Fratello Cigars "Oro" Review: A Gold Status, Secret Level Sort of Smoke
Bright citrus peel notes, pecan clusters, buttered cinnamon toast, and sweet and spicy cedar undertones, this cigar rules when it is in full-blown "gold mode."
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Bright citrus peel notes, pecan clusters, buttered cinnamon toast, and sweet and spicy cedar undertones, this cigar rules when it is in full-blown "gold mode."
Medium cigars can be a tricky tightrope to walk, yet Plasencia's "Alma del Campo" glides its way smoothly from one end to the other without a single misstep.
There's substance to this Tennessee fire cured cigar. Depth, complexity, cleanliness, and construction are all in their proper place, along with a few surprises as well.
Jam-packed with dark flavors, Sumatran spices and impeccable performance perks, "Circle of Life" is an opulent, intense oscuro made for after-dinner pairings.
The Raices Cubanas Clásico is an all-new Honduran puro made for keeping a myriad of cigar smokers pleasantly surprised and satisfied with nutty, creamy flavors.
Arsenio delivers some of the best cigar smoke money can buy. Even before lighting up the aromatics from the wrapper and foot deliver a ravishingly good vibe.
Say it with me: Rauchvergnügen. This is how you say "smoking pleasure" in German. But around here we just call it the RVGN #21. And it is NOT what you...
Espresso, vanilla beans, and dark chocolate in a creamy smoke ring sound good to you? Then this small fry version of "El Pulpo" is your ticket to stogie bliss.
Rolled to celebrate La Palina's 125th anniversary, the significance of this spiced, ultra floral smoke cannot be overstated. A truly marvelous rare cigar blend.
Misidentified and relatively unreviewed, the La Palina "Blue Label Sumatra" comes stacked with tropical flavors, creamy smoke, and an insanely slow burn rate.
This glimmering box-pressed blend sports a double binder, a dark habano wrapper, filler from Honduras and Nicaragua, and a promise to never go beyond medium.
Horchata drinkers, cinnamon roll lovers and spiced apple cider sippers listen up. This little corona is a nougat milk bomb loaded with corojo and criollo spice.
A joint venture between Robert Caldwell, Matt Booth of Room101 and AJ Fernandez, everything about this medium-strength maduro is worth savoring and celebrating.
Made entirely from criollo and corojo leaf, this cigar blends sweet berries with pepper spice, Jamaican pot-still rum funk, and a hefty scoop of Honduran soil.
"Dias de Gloria Brazil" is a Mata Fina cigar that dark, medium-powered tobacco nerds are surely going to enjoy, but maybe not for the reasons they expect.
Rare beyond compare, aged extensively, and wrapped in an uncommon outer tobacco leaf grown in Honduras, this creamy cocktail has all the right ingredients.
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...