J Alexander III Corojo – Almost a Winner
This is the third year for J Alexander III cigars and the Corojo blend launched at the 2015 IPCPR, called JA3 Corojo, is quite good. J Alexander cigars are made by the well-known Quesada Cigars in the Dominican Republic. A JA3 toro (5 X 52) was provided to me by J Alexander III cigars for review. The JA3 Corojo was an attractive cigar sporting a classic pigtail cap and closed foot (to inject...
Padilla’s La Pilar Really Holds Up
Padilla Cigar Company is a long time boutique and premium cigar producer. At the 2015 IPCPR in New Orleans Padilla launched a series called La Pilar (a “column” or “pillar”) No. 4 in 3 sizes. Padilla gave me 5 X 50 robusto to review. The robusto has a filler blend of Dominican and Nicaraguan tobaccos with a Nicaraguan binder, all wrapped by an Ecuadorian Habano Oscuro, although the...
Tarazona’s 305 Is a Little Above Average
Eddie Tarazona has his own boutique cigar business for a quite a while now even though I first came across them at the 2015 IPCPR. Eddie has 3 brands – Classic, 305 and Ecstasy. Tarazona provided me with one of their 305 cigars to review. The 305 robusto was 5 X 50 uses a Costa Rican maduro to wrap around Nicaraguan binder and filler. The 305 was firm enough and had an excellent draw. The smoke...
Luchador El Gringo Frog Splash – a Big Hit in the Water
General Cigar’s Leccia introduced an extension of the Luchador line at the 2015 IPCPR called El Gringo. Luchador, loosely translated, is a wrestler and the four vitolas in the El Gringo line are named after wrestling moves. The El Gringo line is designed to be a full-flavored cigar and the center of the label has the shape of a traditional mask worn by Mexican wrestlers. General gave me a...
Evil Genius Cigars Issues Forth The Dark Chapel
The evil genius persona is well defined in our movie and book culture. High abilities of evil geniuses are combined with low to non-existent moral compasses to generate conflict with the good. Evil Genius Cigars takes the good/bad image an interesting step further by having black and white labels for their 2 offerings. At the 2015 IPCPR Evil Genius provided me with a sample of the Black...
Gurkha Private Select – A Well-Priced Gift For Any Occasion
As the first offering in the Private Select series, Gurkha presents a rum infused cigar in a very sturdy, well made 5 stick gift box. As usual, Gurkha’s packaging is well done and the cigars are in glass tubes with a heavy dose of burgundy colored, wax looking plastic as a sealer – to keep the cigar fresh and the rum inside. The rum is from Ron Abuelo, a blend of Panamanian rums aged 7 years...
