Curivari Buenaventura Pralines

Good looking cigar with a nice firm pack. First few draws started as medium strength with a nice woody flavour. Draw yet again is flawless with this brand, great amount of smoke for a modest draw. Taste started sweet with a distinct ceder aftertaste. Second third has a toast like flavour with hints of coffee […]

Curivari Buenaventura Dimensiones

This cigar has the basics down pat! Roll was uniform, evenly packed and mild scent from fresh. Yet again this brand did not bring me a very exciting cigar. But it still did a lot right. The draw was perfect, good resistance and amount of smoke. Even burn throughout and ash held well. Medium […]

Curivari Buenaventura Picadores

Not overly impressed with the make of this cigar, poor finish and flaky wrapper… Damn ugly, already over it! While using the punch the cap split… Ok this is not helping… As you see by the above picture there were positives that outweighed the negatives. This cigar had a faint but nice smell from fresh. […]

Buenaventura cremas

This cigar felt a little dry, even the smoke initially tasted dry. Just received this cigar in the post so maybe it was not stored correctly. Once lit there was a very strong taste, I have to say it was not overly pleasant. Roll was uniform but quite veiny, not overly impressed with […]

Rocky Patel Vintage 1990 Robusto

Cigar was weighty, slightly oily and packed solid. Great appearance ticked all boxes for presentation. This was my first time using a cigar punch which I recommend. Really liked that it left the cap intact. First draws were very light which quickly subsided to medium with full strength. First third had a hint of coffee […]

Rocky Patel Decade Cameroon Robusto

My experience with Rocky Patel Cigars so far have been interesting. I am excited to see what the decade brings. This particular cigar felt a little soft, evenly packed and a very strong smell of hay from fresh. Light draw that produced a good amount of smoke, the aftertaste is where this cigar really […]

Rocky Patel 15th Anniversary Robusto

Great presentation with a perfect roll. Still weird on the box press shape though. White pepper aroma from fresh. I have read countless good reviews on this cigar so pretty excited 🙂 I light all my cigars with cedar spills, it gives such a great initial flavour before the cigars own characteristics come out. Very […]

Rocky Patel Vintage 1999 Connecticut Robusto

This cigar is longer than anticipated for a robusto, roll is perfect with only one vein running throughout. Smell is light and barnyard from fresh, Medium packed cigar with good rebound from a gentle squeeze. Initially needed a little bit of encouragement to light. This cigar started light on the draw but developed quickly […]

Rocky Patel Royale Robusto

First impressions of this box pressed cigar is that I have never seen a rectangular cigar, so, pretty different. Smell is intoxicating, I have been saying this a lot I just love the smell of a fresh cigar. Appearance is perfect, feel is a little oily and next to no veins. Cool draw tastes […]

Rocky Patel Sungrown Robusto

First impressions are that this is a large robusto, longer than usual with a decent weight. Such an amazing smell, intoxicating from fresh. A nice prestige look with a double band, great roll & barely any veins. Perfect! Cut was a little dry and slightly crumbly, but I think this was mainly from my […]