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Release Date: December 2020 Number of Cigars Smoked For Review: 3 For having the word naked in its name, the Arturo Fuente Naked Kings is decently dressed, wearing the standard Fuente Rosado Gran Reserva primary band as well as a red ribbon for a foot band. I’m not totally sure this is intentional but the cigar has a bit of a press to it and as such has a slightly oval shape. As for the wrapper leaf, there are moments I look at it and think I catch a more rosado hue to it, with a bit of red s...

Release Date: November 2020 Number of Cigars Smoked For Review: 3 I’m not sure that I would look at the Asylum 13 Twenty Minute Toms and immediately think it’s a 20-minute cigar, maybe something closer to 40 minutes, but we shall see. Between the cigar and the band, there is a lot of brown to take in, and the band reminds me a bit of Louis Vuitton leather with its color and embossing. The wrapper has a bit of mottling, but it’s nothing out of the ordinary. It is a firmly rolled cigar, fre...

Release Date: 2005 Number of Cigars Smoked For Review: 1 Visually, the Davidoff Robusto Intenso is covered in a pale, golden brown wrapper that is almost totally devoid of oil, although that does not stop it from being excessively smooth to the touch. The cigar does feature a noticeable soft spot halfway between the secondary band and the foot and is nicely firm when squeezed. Aroma from the wrapper and foot is a combination of aged cedar, old hay, dark chocolate, earth, day-old coffee and a to...

Number of Cigars Smoked For Review: 1 There aren’t many obvious signs that this is an old cigar. Even the band doesn’t show a ton of age, though there are some signs of discoloration on the back of it. The wrapper is decently dark with a pretty firm box-press. Once I pick up the cigars, it’s apparent that this cigar has pretty much no oil and the cigar itself is rock hard. Given that this cigar has been in our humidor since April, I’m quite concerned about how it was stored over time. U...

Number of Cigars Smoked For Review: 3 I’m not sure what else one could really focus on when looking at the Room101 Death Bucket 2 other than the band, and I will admit, it is eye-catching and done well, even if not embossed or treated with shiny gold ink. In holding two of the samples, the fingers get a generally smooth, slightly oily feel from the wrapper, which also shows off a bit of its elasticity. Veins are incredibly small, tooth is nonexistent, and the color is a very well-tanned shade...

Release Date: Oct. 1, 2020 Number of Cigars Released: 4,250 Boxes of 10 Cigars (42,500 Total Cigars) Number of Cigars Smoked For Review: 3 Visually, the AVO Regional North Edition is covered in a darker cinnamon brown wrapper that is parchment rough to the touch, though there is some obvious oil as well as multiple overt veins running up and down its length. The cigar has some nice give when squeezed and seems to be extremely well-rolled from the outside. Aroma from the wrapper is a combinatio...

Release Date: November 2019 Number of Cigars Smoked For Review: 1 Since this Baka Pygmy was taken from the same box as the samples I smoked for the first review,  I am not surprised that it looks extremely similar to what I remember the first time around. Specifically, it has a dark brown wrapper with an obvious reddish tint that feels quite a bit like parchment. While there is a noticeable soft spot about halfway between the band and the foot, the rest of the cigar is quite firm when squeezed...

Release Date: November 2020 Number of Cigars Smoked For Review: 3 “Extremely attractive” does not begin to describe the visual appeal of the Zino Platinum Limited Edition 2020, which includes a reddish espresso brown wrapper that looks like it was dipped in a vat of oil before being packaged. That wrapper is silky smooth to the touch and the cigar is both dense and very hard when squeezed. The aroma from the wrapper and foot is a combination of cocoa nibs, vegetal, leather, earth, manure a...

Release Date: November 2020 Number of Cigars Smoked For Review: 3 My first thought is that I really wish this cigar wasn’t this big. I know that it’s going to be a long afternoon, and this is the first of three cigars I will smoke for the review. As is often the case with cigars of this size, the wrapper isn’t as flawless as a normal Davidoff robusto. There are some veins and wrapper stretching, the latter of which is a bit odd for a Davidoff. The aroma from the wrapper is a medium-plus m...

Release Date: Sept. 23, 2020 Number of Cigars Released: Regular Production Number of Cigars Smoked For Review: 3 The Buffalo TEN Natural Toro is a well pressed cigar, very rectangular in shape with sharp corners and a matte finish that implies it has been subject to some weight. There’s also some color variance within each leaf that is easily seen at the seam lines. The wrapper feels like it’s on the fragile side, and some small cracks around the feet confirm my suspicion, though not knowi...