Kuuts Fires Up the Zapata
Kuuts has their cigar factory in the Danli region of the Honduras where they make their Kuuts Nicaraguan, Placeres, Miro and Zapata Cigars. Although Kuuts has been selling in Europe for a long time, they entered the US market in 2013. I previously reviewed the Miro (not my favorite) and the Placeres Reserva (a good cigar at a good price). At the 2014 IPCPR Kuuts also gave me a Tabacalera Zapata...
Put a Torano Brick into Your Humidor!
Torano Family Cigars has their Brick cigar as a value offering. In 2014 Torano made a few minor changes and markets the Brick in 2 sizes, a 6 X 60 Robusto and a 7 X 56 Churchill. The Brick has a filler blend from Nicaragua and Honduras with a Honduran binder and Ecuadorian Sumatra seed wrapper. The 2014 Brick version is a remake of an older Torano standby stick. I was given a 6 X 60 Brick at the...
Nat Cicco’s Anniversary Cigar
In 1965 the National Cigar Company (now Nat Cicco?) launched its “rejects” brand – low cost, low priced every day cigars. Zander-Greg purchased Nat Cicco in 2007 and has commemorated the Nat Cicco beginning by launching the Anniversario 1965 Liga No. 4, a premium cigar for smokers looking for full bodied strength. Zander-Greg gave me an Anniversario toro, 6 ¼ X 52, to review. The toro...
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...
New Roberto Duran Premium Offering – Cacique Guama
I have smoked and enjoyed the complete Azan line from Roberto Duran Cigars and at the 2014 IPCPR, Duran launched a premium line in 4 sizes, each with a unique name. I was given the new Cacique Guama to review, a 6 X 60 cigar with Nicaraguan and a proprietary tobacco filler, Nicaraguan binder and wrapped by an Ecuadorian Habano Criollo. The Guama was average in appearance with a moderately firm...
