The French Collection Cardinal Mazarin

What does this band and the Polo logo have in common? Apart from the oversized band this is a great looking cigar. Very festive. There is scent of chlorine from fresh with a slight metallic taste once lit, which is more common than I thought. The first third consists of white pepper and cedar with […]

AVO Regional Edition West Edition

This is the first AVO cigar I’ve smoked. Now since it’s made in the Davidoff factory, I expect big things! This torpedo looks like it’s had a bit of a hard life. The foot is cracked and it looks like the large vein near the cap is about to let go. No biggie, I’m not […]

Rocky Patel A.L.R.

I really do find it hard to age my cigars, so why bother when Rocky has it sorted! As always Rocky makes an amazing looking cigar; perfectly rolled with with no soft spots and topped off with a classy white and gold band. The cold draw has good resistance and doesn’t give much of an […]

Epic Habano Lancero

Now this is one rustic looking cigar, the wrapper is bumpy AF with a very veiny leaf vibe going on. Best of all is the cool cursive gold on black band. This cigar better smoke as well as it looks! First impressions is that this is a sweet cigar. Sweet tobacco and sweet cedar with […]

Espinosa Connecticut Cuban Link

Connecticut shade wrappers are getting higher and higher on my list of favourite wrappers. It’s mild but tasty – a great combo. The draw is incredibly light from the start, and quite hard to smoke. Luckily 10 minutes later the draw comes good which is a relief. First we start with mild flavours of cedar […]

Blackbird Idalia 108

I love a box-pressed cigar, that is all. I do like a box-pressed cigar, but not as much as this nice toothy wrapper. When I first lit this cigar I thought it may have been infused – the first flavours are sugary, sweet. Okay I get what’s going on now; the sweet hit is to […]

Archive Cigars Japan Highland Maduro

I like the band, regardless of what it says 🙂 Let’s get straight to it, the first third of this cigar is pretty weird. It’s really hard to describe what you get from the start, but my best guess would be metallic white pepper and faint leather. I’m just as confused as when I read […]

HVC 500th Anniversary

Winner 2019 Limited cigar of the year. Let’s see what you’ve got! I made a mistake on this from the start and used a V cutter. I found this cigar to be too oily for this cut and too much tar accumulated. Fixing with a straight cut not long after was a definite improvement. Privada […]

CLE OG OSOK 2015

One shot, one kill. Classic COD. Ok I’m not playin’ around with this lancero let’s light it up. Straight away you’ll get an odd sort of tangy flavour on your tongue, followed by earth and burnt wood. I just love the way a lancero smokes, it has an easy draw that produces plenty of cool […]

Dapper Desvalido

The band of this cigar was envisioned before this cigar ever existed; a so called cigar for the people. Now this is a fine band: finely outlined in gold on black, classic. Now let’s hope this cigar is more than just a cock of the roost! The Desvalido is a decent sized cigar but what’s […]