Rocky Patel "Meritage" Review: A Small Batch Smoke for Floral Corojo Leaf Lovers
Another banger of a blend from the vaults at Alliance Cigar has arrived. This time with floral beach notes, bright citrus spice, and a pinch of Panama tobacco.
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Another banger of a blend from the vaults at Alliance Cigar has arrived. This time with floral beach notes, bright citrus spice, and a pinch of Panama tobacco.
Subtly metal in every way, the second collab cigar between Metallica's frontman, Drew Estate and the founder of Blackened Whiskey is equal parts dark and light.
The "Cinco de Mayo 2025" version of Rojas' Street Tacos uses a rich maduro wrapper and Connecticut Broadleaf filler instead of a Pennsylvania inner portion.
The La Aurora "Hors D'Age" is an ultra-exclusive premium cigar blend featuring remarkable Sumatran flavors, subtly spiced aromatics, and 12-year aged tobacco.
German for "space time," this Nicaraguan Connecticut Shade cigar is a balanced beauty. It also has some very unique cigar flavor profiles based around ginger.
For today's review, we turn toward a Mexican maduro mixed with Sumatran and Nicaraguan leaf, thus making it the darkest blend in the Lovely Cigars lineup.
Bold, brown, and banded in gold, the "1844 Añejo" from H. Upmann strikes an impressive pose. And it's got the aged tobacco blend bill to back it all up.
Stubby and fat, this 4¾″ x 70 pigtailed gordo looks closer to a stick of dynamite than a premium cigar blend. But how does it smoke, and is it worth...
When was the last time you smoked a pigtail perfecto cigar with an Arapiraca Brazilian wrapper, an Olor binder, and long-filler that's been aged for 15-years?
This is one of the milder smokes on the market with an AJ Fernandez band. A cigar with notes of roasted cashew, caramel, creamy custard, and dark intentions.
Beautifully box-pressed and producing a perfect draw, the Artista "Harvest" deserves high marks for its light dried fruit, mixed spiced tea and tannin touches.
It isn't every day that you get to savor a perfecto figurado cigar with a candela and habano rosado barber pole wrap, a flag cap and a pointy nipple for...
This is the original Connecticut Broadleaf wrapped "CroMagnon" from RoMa Craft. No one knows how many boxes are still in existence, so grab 'em while you can...
For those who dig a deep, dark, slightly dangerous premium cigar blend, then the CAO "Flathead Steel Horse" has your ticket to ride. Free cookies included...
Far less funky than most Broadleaf blends, this barbeque cigar sits between strips of meat sizzling over the campfire and smores served with mugs of mocha.
Drunken bliss can now be achieved without the risk of a hangover or any of the calories with this staggeringly good box-pressed San Andrés boutique cigar blend.
Take a break from your boring-ass toro routine and try this boutique blend instead. Puffing a No. 2 pencil for a change and smoking outside the box is more fun.
This isn't your typical soil and barnyard Connecticut Broadleaf cigar. Fancy caramel sauce over fudge-covered brownie served with a cup of milky mocha instead?
The balanced nature of the Kristoff "Corojo Limitada" and its restrained spice levels make it an excellent option for several types of cigar smokers. Yeehaw...
"ADN Dominicano" by La Aurora contains tobacco fermented inside palm tree pods, then cold-pressed into a paste. The result is rich, oily, and intensely tasty...
The Cosecha 149 is the biggest, fullest, oiliest version of the annually harvested blend to hit stores yet. Could this be the best full-bodied cigar at Klaro?
This one is for all you strong cigar smokers out there who don't want to go too dark or heavy. A premium cigar blend with raw power and a soft...
More grounded and gradual than bright and bold, Prensado is a sun-grown corojo with maduro tendencies. A box-pressed "entubar" cigar that is uniquely its own...
The name says it all folks. This is precisely the sort of unorthodox, boutique cigar brand rescue mission success story that you need to experience firsthand.
Sexy habano, meet the Sumatran sensualist. Oh, your full-bodied filler friends from Nicaragua and Peru want to party too? Well then, let's get to it, shall we?
The holidays have just gotten a bit more jolly thanks to Fat Bottom Betty. Savor the sweet taste of Christmas desserts via loads of creamy smoke in this maduro.
Habano tobacco may be as commonplace as charred meat on a Sunday, but you never see it being used in every single section of a cigar. Except for this one...
Legacy brand cigar manufacturers are referred to as such for a reason. These are the companies like H. Upmann, Partagas, and Punch Cigars, that were there from the very beginning and were instrumental in creating what...
Anyone on the hunt for a tropical, palm and coconut tasting blend that burns brilliantly and won't break the bank should try the "Corojo #5" from Gran Habano.
With its Habano Deflorada wrapper, twin binders, and secret Nicaraguan filler, this medium-powered new smoke from Warped is ripe for sinking your teeth into.