by PCA | May 1, 2024 | Reviews
I was fortunate to be able to select a cigar for review from La Galera’s 10-count Toro sampler. The presentation is stunning. The package depicts painted images of a reader, or “lector,” from the rolling room of a late 19th or early 20th-century cigar factory. Before...
by PCA | Apr 22, 2024 | Reviews
I have a confession to make: At $70 per stick, the Bomba Orange is the priciest cigar I have ever smoked. Moreover, as the song would have it, I am “a man of means by no means,” so I’ll likely never make this or any other ultra-ultra-premium cigar my go-to daily...
by PCA | Feb 26, 2024 | Reviews
The wrapper leaf of alternating Connecticut and Maduro puts forth an enticing barber-pole visual presentation, one offering the promise that attends both of those crowd-pleasing varietals. A few veins show, running the length of the cigar, but they are not obtrusive,...
by PCA | Feb 19, 2024 | Reviews
Cigar: Ferio Tego Summa Size: Torpedo Smoke time: 1 hour, 30 minutes Appearance & AromaBeautiful 6 1/2 x 52 torpedo showcasing a velvety smooth Ecuadorian Corojo wrapper with very few veins. I’ve smoked a few of these (this will be the 4th)...
by PCA | Feb 12, 2024 | Reviews
It was pretty obvious from the day I received the samples from Black Star Line Cigars which cigar I was going to review. Naturally I fully intended to sample each cigar in the line, and I did. All were excellent, and of high quality, but somehow I knew from the start...
by PCA | Jan 24, 2024 | Reviews
Cigar: Kafie 1901 San AndresSize: ToroSmoke time: 1 hour, 15 minutes Appearance & AromaThe Kafie 1901 San Andres has the classic double band of red over green covering a flat, chocolate wrapper. The cigar offers a soft smell of hay and earth on both the wrapper...
