Rodrigo’s G 6
A Big Boutique Blend Cigar We have recently reviewed a couple of Rodrigo’s cigars (Lancer and Cinco 5) and now add his Boutique Blend to the list. George Rodriguez began Rodrigo Cigars a short time ago in the Dominican Republic where he linked up with William Ventura, past master blender for Davidoff. All Rodrigo cigars are made in Tamboril, a municipality of Santiago in the Dominican...
This Prize fighter is Worth a Bet
Gurkha has a number of well-known brands and often releases new products under other recently established trade names. In this instance, Gurkha used its East India Trading Company to launch its Prize Fighter brand of cigars. The Prize Fighter is targeted as a “budget” medium bodied cigar with a blend of Connecticut shade Ecuadorian wrapper, around an Ecuadorian/Indonesian binder and a 3-year...
A “Ruthless” Cigar
The Gurkha brand has been around a long time, often releasing new products under other recently established trade names. In this instance, Gurkha used its East India Trading Company to launch its Rogue brand. Rogues are marketed as medium bodied cigars with Ecuadorian Habano wrappers, an Ecuadorian binder and a filler blend of 3-year aged Ligero’s from Nicaragua, Honduras and Dominican...
La Fortaleza ‘s Cinco 5 Exceeds the Limit.
Rodrigo Cigars is a relatively new boutique cigar maker. I previously reviewed a lancero from Rodrigo Cigars Habano Classico line. Rodrigo has an additional line called La Fortaleza (i.e. “the fortress”). The La Fortaleza line uses a Sumatra Ecuador wrapper and Dominican binder and fillers. Rodrigos’ target for this line is to provide quality, handmade full bodied cigars that also...
Stuck on a Classic Lancero
The lancero vitola is a long and slim cigar measuring 7 x 38. Lancero is Spanish for “lancer”, hence the logic behind the name for this cigar style. Rodrigo Cigars makes a lancero in their Habano Classico line that Rodrigo states follows the best traditions of cigar making. Rodrigo Cigars is known for boutique blends based upon Dominican Republic tobaccos for the binder and filler....
An INCH really is a big deal!
Ernesto Carrillo has a long history with cigars, notably his famous La Gloria Cubano line sold to General Cigars some time ago. In 2009, at the nadir of the great recession Ernesto left General to found EPC Cigar Company along with his son, Ernesto III and daughter, Lissette. During 2012, EPC Cigars launched the INCH series of medium to full bodied cigars with ring sizes of 60, 62 and...
