by | January 19, 2022 · 5:49 pm

News: United Cigars Releases La Mezcla Cubana at the TPE Show

Here’s some news from United Cigars. They also announced the 2022 Firecracker will be the Bandolero.  I’m passing on this news item because of the historical connection to my old friend Victor Vitale, who sold the Mezcla Cubana brand, along with some others, to Dave Garofalo almost ten years ago. This is a brand that I never tried, so I hope to give this one a shot. I’m on the fence on the Firecrackers, they are pricier than usual! Anyway, I’ll check out United at the TPE, what else do you want to hear about from the show? Let me know in the comments what you’d like me to bring back, or cover in real time, from the show!   

 

A rejuvenation of the La Mezcla Cubana line is ready for its relaunch at the 2022 TPE Show in Las Vegas, NV. With a comprehensive portfolio that offers a blend for every palette, United Cigars is offering another line with a budget friendly price. First debuting in 2006 through Cigar Agency, La Mezcla Cubana was sold throughout the United States until 2013 when United Cigars bought the brand. Today, La Mezcla Cubana is produced at the Magia Cubana Factory in Gurabo, Dominican Republic. The relaunch comes after a Zoom call uncovered an opportunity to purchase 7-year-old Ecuadorian wrapper leaf from A.S.P. Enterprises, a family-owned tobacco farm in Ecuador.

 

Offered in boxes of 50 cigars, the La Mezcla Cubana Rothschild measures a stout 4 1⁄2 x 54 and offers a mild-to- medium profile. Meaning “Cuban Mix,” the 7-year-old wrapper is Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade with an

Indonesian binder. Dominican, Nicaraguan, and Pennsylvanian leaves are used in the filler along with a proprietary blend by Magia Cubana.

 

“This is wrapper leaf that had been aged for seven years and was selected for some luxury lines,” shared Oliver Nivaud of United Cigars. “Fortunately for us, the wrapper was only big enough for a short vitola, so it was perfect for our Rothschild.”

 

With the relaunch of La Mezcla Cubana at the TPE Show, retailers will have a first look at the line that is currently only available in a Rothschild format. MSRP is $299.99 for the box of 50 cigars and $5.99 per cigar. United Cigars has begun taking orders and the cigars should start shipping to retailers mid-February.

 

United Cigar began as a US based cigar store chain in 1901 growing to nearly 3,000 shops. United Cigar eventually became part of the corporation that bought Marvel Comics in 1968. The United Cigar chain represented the interests of the Consolidated Tobacco Company, the tobacco trust that c

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factures and distributes premium cigars within the United States, with distribution agreements with Selected Tobacco (Atabey, Byron & Bandolero), as well as Jose Dominguez cigars. United Cigars proudly features its own brands including the quick-selling bundle line Classic, La Gianna Havana, and their flagship brand, United.

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by | January 16, 2022 · 10:57 am

Protocol Bass Reeves Natural and Maduro Cigars

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Protocol Cigars in attendance. I was busy with the 1st and 15th podcast recording so it wasn’t until about 9 o’clock when I rolled in, which is pretty late for me. I admit I had to talk myself into leaving the house that late! I didn’t want to miss hanging out with these dudes though, and I had been looking forward to trying these cigars. I got there and lit up the Bass Reeves Maduro. Both cigars are 6″ x 52 toros, and both are made in AJ Fernandez’ San Lotano factory via Espinosa. All the specifics can be found in the press release which I posted back in June (here). The maduro has a dark, Nicaraguan Habano and has some hints of licorice here and there. It was a nice, medium bodied cigar, at least that was my thought, but I had smoked a Todos las Dias Thick Lonsdale earlier, and they are “mas fuerte”. It had loads of flavor as was quite satisfying. It smoked for a good hour and 45 minutes, or until closing time, which was way past my bedtime. As one would expect from a P

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rotocol event, it was low key and mellow, a fine evening of civilized conversation. I’m glad I talked myself into going. 

 

Naturally, I had to smoke the Ecuador Sumatra wrapped version yesterday. I dig Sumatra, but they can vary widely from growing region to growing region, I find. This was a good looking cigar, with a ruddy brown wrapper. Flavorwise this, to me, was on the earthy, leathery side with a little spice. It lacked the sweetness I expect in the  Sumatras I enj

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oy the most. It was still a good cigar, the construction was spot on, as was the maduro. So far that has been the case with the cigars I’ve smoked from that factory (Espinosa has the Murcialago made there as well as some of the 601s and the Laranja Reserva Azulejo). The Sumatra was good, but my palate prefers the maduro in this case. I can see where I’m going to go back and pick up the others in the Lawman series and give them a try. I should have grabbed them all Friday, but I was in a hurry to get a cigar lit and just went right for the Bass Reeves. I’m sure I’ll be back to Son’s soon, they have them all! 

 

Check out the 1st and 15th Podcast where I don’t think I made too big a fool of myself (the competition was fierce!) in places where one finds podcasts (Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, or embedded at https://www.comedycigarsmusic.com/. I think we had a different approach to talking about the CA top 25, but this particular group has a different approach to most discussions! It was actually pretty tame. That’s all for today, until the next time, 

 

CigarCraig

 

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by | January 13, 2022 · 9:18 pm

A CroMagnon Aquitaine Gran Perfecto and an Upcoming Podcast Appearance

I’ve been smoking my way through a sampler of RoMaCraft Gran Perfectos that I picked up at Son’s Cigars a while ago, and tonight I selected the Aquitaine Gran Perfecto. I alway thought the CroMagnon was my favorite in the line, and I love smoking them, but I forgot how good the Aquitaine was. This is a great example of how the wrapper makes a difference in flavor, as, if I’m not mistaken, the wrapper is the only difference in the two lines. The CroMagnon has the Broadleaf and the Aquitaine has the Habano wrapper from Ecuador. The Aquitaine is a little lighter, and it has that sugar cane sweetness (my new favorite descriptor), that I really enjoy. I don’t think it’s the format, although the 5 5/8″ x 60 size is neat. I’ll have to dig around the humidor and see if I have any other Aquitaine sizes, or pick some up. I enjoyed the crap out of this cigar! I had previously thought the Neanderthal was my favorite of the Gran Perfecto selection, but this one has replaced it.

 

Tomorrow evening I will be joining a panel to record an episode of the 1st and 15th Podcast, a bi-monthly podcast with Phil from ComedyCigarsMusic.com and Kap from Kaplowitz Media. We’ll be talking about the Cigar Aficionado Top 25 list that was just published, and, although I haven’t smoked many of the cigars in the top ten,  I have some general comments. Either way, it will be entertaining! As the name of the podcast suggests, it will be available on the 15th, wherever finer podcasts are sold.  Unless I make a fool of myself, then skip it. 

 

I think I have the e-mail thing worked out. Even though I turned off the Feedburner e-mails, they might still be going out, so if you get two different e-mails, my apologies, please bear with me until I get it all cleaned up. Most of you probably delete them or they go to spam anyway!  Until the next time, 

 

CigarCraig 

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by | January 9, 2022 · 10:35 am

Stolen Throne War Council and Sensei’s Sensational Sarsparilla Cigars

It was implied in my last post that the Stolen Throne Three Kingdoms was among my favorite cigars of the last year, and honestly it was right there at the top. I keep going back for more of this cigar, there’s a sweet flavor that I haven’t been able to put a name to, and it wasn’t until I smoked the War Council yesterday that I think I finally am able to label that flavor. A little bit about the War Council cigar: it’s a 6″ x 46 corona extra, not a skinny toro, or whatever the site that sold them called it. Silliness. They made something like just under 1900 of these, and I was gifted one of these by Kevin and JR of Stolen Throne when I met them a few weeks ago. It has an Ecuador Habano wrapper, undisclosed binder and Nicaraguan and undisclosed or Honduran (sources vary), fillers. Best I can tell it contains tobacco, that’s a safe bet. It’s very good tobacco. I’d be remiss if I failed to mention that this cigar was the cigar of the year for 2021 at Kaplowitz Media, after smoking it, I don’t find that at all curious. Going back to my tasting notes, I thought it had loads of the same sweet flavor that I love in the Three Kingdoms, which I’m now going to recognize as “sugar cane”. Since my palate is less refined than most, that sweetness carried throughout the cigar for me, and was dominant, and I loved it. I find the Three Kingdoms more balanced for my palate, which is fine, it’s obviously in greater supply, but the War Council was definitely a treat! I love smoking special cigars, but I don’t like falling in love with them!  Thanks guys fr the opportunity, and I learned something from it!  

 

I made a little exception to my own rule with this next cigar, although I suppose it’s not the first time. I generally let other media entities promote their own wares, unless there’s some reciprocity. This particular cigar is now in general distribution, so I’m giving it a pass. as the post title implies, the cigar in question is the Sensei’s Sensational Sarsaparilla, which is part of the Espinosa portfolio. I picked up one of these to sample at an Espinosa event at Son’s a few weeks ago. This originated with the Cigar Dojo, who has done an amazing job with coming out with their own cigars in small batches. This is the maybe the third one that has “made it”, following Drew Estate’s Dogmas in Maduro and Sungrown. It’s pretty impressive, the only other cigar that I can think of that’s similar is DE’s BOTL (RIP TP)

, which, while is a great cigar, hasn’t seen the success. It’s a 5½” x 52 Belicoso, with a San Andrés wrapper, Nicaraguan binder, and fillers from Condega and Estelí. Reading the blend, this cigar doesn’t taste anything like it should. I expected dark, cocoa/ coffee, and I got an almost saccharine sweetness. It was more of the sweetness, maybe the Sarsaparilla thing got in my head, but I got the sweet flavor through the cigar. Not that it was a bad thing, it was just not what I expected. It was another good cigar from La Zona, and a lot of my favorite cigars are/were made at La Zona (for other peo

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ple, ie: La Sirena, the former Cornelius and Anthony and Arandoza). 

 

That’s all for today. The new e-mail alert system should work on this post! I’ve been working on it for a week and hopefully I’ve just about got things ironed out. When it works like I think it will I’ll kill the Feedburner e-mails so everyone doesn’t get two! Fingers crossed again, thanks for your patience, and there’s two of you who may have gotten both e-mails last week! until the next time, 

 

CigarCraig 

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by | January 6, 2022 · 9:27 pm

A Romeo y Julieta Crafted by AJ Fernandez Nicaragua Robusto and Some List Thoughts

Tonight I smoked a cigar I picked up at a new shop I had stopped in to a few weeks ago that I hadn’t seen before. It was the Romeo and Julieta Crafted by AJ Fernandez Robusto. This cigar had a cedar wrap, was nicely presented, and I want to say it was on the higher side price wise. Historically, most of the majority of Altadis cigar I find myself enjoying are  those made in conjunction with AJ Fernandez, Montecristo, Upmann, Trinidad, you get the picture. This cigar was really good. It has a maduro Habano 2000 wrapper and Nicaraguan binder and fillers. It’s got cocoa and some woody spice flavors. Like I said, I recall it being a little pricey, and doing some research, I think I overpaid, but it gave me some insight into this particular sho

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ps buying habits. I won’t name names, but it’s my theory that this shop bought these cigars by mail order and keystoned them, because I feel like I paid about twice as much as I see them on JRs or CI. After smoking it, I’m not mad, I feel like it was a great smoke, thoroughly enjoyable. It was probably the best Romeo I’ve smoked. I won’t buy a lot of cigars at this particular shop. 

 

It’s list time, and everyone is posting their best of lists. As I mentioned, I toyed with the idea of posting a list, but it would be for selfish reasons. I could easily say that my favorite cigars of the past year, in no particular order, were the Stolen Throne three Kingdoms Toro, the All Saints Saint Francis Churchill,  the Casa Cuevas Patrimonio, the Undercrown 10 Toro, the La Sirena Mexican Mermaid Toro, the Perla Del Mar Corojo Toro and the Partagas Decadas 2021. I suppose if I put them in a numbered list it would get some attention, and, perhaps, qualify for the Halfwheel Consensus, but I don’t I don’t need the validation. It could be said that I just listed my top seven favorite cigars of the year here, I guess I did, and for the purposes of letting my readers know, now you know! No fanfare, no trolling for shares or recognition, just sharing with my readers.  I applaud everyone who puts the time into making their lists, and making the rules that go along with them, I don’t have time for that. I’m just a guy

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who loves cigars, and I write stuff about them.  There’s no spreadsheets or process or stuff, that’s too much work. Cigars are good, when it becomes work, it’s not as much fun. 

 

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

 

CigarCraig

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