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by Craig Vanderslice | September 28, 2022 · 7:17 am

News: Partagas Añejo Returns

This is a really good cigar priced far less than it should be! Don’t tell that to the General Cigar people though. Read all about it:

Partagas will soon ship this year’s second allotment of “Añejo,” a refined cigar named for the profoundly-aged wrapper tobaccos that define its appearance and attributes.

Shipping to retailers on October 3, Partagas Añejo is being re-released in the two original sizes that launched earlier this year. Both frontmarks are 4.5” in l

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ength as commanded by the scarcity and fragility of the cigar’s Cameroon wrapper leaves.

John Hakim, brand manager of Partagas said, “Partagas Añejo is a small-batch offering that we are releasing twice a year. This special blend provides the opportunity for cigar lovers to experience the mystique of a Cameroon wrapper in the context of masterful blending. The initial release earlier this year was met with a tremendous response, and we anticipate that the second allotment will sell out quickly.”

The limited-edition Partagas Añejo is predominantly adorned with a rare 1998 Cameroon which is intertwined with 2013 Connecticut Shade in a barber-pole format. The aged wrapper tobaccos establish a foundation of exceptional depth. When blended with the Mexican and Dominican filler and Dominican Vega Especial binder, the complexity deepens to deliver an intricately layered smoking experience.

Partagas Añejo starts off mellow and unfolds to medium-body as the smoke progresses. Notes of wood, leather and earth abound, stemming from the artisanal blend.

Petit Robusto (4.5” x 49) – SRP per cigar $6.99 (25 cigars per box)
Esplendido (4.5” x 60) – SRP per cigar $7.49 (25 cigars per box)

About General Cigar Company

General Cigar Co. is a leading manufacturer and marketer of handcrafted cigars for the premium market in the US. The company is owned by Scandinavian Tobacco Group

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Committed to delivering cigars of the finest quality, General Cigar’s skilled artisans produce Macanudo®, Cohiba®, La Gloria Cubana®, Partagas®, CAO®, Punch®, Hoyo de Monterrey®, Excalibur® and several other leading premium brands in the company’s Dominican, Honduran and Nicaraguan factories.

In addition, the company cultivates proprietary tobacco which is used exclusively in its blends and has a dedicated R&D practice that develops new varieties of tobacco and revitalizes vintage seeds.

Based in Richmond, VA, General Cigar sells through wholesalers and retailers in the US. General Cigar also operates Club Macanudo®, a cigar bar in New York City.

News: Diesel Sunday Gravy Series Concludes with Porcellino

I smoked the Rosamarino and Gabagool this evening and they were pretty darned good. This one sounds interesting as well. These are nice, affordable cigars. Read on:

DIESEL SUNDAY GRAVY SERIES CONCLUDES WITH PORCELLINO

The sixth and final Diesel Sunday Gravy expression will ship to brick and mortar retailers on October 3.

The blend is named after the iconic Florentine fountain called Il Porcellino. The name translates to “little pig,” yet the bronze sculpture is of a female wild boar which is said to bring good fortune and a sure return to Florence. Perhaps AJ and Justin Andrews were hinting at a “return” to collaborating when they selected Il Porcellino as the name for the final Sunday Gravy release. Either that or they were inspired by a wild boar ragu and wanted to name a bold, rich smoke after it. It’s anybody’s guess.

What’s certain is that Porcellino is like the five previous Sunday Gravy releases in that it’s a full-bodied, all-Habano blend made with tobaccos fermented in a “low and slow” method that’s like the way Sunday gravy (or sauce!) is cooked slowly over a low flame for a long period of time to get the taste just right.

Blended by AJ Fernandez and Justin Andrews and crafted at Tabacalera AJ Fernandez in Esteli, Nicaragua, Diesel Sunday Gravy Porcellino is rolled with an Ecuadoran Habano wrapper over a Nicaraguan Pueblo Nuevo binder and Nicaraguan Habano filler. It is a smoke that delivers notes of pepper, earth and leather.

“Porcellino” is being released in a toro size only.

Diesel Sunday Gravy Porcellino (6” x 52); SRP per cigar $4.99 or $49.90 per 10-count box

Diesel cigars are produced by Scandinavian Tobacco Group and distributed by Forged Cigar Company.

About Diesel Sunday Gravy

Diesel Sunday Gravy launched in August 2021 as a full-time line of seasonally-released, Nicaraguan-forward smokes, blended and handcrafted through Diesel’s winning partnership of AJ Fernandez and Justin Andrews. Blends have been released quarterly, sold until their limited supply is deleted and offered at an unbelievable SRP of less than $5.00 per cigar.

About Diesel

Handcrafted by artisans in Esteli, Nicaragua, Diesel cigars are “bold by design.” The brand challenges the current conventions of the handmade cigar category through the bold, unapologetic style of its Cigar Master, AJ Fernandez. Diesel cigars are unified by their deeply complex flavor which is achieved through AJ’s steadfast adherence to time honored cigar making techniques and his insistence on using the highest quality tobacco. The Diesel portfolio includes Hair of the Dog which was released in 2019; Whiskey Row which launched two expressions, one in 2019 and one in 2018, and Diesel Grind which debuted in 2017. For more information, visit www.dieselcigars.com.

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by Craig Vanderslice | September 25, 2022 · 9:50 am

NeverAsh and La Mezcla Cubana Cigars

I’m out on the porch again this week, typing away and smoking a La Mezcla Cubana with my coffee. This week it’s Autumn, and I have to wear pants and a long sleeve shirt. It could be a lot worse! I’m going to work backwards this time and t

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alk about this cigar I’m smoking. I want to say close to ten years ago Victor Vitale sold his portfolio to Dave Garofalo, which included ORTSAC, La Mezcla Cubana and another brand I can’t think of right now. Victor went on to make Tortuga Cigars, which were great, then moved into other businesses and has, sadly, vanished from the cigar industry. I miss Victor, and Tortuga cigars (I hav

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e a small collection in the humidor). Anyway, one of the cigars that United Cigar Co. had at the PCA show this year was the new La Mezcla Cubana, offered in one vitola, a 4½ x 54 Rothschild with what appears to be a shade grown wrapper. The box says Connecticut, but the description says it’s a Nicaraguan puro, made in the Dominican Republic. The cigar is good, and it retails for $6, hard to beat. It has a sugar cane sweetness here and there, with some nuttiness. I never had the original, but this one is very nice.

I bought some Casa Cuevas Sangre Nueva Double Perfectos this week (TY BL Luxuries, great service!) and smoked one and it was really good. I’m digging this

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blend! I was talking to Luigi of CigarMedics this week and he reminded me that I had talked to his friends at Neverash Cigars at the PCA show, so I dug out the sample they gave me to smoke yesterday. This cigar was the Torpedo, a box pressed 6″ x 52 cigar with a San Andrés wrapper, Dominican fillers and a Sumatra binder, made at the WIlliam Ventura factory. I have to admit, I haven’t had a lot of cigars made at that factory that I really liked. This one was an exception. I quite enjoyed this, it was different for a San Andrés wrapped cigar, more leathery and earthy than sweet. I used the Cigar Medics The Baller cutter on this, a torpedo takes two or three cuts, but does a nice job on a torpedo. I’ve been using thi cutter non-stop since I got it several months ago and it’s really cool. I have a lot of cutters, this is the coolest. Anyway, NeverAsh is small, I don’t think they have gotten into retail yet, but they sell direct (which may be a stumbling block). They are $12 cigars, the one I smoked was pretty good.

Not a lot this week, hopefully I’ll smoke some interesting cigars this week. Honestly, I find myself wanting to smoke cigars I’m familiar with recently, maybe it’s to get through this time

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elieve me, there are cigars I don’t bother to write about. Follow my Instagram, draw conclusions! That’s all for today, until the next time,

CigarCraig

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by Craig Vanderslice | September 22, 2022 · 7:46 pm

News: La Gloria Cubana Releasing Eighth Street

We all know I’ve been a long time fan of La Gloria Cubana, the first ones I smoked were made at the El Credito factory on Calle Ocho in the ’90s. This is an exciting release, as far as I’m concerned. Couple this with the fact that I really enjoy a lot of cigars from El Titan de Bronze. I like the size too! Read on:

La Gloria Cubana is set to release a cigar developed in collaboration with the family-owned El Titán de Bronze Cigar Factory.

Created to honor La Gloria’s roots in Miami’s Little Havana district, the limited-edition release called “Eighth Street” was developed in collaboration with Justin Andrews and blended by the team at El Titán de Bronze.

Justin Andrews said, “La Gloria Cubana Eighth Street is proudly made in the USA and honors the roots of this legendary brand. For this special project, we blended to a classic La Gloria profile which means the cigar has a lot of personality, is well-balanced through its many transitions and delivers a rich, long finish. This is an elegant and complex cigar that every fan of La Gloria Cubana will want to experience.”

Sandy Cobas, owner of El Titán de Bronze said, “La Gloria Cubana is one of Calle Ocho’s biggest success stories and it’s a brand my team and I have long admired. When we were approached about collaborating on this special project, we jumped at the chance. ‘Eighth Street’ is our way of paying tribute not only to La Gloria Cubana, but also to the Cuban expatriate cigar rollers who continue to practice their craft in Miami, keeping the traditions of their homeland alive.”

The full-bodied smoke is made with a blend of Dominican and Nicaraguan tobaccos and a Nicaraguan binder that are enrobed in a rich, Ecuadorian Habano Oscuro wrapper. The cigar delivers a robust smoking experience, with notes of espresso, leather and spice.

La Gloria Cubana Eighth Street is crafted at the El Titan de Bronze factory on Calle Ocho (Eighth Street) in Miami’s Little Havana district. The cigars are presented in 10-count, wooden boxes and only 5,000 boxes have been made. This special release will ship to retailers on October 3 rd and will be distributed by Forged Cigar Company.

La Gloria Cubana Eighth Street Toro (6” x 50); SRP per cigar $21.99

About The Forged Cigar Company

Developed to deepen support for the brick and mortar channel, The Forged Cigar Company launched in 2021 as an independent national cigar distribution network. Bolstered by independent marketing and customized programming, The Forged Cigar Company’s portfolio includes a curated mix of established and cult brands such as Partagas, La Gloria Cubana, Bolivar Cofradia, Diesel and Chillin’ Moose. The Forged Cigar Company’s mission includes leveraging relationships with its proprietary network of cigar factories to deliver product innovations uniquely timed to meet retailer and consumer needs.

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by Craig Vanderslice | September 18, 2022 · 9:56 am

El Baton Cigars and a Macanudo Inspirado Jamao

I’m, once again, writing from the back porch while I enjoy a new Macanudo cigar. I’m desperately hanging on to summer! It’s technically the last weekend of summer, cigars are one of the coping mechanisms I have to avoid slipping into depression. I’ll stop whining about this eventually! I had a few cigars this week, one that I planned to feature today, but burned so badly it was a pain in the ass and I decided to see if I can get another to try. It’s a shame too, because I really was looking forward to the cigar. I did smoke two cigars last night that I wanted to talk about. J.C. Newman Cigars was kind enough to share a couple of the new El Baton Belicosos with me. This is a cigar that’s been around for a while, so I dug out one of the old ones and smoked both to compare. The Belicoso is 5″ x 56, with an Ecuador “Havana” wrapper, and Nicaraguan binder and fillers. These are supposed to retail in the $8-9 range, I want to say that they were more of a budget brand in previous iterations, but maybe this is the new budget range? I won’t begrudge them the price, as this new offering is really quite good. It has a pleasing flavor, not too mild, nor too strong, with some nice sweet wood and spice. I followed it with an older robusto. I can’t recall how long I’ve had this cigar, but it has to be close to 7 or 8 years. The old version was nowhere near as refined as the new. There were similarities, but, even after years in the humidor, there were rough edges. I might even say there were some “off” flavors, but it’s so hard to really judge a cigar when it’s the second cigar of the evening. It seems to me that the new version is far superior, and well worth the money.

I’m smoking the Macadudo Inspirado Jamao as I type. Clearly I’m not writing with the cigar, as another writer pointed out on my Instagram post. It was semantics, and I’m anti-semantic. This is something like the sixth cigar in the Inspirado line. I really like the White, Black, and Red, with the Green being pretty good and I never took a shine to the Orange. There’s another Connecticut in the lineup too, the Brazilian Shade, with was pretty good. This Jamao is pretty good, especially first thing in the morning. The wrapper is the interesting part, being a hybrid of Handuran (Jamatran) and Dominican (Mao) tobacco, a Habano varietal. It’s very good, but to my very basic palate, isn’t every distinctive. It’s a good tasting cigar, on my ranking of Inspirados it’s right above the Orange. I feel like the should have put “Jamao” on the band somewhere. Good smoke, don’t avoid trying it! Inspirados are generally reasonably priced. As I sit here smoking it, it’s definitely good way to start a Sunday.