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by CigarCraig | July 1, 2018 · 11:17 am

Mi Querida Firecracker, Island Club, El Borracho, and Chopo™ Cigar Cutter

It’s been a busy news week, and I think it will continue to be busy leading up to the IPCPR show. I assume there will be a lull in the news, at which time many of my colleagues who will be at the show will be pushing loads of content out from the show, so I’ll see what I can do to break up the monotony for you, maybe smoke some old timey cigars or something. I’m sure there will be a lot of great stuff coming from the show, but one recent edition of the Prime-Time podcast with Cigar Coop and Aaron Loomis featured Dion Giolito (Episode 58). Dion doesn’t do a lot of interviews and it’s a damn shame, because he’s articulate, funny, and is a triple threat of perspective as a retailer, manufacturer and consumer. In addition to the excellent interview about the Illusione line, including the re-issue of the One-Off brand, he brought unique points of view to the show’s deliberations segment at the end. It’s recommended listening (or watching, I guess. It’s available in audio and video, I only listen to stuff).

OK, lets rip through some cigar highlights of the week. This week the Mi Querida Firecracker went on sale. The Firecracker is a 2 Guys Smokeshop exclusive, last year’s was the Fratello Firecracker (I smoked one recently on the Spanish Steps in Rome for the irony of it, and it was one of the best cigars I’ve smoked all year because of the setting and it’s a fantastic blend. Before that it was the Cromagnon, also excellent. This year was the year of the Mi Querida Firecracker. Another entertaining podcast is last week’s Cigar Authority show with Steve Saka, loads of laughs, but also great information about the cigar, and how he put some extra filler in the front of the cigar to make a 3½”x 50 cigar burn a little longer. I noticed that the draw seemed a little more snug in the beginning, and I managed to get nearly an hour out of this little beauty, which is slightly stronger than it’s similarly sized Gordito. It’s very rich and has the espresso flavors I love in the Mi Qurida line, which is easily one of my favorite cigars of the last couple of years. There were 500 boxes of these produced, and the majority sold out within the first few days. I wouldn’t be surprised if these make another appearance, like the Cromagnon Firecracker is rumored to be.

Earlier this week I reported on Island Lifestyle Importers entering into a distribution agreement with Ventura Cigars, and I had some pre-release samples of one or their upcoming projects, the Island Club, so I decided it was the right time to smoke one. Island Club is an Ecuador Connecticut wrapped, Nicaraguan cigar that’s priced in the under $5 price range, which is nice, but I find slightly confusing coming from a luxury brand. They will offer it in five sizes, Robusto, Corona Gorda, Toro, Torpedo and Churchill, in bundles of 20, and if it’s a mixed fill cigar, it certainly doesn’t smoke like one. Honestly, it smoked like a much more expensive cigar, I would certainly select it over many more expensive cigars based on performance and flavor, I was that impressed with it. This is a home run for Island Lifestyle, I think, and combined with the distribution muscle of Ventura, this should give the whole brand a lot of visibility, because the Aged Reserve series cigars are all really good (and no matter what trickery I’ve employed, I can never get them to reveal what factory makes them!)

I’ve been using the Screwpop® “Chopo™” a lot recently to give it a good try, and find that it works remarkably well. It makes a nice, clean cut. It takes some work as it’s not spring-loaded, so one has to manually open it the desired amount then quickly snip the cap off the cigar, but it’s a serviceable back-up, for sure. As I’m sitting here thinking about it, unless I were sitting on an assembly line cutting cigar after cigar for hours on end, it’s not like I risk getting a repetitive stress injury from manually opening a cigar cutter once or twice a day, but one can’t argue how nice it is to flip a switch and have your Xikar, Colibri, Tommy Bahama, or similar cutter of choice snap open and be ready to snip your cigar. Anyway, the Chopo™ is a vast improvement over their last iteration of a scissors type cigar cutter, and is a worthy addition to the key ring. I used it to cut an El Borracho Toro last night that I came across buried in the humidor. This was from last year’s IPCPR show, and I’m embarrassed that this bag of cigars from Dapper Cigar Co. got overlooked. Dapper Cigar Co. goes into Saka-esque detail about the blends on their website, the El Borracho is made up of Wrapper: Mexico / San Andrés Natural / San Andrés de los Perros S.A. de C.V.; Binder: Nicaragua / Jalapa / Cofradía / Habano Rosado / Oliva Tobacco Co.; Fillers:, Nicaragua / Esteli / La Joya / Oliva Tobacco Co., Nicaragua / Jalapa / Cofradía / Oliva Tobacco Co., Nicaragua / Condega / gk Relleno / Oliva Tobacco Co.. That’s a lot of detail, and probably more than we need to know. One interesting thing: I think the wrapper comes from the same farm in Mexico that the binder on Saka’s Sobreamesa is from. We’ll see if anyone reading can confirm that, or I’ll go back and review the video from the 2015 IPCPR show where Steve talks about that. Anyway, this was a really tasty cigar! I didn’t find it to be particularly strong, but it was full flavored and had some cocoa but more cedary than cocoa. Very interesting cigar that held my attention. I have a couple more cigars from this company that I’ll try to get to this week. I’ll have to look into this company further.

One honorable mention this week is another pre-release cigar from Epic Cigars. This was a big Solomon with a Brazilian Cubra wrapper that is yet to be named. I’m very much looking forward to seeing these come to market as it was a really tasty cigar, although the wrapper on the sample I smoked was very delicate and the middle portion flaked off a bit. It was still a great cigar, worthy of the Epic name. That’s enough for today, Until the next time,

CigarCraig

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by CigarCraig | June 24, 2018 · 12:15 pm

The Drew Estate Pennsylvania Barn Smoker and One Other Cigar

Yesterday, Saturday, June 23, I had the privilege of attending the first ever Pennsylvania version of Drew Estate’s Barnsmoker Series. Last year I attended the Connecticut version and found it very educational, and, oddly, I saw many of the same people at this one. I went with a couple of friends who hadn’t been to an event like this before, one who is a cigar enthusiast, and one who is a cigar lover but not an an enthusiast so much (but is an Acid Kuba Kuba fan), but is a foodie and beer and spirits guy. I was interested to see their reaction to this event. Before I get to my perception of that, let me lay out the event from my perspective. A farm in Strasburg PA, just east of Lancaster, was the setting. Strasburg is a nice little Lancaster county borough famous for the Strasburg Railroad, a tourist fixture since I was a little kid, which we all know was a very long time ago. Another notable factoid about this area is that the movie Witness was primarily filmed not far from this area. Bonus for me was that it’s about an hour from my house. The farm was typical for the area, nothing unusual from many farms in the area, except for the huge tent and 500 cigar maniacs.

Compared to my experience at the Connecticut event, check-in lacked any lines whatsoever, it was very smooth. I’m not sure if that was the smaller crowd or what. They did advertise that parking opened at 9, and the event started “promptly” at 10. There was no traffic, no lines, very orderly and almost had me worried as we arrived around 9:40. Check-in consisted of having your ticket scanned and receiving your official Barnsmoker tupperware tub with DE stickers, a poker chip, matches, a cutter, a small vial of tobacco seeds, a cap and the voucher allowing you to buy the cigar sampler for $10. The next stop was the cigar table, staffed by Famous Smoke Shop employees, where you traded the voucher and a $10 bill for the following cigars: • Liga Privada A • Liga Privada Velvet Rat • Kentucky Fire Cured Just a Friend • Pappy Van Winkle Barrel Fermented Limitada • Larutan NDB • Experimental Pennsylvania Broadleaf blend Corona x 2 • Undercrown Sun Grown Toro • Undercrown Shade Toro • Undercrown Maduro Toro • Undercrown Shade Coronets Tin • Undercrown Maduro Coronets Tin. Obviously, paired with the $90 ticket price for the event, this isn’t a bad deal if you like cigars. Incidentally, when I got home I saw someone selling two of their Barnsmoker packages on Facebook for $100 each and had people lined up to buy them. John Drew Brands (www.johndrewbrands.com), MB Roland (www.mbroland.com), Buffalo Trace (www.buffalotrace.com), and Southern Comfort were there providing samples as well.

As with most events like this, it was nearly 11:00 before the festivities got rolling, and Fabian Ziegler was the MC and introduced Jonathan Drew who addressed the attendees. He introduced members of the Welk family, owners of the farm and growers of some of the best PA broadleaf wrapper. The group was then split in three and went to the tree stations of the educational portion of the event. The group I was in started in the curing barn. JD was the speaker here, and spoke about the process of hanging the leaf in the barn after it was taken from the field in the fall. After the leaf is dried in the rafters of the barn is where things are done differently in PA, as they hang it in a damp basement for a while while rotating it through the baling process over the winter to keep it from drying out. it’s a very manual process. From the barn we went to a station with Willie Herrera and the master brewer from Yuengling brewery where they discussed the differences and similarities between blending cigars and beer. There were samples of Yuengling beer here, but no cigar samples, so I wasn’t as interested as I could have been. Obviously with beer there’s more instant gratification than there is with cigars, however patience seems to be a common theme. This station was under a very small tent, and this happened to be the one time it rained during the day, pictures I tried to take didn’t come out due to the lighting, and I never did get a chance to talk to Willie during the event, despite my best efforts. The final station was the field, where Pedro Gomez and Don Welk went through the 7 month growing cycle from hydroponically starting the seedlings to harvesting the full grown plants, as well as the family history and and the Pennsylvania history of tobacco farming. Clearly there are differences between growing tobacco in PA versus Nicaragua, but it’s still a very manual process and there is a lot of risk. Like I saw in Connecticut, one hail storm and a whole year is lost. although in Pennsylvania there are enough tobacco growers that they do have crop insurance (I believe black tobacco is lumped in with burley tobacco for insurance purposes, someone please correct this if I’m wrong). The Time went by way too quickly on this part of the event, it was very enlightening, I’m always eager to learn more about what goes into the cigars I love.

Lunch was served and once again it was delicious barbecue, with the requisite starches to go with it. Food was plentiful, I had various meats with some slaw and mac and cheese, and I heard the ribs were excellent. I smoked one of the “PA Test Blend” cigars that were supplied because, well, I felt like I had to, and it was good, and I look forward to seeing what this will become. I’ll just say that it started off quite full and mellowed, but didn’t feel quite finished yet, like it was missing something. Maybe not balanced, I don’t know. If it ends up being half the cigar the FSG is, it’ll be great (if it’s half the price, even better! 🙂 ). I actually started the day with a very old Tabak Especiale Negra Robusto I brought with me, as I’m not a regular morning smoker, and held off on lighting up as I was taking pictures and trying to pay attention to the presentations without distractions. I really enjoyed the Tabak, as I have for many years as a morning cigar, duh, it’s tastes like coffee. Drew Estate puts on world class events, I can’t imagine they make money off of these things, especially when Operation: Cigars for Warriors ends up with $16k in donations with a large part of that being corporate matching (saying that with the utmost respect for all involved, kudos!). I think a Barnsmoker is a must do event if you love cigars, especially if you are unable to make it to a factory tour off shore, or even if you are, it’s a fun, although often too short, day. My friend Mike, a cigar guy, always enjoys events with an educational component and commented that he’d attend again. My friend Jim, the foodie, found the culture interesting, seemed happy enough with the food and drink and was interested, but seemed like more of a one and done type of attendedee, which is fine, I don’t think he was disappointed. Not everyone is the type of consumer who has to do things over and over, some people experience things once and move on to the next thing, I’m that way to some extent. Much like cigars themselves, there’s something for everyone. Thanks to everyone at Drew Estate, especially Joe, Sam, JD and Pedro for their kindness!

One other cigar that I wanted to mention this week that I smoked was the new Ramone Allones from AJ Fernandez. I went to a nearby shop on a fact-finding mission and these had just come in, so I figured I’d give the robusto a try. First observation is that these are pricey, $11 for an AJ robusto is a bit of a shock. the presentation in the 10 count lacquer box and cedar sleeve is nice, but I was taken aback. So that raised my expectation a bit. General Cigar handed trademark for this over to AJF after they gave a try at re-imagining it a few years ago under the Foundry brand along with the Bolivar. I thought the packaging on both was pretty bad, but I liked the Bolivar a lot although I thought the Ramone Allones was ~~yucky~~ not a good match to my palate. I thought the first half of this new version was pretty darned tasty, rich, dark Habano Oscuro wrapper had some nice cocoa flavor. When it got to the second half I started to get some ammonia notes, unacceptable in any cigar in my opinion, let alone one carrying a premium price tag. This was independently corroborated later in the day in a conversation with a cigar company rep who had the same opinion. My advice to retailers, for what it’s worth, is to put these away for a couple of months before putting them on the shelf for sale, probably not what people want to hear, but I didn’t find the cigar to be ready yet, there are a lot of $5.50 cigars I would rather have bought two of, quite honestly, or the Habanos “Specially Selected probably isn’t that far off of $11. It’ll be a great cigar when it’s ready. Everyone knows it’s not my way to badmouth a cigar.

That’s enough for today, until the next time,

CigarCraig

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by CigarCraig | June 17, 2018 · 9:44 am

Todos Las Dias, Farce and Truth and La Aurora at the Track

Happy Father’s Day to all the Dad’s out there, I know later today I’ll be digging out my traditional father’s day cigar for the 19th or 20th year (I’ve lost track…the cigars came out in 1998, but I think it was 1999 by the time I bought a box, can’t remember). I refer, of course, to the obscure Esperanza Para los Niños, which was made by Christian Eiroa when he owned Camacho as a charity project to help children orphaned by hurricane Mitch. The cigars have held up extremely well, and it’s through the kindness of several friends that I’ve been able to continue the tradition of smoking one on Father’s Day every year this long, and I might be good until 2020 when the last toro from the box I bought will go down. Until cigar time rolls around, I got some typing to do, so lets recap some notable smokes I had this week! I smoked another Todos las Dias from Dunbarton Tobacco and Trust this week. It’s no secret that I’m a fan of the brand, everything Steve has produced has been a win for my palate, but this liga has been a slow starter for me. Maybe it’s because the first three examples I smoked didn’t draw well enough (moisture…ironic given Steve was checking internal humidity of each sample at the trade show, video here, and they came from multiple sources, they just have to be kept dryer, I guess). To recap, the Todos las Dias Double Wide Belicoso is a 4.75″x 60 figurado identical in size to the Joya de Nicaragua Antaño Gran Consul and the Rosalones 460, using the same molds and made in the same factory. It’s a Nicaraguan puro, with a sungrown Nicaraguan wrapper, and fillers from Esteli and Jalapa. This blend is growing on e finally, I’m starting to get the cocoa and a hint of the chili spice reported, and the cigar was great to the last drop. This is a cool shape, I still think I’m reaching for the TlD fourth in line in the regular DTT production, but it’s good, I like it.

Friday was a special day in the small village of Frazer, PA. The CigarCigars store, just 1.7 miles from my home, was host to a cigar event featuring Matt Booth of Room 101 Cigars, and, as is their custom at this shop, the event was from noon to 3. Normally this would cause me problems, life has not been normal in recent months. So I was able to be present for this auspicious event and hang out with Mr. Booth, although, culturally, Frazer, PA is pretty much polar opposite of what Mr Booth is used to…it’s not Amish country, but it’s not the Sunset Strip either…anyway, I had occasion to smoke the new Farce. This is important, and I can’t stress this enough, it’s Farce, not THE Farce…just Farce. Very important to note. Farce is made in the Ventura factory in the DR, it’s a full flavored, complex and sophisticated blend and was very nice. I liked it, I picked up a couple and will smoke another very soon in a non-event environment. I also smoked The T, not Mr. T, it the Toro size. I had previously smoked an IPCPR sample of this collaboration between Booth, Caldwell and AJ Fernandez made in Nicaragua and really liked it, and this one was no different. It’s dark and rich and heavy and right up my alley. My biggest regret was setting it in an ashtray with a couple of inches left and Steve, the manager cleaning up after the event thinking I was done with it, which I was not…my bad. Watch for the next CigarCraig podcast in the next few days, by the way. I highly recommend attending an event featuring Mr. Booth if you have the opportunity, he’s a gentleman and a scholar, and one who’s earned every one of his eccentricities.

Another annual family tradition which may seem odd to some is celebrating our granddaughters birthdays at the horse races. There is a track that’s reasonably convenient to both sides of the family free to park and get in, had a family friendly picnic grove with tables and bounce houses and slides and playgrounds for the kids, of course, horse races, and is cigar friendly! We try to get there early to get a good spot and have a cigar before everyone gets there. I lit up a La Aurora Preferidos Emerald Ecuador Corona, and there’s a reason I usually light up something from La Aurora at family events. My daughter’s name is Aurora, and I figure she’s not going to get upset at me for smoking a cigar if it’s got her name on it. Clever, eh? She’s a great kid, got me cigar related coffee for Father’s day! Anyway, I really was enjoying the crap out of that corona, what flavor and balance! Nice tobacco sweetness I didn’t want to put down, and I felt bad standing off to the side after people started showing up. I wanted to join the party, eat lunch, but I wanted to enjoy the cigar too, it was one of the few times I wished I had chosen an even smaller cigar! We stuck it out until the Ninth (last) race, because Smoke En Fire was running, and we put $5 on it to win, which it did, and paid $9.50! It was a beautiful day with family at a great horse park. I don’t know if Delaware Cigars still has their cigar festival there in the fall or not, but the coupe times I attended that event it was a good time!

That’s all for today. Time to get some stuff done! Until the next time,

CigarCraig

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by CigarCraig | June 10, 2018 · 11:00 am

Gran Habano, La Palina, Umbagog and Xurvivor Cigars

I smoked a few cigars from long time supporters of the site this week, by accident mostly, it just so happened that cigars I grabbed were mostly from friends who happen to advertise with me.Â Gran Habano is the newest of the bunch, advertiser, that is, they are one of the more established cigar companies out there. While I don’t see a lot of Gran Habano cigars in my local shops, they are readily available, and they make many tasty cigars. I smoked the unbanded Gran Habano Persian King Rajah, a 6″ x 50 Nicaraguan puro made in Honduras with what appears to be a shade closed foot with a knot on the end. It’s been my experience that cigars with this kind of foot are what leads to holes in shirts if one isn’t careful upon lighting. This was a very nice smoke and well-behaved, on the high side of medium bodied despite the company’s description as full. Perhaps I’m jaded. I liked it, and if the little bit of shopping around I did is right, these can be had around $5 and are a very good value. this cigar has apparently been around for quite a while.

I came across some IPCPR samples from La Palina that I hadn’t gotten to and smoked a pre-release No. 1Â (I’ll revisit that later, not that there was anything wrong with it) and the La Palina Classic Natural. Because I’m a geek, I can guess upon looking at this cigar that it’s made at the General Cigar factory in Santiago, DR. The round head is the giveaway. The Classic Natural has a Wrapper and Binder from Honduras and fillers from Nicaragua and Dominican Republic and is a tasty smoke. The Classic line came out in 2012 and was made at the PDR factory, but was revamped and moved to the General Cigar factory in 2017. I personally have preferred the later versions, and this natural was no exception. It’s smooth, with some nuts and spice and earthiness. The construction was perfect and it was very satisfying. La Palina was one of the first cigar companies to advertise with CigarCraig.com, and I greatly appreciate their support.

Next up isn’t from an advertiser, but a long time friend and someone who without his early encouragement, I may never have put myself out there in the way that I have today.Â In 1996 a guy was doing a “Monthly Officious Taste Test” on a usenet newsgroup which I was lucky enough to be selected to take part in, and it kick started my interest in yammering on about cigars. Twenty-some years later here I am smoking one of his cigars and enjoying the crap out of it, as I do most of his creations.Â I smoked an Umbagog Toro Toro this week, and this is just about the perfect cigar for my palate. It’s maybe the less sophisticated sibling of the Mi Querida, similar blend with the wrappers deemed by Saka to be not attractive enough for the Mi Querida, which, from what I’ve seen is balderdash. OK, I saw what looks like a water spot the size of a pinhead near the band. I’ve said before that Steve will tell you I like cheap cigars, and while the Umbagog isn’t cheap, it is the low-end of the Dunbarton Tobacco and Trust line, and worth every penny. Loads of my favorite espresso and cocoa flavors, the 6″ x 52 size is my jam, and it’sÂ just the right strength. Thanks Steve! Umbagog is a damn great cigar!

Finally, is a relatively new brand that’s made in the USA.Â Xurvivor Cigars is a factory in Ybor City that’s making some very good cigars. This brand was previously known as Galano Cigars, and changed names last year. I’ve smoked a couple of the Xurvivor Americano 2018 and really enjoyed them. I smoked one yesterday, and intended to smoke a Galano Primero, which you can read about here, but I was left quite satisfied after the Xurvivor Americano that I wasn’t feeling the need for another cigar! Here’s the details on the Xurvivor Americano 2018 as I was given them: “The Americano 2018 has a Maduro wrapper from Nicaragua, with a binder from Ecuador, and aÂ Nicaragua & Dominican filler blend”.Â Maybe I’ll grab one of the Galano Primeros today, I don’t recall there being a lot of similarities in the blend, and the Xurvivor Americano is much more reasonably priced at just under $10, than the Galano Primero was (they were in the $26 range if memory serves). Ironically, I think the Galano had a PA Broadleaf wrapper, and the Americano has no US tobacco, but $10 for a USA rolled cigar is pretty impressive, and the cigar is quite good. It’s on my recommended list. Hopefully this small company gets the recognition it deserves.

That’s all for today. Still working on the podcast concept, feedback is appreciated. Best value smoke of the week goes to the Macanudo Inspirado Red Gigante with a nearly three-hour burn time and great flavor. I continue to be impressed with that cigar in all sizes, but that 6×60 burns forever! Until the next time,

CigarCraig

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by CigarCraig | May 31, 2018 · 5:42 pm

Liberty Smokes in Philadelphia and a New Ora Vivo Gold Edition

I’ve been meaning to visit Liberty Smokes in South Philadelphia for a long time, I just today managed to get down there. It’s easy enough to get to, it’s right of I-95 fairly close to the stadium complex. It’s owned by Mike Vitale and in addition to knowing his son, Victor, for many years, I also exchanged e-mails with him back in the summer of 2000 when he was the Senior VP of Sales at a little company called Holt’s. I was there when Brian opened the shop at 10 am, and bought some cigars and was invited to smoke one in their members lounge. The lounge is warm and cozy with a large TV, a bar area and nice leather seating. It wasn’t long before I was joined by one of the regulars, Charlie, and we had a nice dialog for the two hours I spent smoking the cigar. On my way out I finally met Mike Vitale, who had been busy, and chatted with him for a good half an hour. The store has been there for 15 years and from what I heard from the lounge, does a brisk walk-in business. the humidor is spacious and has an excellent selection, including all the staples you’d expect to find . Oddly, there were only a few facings of Tortuga, but they did have the new Ora Vivo Armand Assante cigars, the Gold Edition, as well as some of the World Edition. these were the cigars I bought. In better times I would have bought a couple of each size, but I’

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m trying to exercise some fiscal restraint. I defaulted to the toro, which is called the Emmy and is 6″ x 56. They also have the Oscar at 6″ x 60 and the Tony robusto at 5″ x 54. The blend is as follows: wrapper: Ecuador , binder: Nicaraguan , and fillers: Nicaraguan and Honduran, made at the Tabacalera Aguilar factory in Honduras. These were released in July 2017 quietly to a very select group of their top retailers.

The smoking time on the 6″ x 56 Ora Vivo Armand Assante Gold Edition Emmy

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was right around two hours, which worked great for my allotted time. I think anyone reading this site for any period of time knows my affinity for Victor Vitale’s cigars. I don’t think I ‘ve met a Tortuga I didn’t love, and the Ora Vivo Armand Assante line is very special. I think I have a couple of the original release floating around, as well as a World Edition European release corona, and I love them. I always regretted not buying a box at a dinner we went to in New Jersey with Armand and Victor, the vendor lacked the foresight to be able to accept credit cards at the event or I would have. Not saying there would be any left several years later, but it’s a regret none the same. This new Ora Vivo Gold Edition (Ora Oro?) was maybe the best cigar in the Legacy Brands line-up! I found it to be very rich, with the great espresso flavors I like, with some sweetness and, I swear, a hint of anise about two-thirds of the way in. It was as if I took a break and had a pizzelle. Awesome cigar, very consistent with what I understand to be Armand Assante’s vision for his cigars, that they are an expression of his life, and the quality and flavor are of the highest quality and excellence.

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Another great cigar from Macchione, Assante and Vitale. I bought a couple, but not nearly enough!