Origin : Nicaragua
Format : Churchill
Size : 7 x 50
Wrapper : Nicaragua (Natural)
Filler : Nicaragua
Binder : Nicaragua
Hand-Made
Price : ~$4.70 each

In 1992, an enterprising air traffic controller named Nick Perdomo Jr. started a cigar company out of his home garage in Miami, Florida. Today, Tabacalera Perdomo owns the second largest cigar manufacturing facility in Estelí, Nicaragua and produces nine diverse product lines. The Lot 23 line began in 2000 with the clearing of an untouched plot of land in Nicaragua. The tobacco grown there is fermented for one year and bale-aged for a minimum of three years.

Read the full review of Perdomo Lot 23 Churchill…

Origin : Dominican Republic
Format : Corona
Size : 5 x 44
Wrapper : Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade
Binder : Honduran
Filler : Aged Dominican
Hand-Made
Price : ~$5 each

Background Info

Striving for the highest quality, Jameson Cigar Co.’s sole strategy is to bring their love and appreciation of cigars and coffee right to the consumer through their product lines.

Mission Debrief

A few weeks ago, a communication came through the wire: Brad Mayo of Jameson Cigars was inquiring about any interested parties wanting to give a tasting to their private-label coffee line. Being that I am never one to pass up a great chance to try test or beta products, I replied back to the message, informing him that I was also interested in their cigars, as no local B&M’s carry their product. Not only did he send along the coffee, a couple of cigars found their way into the shipment as well.

Read the full review of Jameson Red Label…

Origin : Cuba
Format : Sports
Size : 117 x 13.89 mm (4 3/5 x 34)
Box code : PBS SEP 08
Machine-Made
Price : $2.40 each

Today, Ray_I reviews a cheap machine-made Cuban, Romeo y Julieta Sport Largos. Enjoy!

My BOTL, you know how it is, the seductive siren song of the Cuban cigar. How many times have you had friends over and there is that one guy… that guy who doesn’t smoke much but “just has to try a Cuban”, the guy who wears you out till relenting you part with one of your favorite sticks only to see him smoke only half of it… a travesty… that is the journey that led me to the Romeo y Julieta Sport Largos at as low as $60 for a box of twenty five; I thought, what the heck, maybe this is how I can smoke a Cuban cigar everyday.

Read the full review of Romeo y Julieta Sport Largos…

Origin : Nicaragua
Format : Petite Cazadores
Size : 4 x 40
Wrapper : Connecticut Broadleaf
Filler : Nicaraguan
Binder : Nicaraguan
Hand-Made
Price : $4 each

Everything I love about a Tatuaje packed into a 30 minute smoke. This little guy has classic Tatuaje flavor. Plenty of the Nicaraguan earth and toasted tobacco, great black coffee notes, and just enough black pepper for some spice. The construction is impeccable and the format is just perfect for when I want a Tatuaje but perhaps don’t have a whole hour to hour and a half to spend with one. I will be buying a cabinet of these.

Origin : Honduras
Format : Churchill
Size : 7 x 48
Wrapper : Ecuadorian Sumatra
Binder : Nicaraguan
Filler : Honduran, Nicaraguan
Hand-Made
Price : ~$5 each

Background Info

This cigar is available in limited quantities per year, with something like 120,000 available. Handmade in Danli, Honduras.

Mission Notes

This target was apprehended while on a separate mission in Pittsburgh, PA. Allegheny Smoke Works kept said target under wraps and on lock down in a properly humidified holding cell. The cigar has some mass to it, feeling quite full of tobacco. Extremely smooth wrapper, somewhat oily. Speaking of oily, HQ needs to be notified of the defect in the S.O.S. (SpymobileOilSlicker™) attachment. There are some insurance claims being filed that shouldn’t have been my fault. Anyway…

Fantastic flavors of nutty sweetness. Loads of smoke. Great burn. The sweetness is something like dark, dried fruit. Nice tobacco and leather notes here and there. The name of this cigar represents the whole experience.

Final Statement

I want more interrogations like this one! Fantastic. If any of you would like to transport more to me, feel free to! Acquire. This. Target. Immediately.

Origin : Nicaragua
Format : Churchill
Size : 7 x 52
Wrapper : Connecticut
Filler : Nicaragua
Binder : Nicaragua
Hand-Made
Price : ~$50 for a bundle of 20

Mission Notes

Interestingly, the weight of this cigar was less than other churchill-sized cigars in my humidor holding cell. It was densely packed, just didn’t have the same feel. Connecticut wrapper was in good shape but lacked in elegance (similar to Agent 3 when the Pittsburgh Penguins lose to any team on the planet). Complexities I’m not accustomed to from a Connecticut wrapper. Awesome aroma. Medium in body. Delicious. I was unable to identify flavors other than natural tobacco and some other complex flavors. That’s a first. Burning characteristics were spot-on.

Final Statement

This target demands your attention. If I smoked this cigar without a band, I would have put it in the $6-7 price range from the flavor complexities alone. If you come across the Slow-Aged 826 by Perdomo… interrogate without fail or price prejudice.

Origin : Nicaragua
Format : Churchill
Size : 7 x 50
Wrapper : Ecuador
Filler : Nicaragua
Binder : Nicaragua
Hand-Made
Price : ~$90.00/Box of 20

The Toraño Master cigars were released at the end of the summer this past year. I have been a big fan of the Toraño cigars, especially the Exodus 1959, so I was very excited to smoke and write about the Master which is a collaboration between the Toraño family and Master blender Felipe Sosa. You can refer to the previously published press-release for more details. Today’s featured cigar is the Toraño Master Churchill.

Read the full review of Torano Master Series Churchill…

Origin : Honduras
Format : Torpedo
Size : 6.13 x 52
Wrapper : Ecuador (Cajuca)
Filler : Nicaragua (Habano)
Binder : Nicaragua/Honduras
Hand-Made
Price : $95 for a box of 25

Thanks to Cuba Caiman Cigars for providing a sampler!

The Cuba Caiman cigars is the brainchild of Don Pedro Estevez who owns Tabacalera Danan in Honduras. These cigars come in four styles – Connecticut, Habano, Maduro and a Barber Pole – in many of the standard vitolas. Today’s cigar is the Cuban Caiman Connecticut-wrapped Torpedo.

Read the full review of Cuba Caiman Connecticut Torpedo…