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....
Crave the Clave from Cordoba & Morales
Cordoba & Morales are known for continuing the Cuban traditions in cigar making. At the 2014 IPCPR they provided us with a sample of their Clave Cubana Etiqueta Blanca (white label), whose production is limited to 1,000 boxes. The Clave comes in 3 vitolas (robusto, toro and toro gordo) and our sample was the toro, a 6 X 54 box pressed cigar. The clave is a musical instrument – a pair of...
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...
Montecristo’s Monte – My “Go To” Cigar
Altadis is behind a number of well-known brands such as H Upman, Romeo y Julieta, Saint Luis Rey and Montecristo. However, Altadis is also the exclusive seller of luxury Cuban cigars worldwide handling Cohiba, Davidoff, Partagas and Hoyo de Monterrey. I have smoked all of them. This is a company that knows quality cigars and in 2013 I had the pleasure of reviewing the introduction of the...
Oceano Pacific – a Big Cigar From La Sirena
La Sirena Cigars, owned and operated by Arielle Ditkowich, has 4 blends until mid-2014 when it acquired Old School Cigars, known for its Jaxx and Stixx lines. La Sirena appeared at the 2014 IPCPR and provided us with an Oceano Pacific Gran Toro that measured a nice 6 X 65 for testing. The Oceano series has Dominican Criollo Viso and Ligero along with Nicaraguan Viso tobaccos for fillers. The...
Chapter 4 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 Honduras – and we were provided with a sample of Chapter 4 to review. We previously reviewed Chapter 3 Chapter 4 is an 8 X 52 dark Churchill size...
