Purchased: 5-pack Numero 5 (6 X 50)Price: $12.00Store: Martinez Hand-Rolled CigarsBuy Again: YesBox Worthy: Yes, but I’ll continue to buy 5-packsExperience Rating: 93 I don’t smoke many connie wrapped cigars because I prefer the deeper, almost brooding flavors of maduros or the natural sweetness of broadleaf wrappers. But there are exceptions that will always beContinue reading “Martinez Don Antonio Escogido Numero 5”
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Regius Small Batch Series Blue Label
Purchased: 10-pack Box-Pressed Gordo (6 X 60)Price: $59.99Store: Atlantic CigarsBuy Again: YesBox Worthy: Yes, but they only come in packs of 10 As many know, I’m a big fan of the Regius brand. My absolute favorite still remains the Sun Grown, but my recent experience with the Small Batch Black and Blue lines has beenContinue reading “Regius Small Batch Series Blue Label”
La Galera Anemoi
Yesterday afternoon, I hung out at West Coast Cigars in San Jose. I wasn’t sure what I wanted to smoke, but I did know one thing: I wanted to try something new. And in perusing the shelves my gaze fell upon a cigar that I didn’t recognize, the Anemoi by La Galera. To be honest,Continue reading “La Galera Anemoi”
Curivari Sun Grown Maduro
Purchased: Single 5 X 54 Box PressedPrice: $13.95Store: West Coast CigarsBuy Again: …and again and againBox Worthy: Yes. I left the shop with a box, which is something I never do. This post isn’t as much a review as it is a declaration: This cigar blew me away! Yet another Curivari stick that has doneContinue reading “Curivari Sun Grown Maduro”
Drew Estate Liga Undercrown Maduro Corona Viva
Purchased: 5-pack Corona Viva (5 5/8 X 46)Price: $32.95Buy Again: Oh yeah!Box Worthy: Duh!Experience Rating: 97 I’ve smoked A LOT of Undercrown Maduro. I don’t know if I mentioned this is my diary, but it’s my desert island smoke. If I had to choose just one cigar to smoke if I were stranded on aContinue reading “Drew Estate Liga Undercrown Maduro Corona Viva”
La Gloria Cubana Serie R No. 5
Purchased: 3 X 10-pack (5.5 X 54)Price: $28/10-pack / $2.80/stickStore: CigarBid.comBuy Again: This is already a buy-againBox Worthy: Well, I got 30 this time, so yeah. I’m surprised I haven’t written about these before because I love ’em. I just finished my last batch of LGC Serie R Maduro, and decided to get the regularContinue reading “La Gloria Cubana Serie R No. 5”
Curivari Buenaventura BV-500
Purchased: 5.25 X 50 (Box-pressed Robusto)Price: $32.95Store: CigarPlace.bizBuy Again: Yes!Box Worthy: Absolutely Again we have a cigar that has no business being this good for how inexpensive it is. Like its sibling, the Reserva Limitada Cafe Noir 56 I just reviewed, I’m blown away by the quality and flavor of this smoke. And that aContinue reading “Curivari Buenaventura BV-500”
Curivari Reserva Limitada Cafe Noir 56
Purchased: 6 X 56 Box-Pressed (5-Pack)Price: $39.95Store CigarPlace.bizBuy Again: Oh yeah!Box Worthy: Yes I first discovered these at my local B&M who keeps these and other Curivari sticks in stock; I think for a particular patron who doesn’t seem to smoke anything but these when I see him at the shop. I once tried toContinue reading “Curivari Reserva Limitada Cafe Noir 56”
The “Ultimate” Christmas Smokes
In anticipation of Christmas, I bought two of my all-time favorite cigars, a Padron 1964 Anniversary and a Tatuaje 7th Habano. The Padron ’64 is and always will be at the very top of my list. And though I have had several more expensive cigars, to me at least, that ’64 has a taste thatContinue reading “The “Ultimate” Christmas Smokes”
Age Matters
Pictured at the top is an Every Day Is Cigar Day Core Line Maduro, a regular in my rotation. But I must admit that it didn’t start out that way. In fact, I wasn’t at all impressed with the last couple of bundles I purchased. So, about a quarter of the way through the secondContinue reading “Age Matters”
Unco B's Stogie Diary 