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Release Date: August 2020 Number of Cigars Smoked For Review: 3 Removing the Micallef A from its cello reveals a dark and mottled espresso brown wrapper that is extremely dry to the touch, albeit relatively smooth. There is almost no oil noticeable, but it does sport a slight box press and the cigar feels heavy in my hand, with so much tobacco it almost seems like it is bursting at the seams. The aroma from the wrapper and foot is full of strong cocoa nibs, leather, oak, dry leaves, brewed black coffee and raisin sweetness, while the cold draw brings flavors of strong barnyard, leather, tobac...

In 2013, L’Atelier Imports announced a new version to its namesake L’Atalier LAT line, Selection Spéciale. It was introduced in a 5 5/8 x 46 corona gorda size—which at the time wasn’t offered in the normal LAT line—and featured a much darker wrapper than the regular line. In this case, that came in the form a higher priming version of the Ecuadorian Sancti Spiritus wrapper that the regular line uses. Primings refer to the vertical position of the leaves on a plant, meaning that these wrappers came from higher up on the plant, which, generally, are considered to be stronger and sma...

Release Date: November 2020 Number of Cigars Smoked For Review: 3 I’m immediately intrigued by the tightly coiled bun of tobacco that rises up from the head of the cigar, as it is about as perfectly crafted as I have seen on a cigar. Below that, the wrapper leaf has a bit of mottling, some decent tooth and the occasional prominent vein, but nothing about it would stop me from picking it out of the box. There is a bit of oiliness for the fingers while the sheen is minor, though the varies from cigar to cigar. The cigar is rolled rather firmly, certainly on par with where most of the industry...

Release Date: October 2018 Number of Cigars Smoked For Redux: 1 I’m not sure, but this might be the first time that the lid on the coffin containing this cigar has been opened since we acquired it. It feels like there’s a little notch holding the sliding piece in place, and once removed the cigar is revealed, still in its cellophane. Once that is removed, the ribbon foot band needs to be removed, the first of three bands that the cigar wears, and which collectively obscure a good amount of the wrapper leaf. It’s a color that is just slightly darker than medium, somewhere between a darke...

Release Date: November 2020 Number of Cigars Smoked For Review: 3 Covered in a gorgeous milk chocolate brown wrapper that has quite a bit of tooth, the CAO Vision features numerous veins running up and down its length. There is very little noticeable oil present and one sample has a small soft spot located halfway between the main band and foot band. The aroma from the wrapper and foot is a combination of sweet cedar, cocoa nibs, leather, barnyard, hay, earth and graham cracker sweetness, while the cold draw is full of cocoa nibs, cedar, sourdough bread, cinnamon, espresso beans, hay and inde...