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Martinez Don Antonio Escogido Numero 5

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”

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”

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”

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”

Perdomo Habano Bourbon Barrel Aged Connecticut

Purchased: Gordo (6 X 60)Price: $10/stick (?)Buy Again: ProbablyBox Worthy: Yes.Experience Rating: 89 I’m going to come clean. I didn’t buy this stick. My son who lives in Texas purchased it and brought it, along with a few others, to California for Thanksgiving. But they were a little dried out, so we stuck them inContinue reading “Perdomo Habano Bourbon Barrel Aged Connecticut”

Man O’ War Puro Authentico a Year Later

In my original post of this cigar, I mentioned that it needed some serious humidor time. It started out uninspiring, then got interesting in the second half, then finally hit its stride in the final third. After I wrote that post, I finished the 5er and got a 20-ct bundle. I let them sit forContinue reading “Man O’ War Puro Authentico a Year Later”

Update: 2017 Regius Sun Grown

Trying to decide what I wanted to smoke this morning, my gaze fell upon my last couple of Regius Sun Grown Toros and I knew then that I had to start my day with one. I needed to start with a treat. And a treat it was! Of course, the first thing that I noticedContinue reading “Update: 2017 Regius Sun Grown”