Cigar Review: Ortega Cigars Serie D

Some call it a Lancero, others just say “#9,” but what we have here is Eddie Ortega’s original blend with his eponymously-named cigar company…Serie D…is a very narrow ring gauge.

Cigar Review: Casa Miranda, Chapter 2, by Miami Cigar & Company

Everybody loves a good sequel, and the Casa Miranda Chapter 2 is set to debut at IPCPR which is being held this year in Las Vegas, NV. The follow up to the original which was made in Miami at the famed El Titan de Bronze, will be made at My Father Cigars S.A in Esteli, Nicaragua.

Cigar Review: Flor de las Antillas MAM-13 by My Father

Last year, word broke in September about a new size of FdlA, called the “MAM-13.” Standing for “Mid-Atlantic Mafia,” this vitola would ship to only 5 stores, all in the general “Mid-Atlantic” region. There would be 500 boxes made (20 cigars in a box), so each store would get 100 boxes. I was happy to see my hope shop–Burns Tobacconist–on the list.

Cigar Review: San Cristobal Revelation by Ashton

San Cristobal Revelation features a lovely milk chocolate-hued Ecuador Sumatra wrapper along with a rich, vibrant blend of aged Nicaraguan tobaccos. Medium to full-bodied, these cigars offer a rich, earthy flavor-bouquet extenuated by decadent notes of leather, cedar, nuts and spice.

2fer Tuesday: La Sirena Lanceros

Reviewing both Habano and Connecticut Broadleaf wrapped versions of the La Sirena Lancero, available exclusively at Silo Cigars in Knoxville, Tennessee.