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A fuller-bodied stogie from boutique brand Esteban Carreras Cigars, the Chupacabra features 100% Nicaraguan tobaccos nestled in a Habano Oscuro wrapper leaf. Besides the fact that A.J. Fernandez is the blender behind most of their lines, I don’t really know a lot about the Esteban Carreras brand, even after a considerable amount of digging. So, […]
For today’s review I pulled out a sample of the latest blend from the Hammer + Sickle premium cigar brand, the Hermitage #1 Robusto. The company’s first foray into Nicaraguan tobaccos, the Hermitage features a blend of Nicaraguan Ligero, Viso and Secco filler tobaccos beneath a Jalapa Valley cloud-grown (a variation of shade-grown) Criollo binder, and […]
When the Camacho Connecticut made its debut in May of 2009 it was not only the first Camacho cigar to employ a Connecticut wrapper, but also the company’s first attempt at a mellow-to medium bodied blend. Featuring a mix of Honduran and Dominican tobaccos beneath an Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper, the Camacho Connecticut was a real […]
The only Cameroon-wrapped blend in Ashton cigar’s premium line-up, the Heritage Puro Sol has been around for a while now, but it wasn’t until this year that the Belicoso No. 2 (4 7/8 x49) landed the #7 spot on Cigar Aficionado’s Top 25 (although the Robusto size did make an appearance on the 2008 list). This cigar has […]
E.P. Carrillo’s INCH line of stogies was created with the big-ring aficionado in mind. Featuring 3 vintage Dominican leaves, Piloto Cubano, Corojo, and Criollo ’98, along with some Nicaraguan Viso and a Nicaraguan binder, these thick sticks come in either Ecuadorian Sumatra or Connecticut Broadleaf Maduro wrapper shades. For today’s review I selected the skinniest […]