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Release Date: December 2019 Number of Cigars Smoked For Review: 3 Having smoked a good number of the 40 ring gauge Reyes vitola, the 53 ring gauge of the Esmeralda feels both bigger than it probably is and also a bit foreign for a cigar wearing the Trinidad band. The cigar sports a fairly oily, supple wrapper that has a bit of texture to the fingers, though one sample is quite a bit less oily than the others. Each wrapper is well tanned, even in color, and has some of the familiar vein structur...

Release Date: Dec. 2020 Number of Cigars Smoked For Review: 3 From arm’s length away, the Sky Flower Lancero looks to have a pretty even color, though closer inspection reveals a bit more variation and that the veins, while small, are notably darker. There’s also an impressive network of them, the smaller ones appearing when more closely examined. There’s just a bit of sponginess to the cigar, enough to be noticeable and mildly concerning as the cigar is not what I would call firmly roll...

Release Date: November 2020 Number of Cigars Smoked For Review: 3 The Montecristo 1935 Anniversary Nicaragua No. 2 is covered in a deep, dark brown wrapper that is extremely rough to the touch and also includes a number of major veins as well as plenty of oil. It is fairly hard when squeezed, but the soft box-press is a very nice visual touch. Aroma from the foot and wrapper is a combination of peanut shells, sweet earth, leather, barnyard, hay and oak, while the cold draw brings flavors of cre...

Release Date: December 2020 Number of Cigars Smoked For Review: 3 The first thing I notice is that the cellophane is quite a bit different than most cigars. Rather than running the full length of the cigar and then being folded over—closing the bottom of the cellophane—it’s just left open, meaning the bottom of the foot is exposed. The aroma from the wrapper is quite weird. Despite the cellophane covering, I can’t pick up much, though what I do smell reminds me of parchment paper and a ...

Release Date: September 2018 Number of Cigars Smoked For Review: 3 The wrappers on the Rafael González North Star are either very good looking or absolutely gorgeous, as the first sample I smoked had one of the best looking leaves I can recall seeing on a Cuban cigar in some time. It’s a reddish brown hue with a bit of subtle sheen, very small veins and an almost velvety texture on the fingers. It’s rolled fairly firmly but one sample has some give to it, a seemingly very well constructed...

Release Date: Oct. 28, 2019 Number of Cigars Released: 200 Boxes of 10 Cigars (2,000 Total Cigars) Number of Cigars Smoked For Redux: 1 As with the cigars I smoked for my first review, this Tarazona Caraballo828 Silverback Edición Limitada is covered in a dark espresso brown wrapper that is sandpaper rough to the touch and features a copious amount of oil. While there are just as many very prominent veins running up and down the length as I remember from the samples in my first review, this ci...

Release Date: December 2020 Number of Cigars Smoked For Review: 3 Visually, the Room101 11th Anniversary features a dark espresso brown wrapper with plenty of oil and overt veins visible. The cigar also has quite a bit of tooth to it and is just short of rock hard when squeezed. Aroma from the wrapper is a combination of noticeably sweet oak, earth, strong black pepper, leather, barnyard, hay and dark chocolate while the cold draw brings flavors of dark chocolate, hay, ground coffee, baker’s...

Release Date: December 2020 Number of Cigars Smoked For Review: 3 Visually, the Alec & Bradley Kintsugi Corona Gorda is covered in a dark brown wrapper that has a bit of tooth, but very few overt veins or signs of oil. On this particular vitola the two bands take up more than half of the available real estate of the cigar and it is nicely spongy when squeezed. Aroma from the wrapper is a combination of sweet hay, milk chocolate, sweet cedar, manure, leather, barnyard, earth and honey, while th...

Release Date: August 2018 Number of Cigars Smoked For Redux: 1 I don’t know if it’s the lighting of the room where I am smoking this cigar, but the La Flor Dominicana TAA 2018 Golden “Oro” Anniversary has a much more golden hue than I remembered it having, though I definitely recall how much gold the bands had in them. Either way, it is a very attractive cigar, with a well done box press and the tapered head giving it some distinct visual character. There is still a nice tanning of the...

La Palina Goldie Toro (6 x 52) — June 2017 — $22 (Box of 10, $220) — 2,500 Boxes of 10 Cigars (25,000 Total Cigars) La Palina Goldie Churchill (7 x 48) — September 2019 — $23 (Box of 10, $230) — 1,000 Boxes of 10 Cigars (10,000 Total Cigars) La Palina Goldie No. 6 (6 1/2 x 56) — December 2020 — $23 (Box of 10, $230) — 1,000 Boxes of 10 Cigars (10,000 Total Cigars) The blend remains the same across the line, with an Ecuadorian habano wrapper covering an Ecuadorian binder and fi...