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Release Date: Dec. 11, 2020 Number of Cigars Released: Regular Production Number of Cigars Smoked For Review: 3 I’ve mentioned this before, but I try not to read anything about the cigars I’m reviewing until after I’m done smoking the cigars. Given that Patrick wrote the news story about this cigar and Brooks went to Blue Smoke to buy them, I hadn’t seen one until I pulled it out of my review box. The first thing I noticed was that this is close, but not the proper 7 7/16 (192mm) x 38 lancero; instead, it’s the more common 7-inch version we see from non-Cuban manufacturers. The seco...

Release Date: January 2021 Number of Cigars Smoked For Review: 3 Given the extensive design work that Padilla has put into his previous releases, I’m almost more intrigued by the bands on the Padilla 88 Anniversario than the cigar, at least from a visual perspective. The band is a bit subdued but still clean and classy, and you might want to have your reading glasses or a magnifying glass to see the incredibly small details in the band. The cigar is rolled and pressed quite nicely, albeit a bit firmer than the average box press which tends to feel like a very firm pillow. The wrapper has a...

Release Date: Feb. 17, 2021 Number of Cigars Released: Undisclosed Number of Cigars Smoked For Review: 3 I didn’t write the news story or photograph the cigar for the pictures above, so I was a bit surprised to see the actual size of the Bauhaus. Also something I wasn’t expecting is that these cigars come in cellophane. While some Liga Privadas have come in cellophane, Liga Privada is a brand that I do not think of as doing that. While it’s not to say there aren’t small Liga Privadas, for some reason I expected a larger cigar. Obviously, it has a dark wrapper, but there’s lot of red...

Release Date: Dec. 28, 2020 Number of Cigars Released: Regular Production Number of Cigars Smoked For Review: 3 Visually, the D’Crossier Golden Blend Reserva is covered in a milk chocolate brown wrapper that is smooth to the touch, despite the lack of any appreciable oil. In addition, the cigar features a number of protruding veins and is extremely hard—I would place it just short of rock hard—when squeezed. Aroma from the wrapper is a combination of strong cloves, sweet almonds, earth, cedar, leather, dark chocolate and bit of flowers while the cold draw bring flavors of cloves, cinnam...

Release Date: Nov. 2020 Number of Cigars Smoked For Review: 3 The Epic Ten sports a darker, earthier, almost chocolatey brown wrapper, one that I would have never guessed was a Cameroon leaf. Regardless, it is a good-looking cigar with a fairly matte finish and just a bit of oil to be found by the fingers. One thing that stands out on the first cigar is its head; the wraps of tobacco as well as the cap don’t lay quite flat, leading me to wonder if it wasn’t a byproduct of the box pressing. The others are fine, making this one sample the outlier. In terms of firmness, it is spot on for a ...