks smooth and has a toothy feel. Since it encased in a tube and wrapped in cedar, it has a pleasant cedar...
Mooch Torpedo
The other night I came across an interesting cigar in the humidor. It was a light colored torpedo, with a nondescript band. But, it was interesting because of the foot band. This band, as can be seen in the photos, is large and has a twisted bottom. The band carries a headline about the Kennedy embargo of Cuban tobacco. Interesting in that it called for my attention. Notwithstanding...
