Battleground Cigars Presidential Offering – the Lincoln
Battleground Cigars is a boutique cigar operation based in Connecticut. When we think of cigars and Connecticut, the very popular shade tobacco immediately comes to mind. Combining battleground and Connecticut brings forth the revolutionary war, yet Battleground Cigars is focused upon the Civil War because one of its prominent citizens and businesses played an important role in that war....
A “Beest” From Blue Mountain Cigars
Marvin Wright’s Blue Mountain Cigars has several brands and he has continuously introduced new blends since he began in 1995. At the 2014 IPCPR Marvin provided me with El Beest to review. This cigar is made in Esteli, Nicaragua with Nicaraguan filler and binder, wrapped in a Habano criollo tobacco. My “Beest” was 5 X 52 with a dark Maduro colored wrapper. The pig tail on the cap was...
A Gold Robusto From Victor Calvo.
I first came across Victor Calvo cigars at the 2014 IPCPR where Victor gave me a 5 X 50 Gold robusto to review. The Gold series uses an Ecuadorian Sun Grown Sumatra Seed wrapper around a United States Connecticut binder and the filler is a blend of Nicaraguan and Dominican ligero, seco and viso. The cigars are made by Tabacalera Tambor de Esteli in Nicaragua. The Gold robusto was an average...
Norteno by Drew Estates
The cigar industry is just like any other industry with companies being bought and sold and executives hopping to different operations. In this case, Willy Herrera had left El Titan de Bronze to become the master blender for Drew Estates. While at Drew, Willy developed and Drew launched the Norteno – at the 2014 IPCPR. Several months after the show, Swisher International purchased Drew...
Joya De Nicaragua’s Antano Dark Corojo is a Real Joy
Joya de Nicaragua started making premium cigars in 1968 and that level of experience is evident in their Antano Dark Corojo Double Fuente. This is one of the few cigars that I believe truly earns the label “oscuro” (blackish or dark). The oscuro wrappers come from the top of the plant where the extra sunlight and time before picking begins to cure the tobacco on the plant. This gives a...
Aging Room’s La Boheme is a Star
I have reviewed and enjoyed several cigars from Boutique Blends, the organization behind the Aging Room and Swag. Last year the Aging Room launched another premium cigar called La Boheme, named after a famous opera. At the 2014 IPCPR, Aging Room gave me the “Pittore”, a 5 1/8 X 52 vitola of La Boheme, to review. La Boheme uses an Ecuadorian Habano wrapper around Dominican binder and filler....
