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...
Chapter 3 in Gloria Cubana’s Series
General Cigar’s La Gloria Cubana previously released Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 competing cigars. At the 2014 IPCPR La Gloria placed Chapters 3 and 4 into their own competition – Chapter 3 is made in the Dominican Republic and Chapter 4 in the Hondura – and we were provided with a sample of Chapter 3 to review. Chapter 3 is an 8 X 52 dark Churchill size cigar with a filler blend of...
Don Lucas Issues a 20th Anniversary Cigar
Twenty years is long enough to establish a track record of success and at the 2014 IPCPR Don Lucas issued a cigar to commemorate its 20th anniversary in the industry. Not surprisingly, it is called the 20th Anniversary, is a limited production cigar and they gave me a 5 ¾ X 54 toro to review. The 20th Anniversary is a Dominican puro with a nice, dark wrapper. It was slightly veiny but not...
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...
Nat Cicco has a Cuban Sandwich Legend!
Outside the cigar industry Cuban sandwiches have ham, pork, cheese and other ingredients for a tasty lunch. But Cuban sandwich cigars refer to the use long and short fillers together, sometimes with the long filler “sandwiching” the short filler in between. Nat Cicco’s Cuban Legend cigars use this construction approach for their Habano special edition Cuban Legend which contains Nicaraguan...
A Volcano From Canada – Tierra Volcan Grande
Each ICPR can be a springboard for a new company/brand to enter the US market after already selling outside the US. The Tierra Volcan line, from the Mombacho Company headquartered in Toronto Canada, did so in 2014 with a large booth and a high quality product sampler for interested parties. They spared no expense with this launch and gave me some samples for testing. Mombacho is a large volcano...
