Black Label Trading Company Satuation (Salvation)

Size: 5 X 54

Wrapper: Ecuadorian Sun Grown Habano

Binder: Honduras

Filler: Nicaraguan

This was my second cigar from Black Label Trading Company. Last year I was sent three cigars one Royalty, Satuation and Last Rite. I reviewed the Royalty and enjoyed it and now it was time for Satuation. After reviewing the cigar, I saw the name is actually Salvation. But it is spelled differently on the Pre-Release Sample band. So during the video review I am calling this cigar Satuation.

 I placed the foot of this well constructed, chocolate colored, minimally veined cigar under my nose and smelled chocolate pudding with Habanero/Cayenne pepper. Very nice. The wrapper omitted smells of coco and dirt from a little league field. I clipped the cap with my Tonino Lamborghini Le Mans cutter and get a nice clean cut. I tasted hay and leaves from the dry draw. The draw is nice and open. I toasted the foot with my Tonino Lamborghini Forza and taste chocolate from the first few draws of full smoke. I then tasted a hint of cedar creeping in.

Later in this first section I tasted floral notes and sweetness. The burn was even and the ash was a nice dense grey ash with streaks of black. The smoke continued to be full and the ash stayed in tact for the first section.

The ash fell in the section section and the burn was still even.  The band is so large I had to slide it off in this section. No defects, glue or cracks underneath. Sweet molasses, leather and a mild white pepper was the flavor note I tasted. So far, so good.

The last section and the ash fell again and the burn continued to be even. The flavor notes round off with white pepper, molasses and cocoa. The smoke never died down and continued full and creamy.

The Black Label Trading Company Salvation is a tasty cigar and a Cigar Assessor Approved Cigar.

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Wilson Adams Sumatra No. 4

Size: 6 X 52

Wrapper: Ecuadorian Sumatra

Binder: Pennsylvania Broadleaf

Filler: Nicaraguan

Being a fan of the first Wilson Adams cigar created by Brandon Wilson and Stephen Miller, I was looking forward to their new cigar recently released, the Wilson Adams Sumatra. During my travels, I popped into Lordsburg Cigar Lounge in La Verne, California and I spotted the new cigar in their beautiful humidor. I picked up three along with 2 of the original Wilson Adams and made the purchased. Now time for the review.

The cigar for the review was the second I smoked and I still have one more sitting in my humidor. I took this well constructed, nut/chocolate brown, minimally veined cigar from it's cellophane and smelled sweetness, cocoa and barnyard from the foot. Sweat and barnyard is what I smelled from the wrapper. I clipped off the cap with my Colibri Slice Cutter and took a nice open dry draw of chocolate and leather. I toasted the foot with a Colibri Enterprise II double jet flame lighter and tasted cedar and a touch of sweetness in the first few puffs of full creamy smoke which continued throughout the whole smoking experience.  Hints of Espresso and white pepper are the flavor note I was picking up and the nice dense grey with streaks of black as held on during the first section of this cigar.

The ash fell for the first time right before the second section and notes of white pepper kicked it up a notch with an underlying hint of leather and espresso.

The last third and the band slid off without incident of damaging the cigar. No defects, cracks or glue underneath. The flavor of white pepper died down and hints of espresso, wood and a mild sweetness rounded off the last section.

The Wilson Adams Sumatra is a full bodied smoke and shouldn't be smoked on an empty stomach. Make sure you eat a meal before hand. It also has a strong nicotine kick midway through. I enjoyed smoking this cigar and give it the Cigar Assessor Approval.

Make sure you support your local Cigar Shops/Lounges by visiting and buying cigars. Just don't buy on-line. I say this because these shops and their owners are on the front lines fighting for your rights to smoke. If you don't support them, they will begin to disappear and so will your rights to enjoy a fine cigar and you won't have anyplace to hang with fellow smokers.

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G.A.R. DELI CUSTOM BLENDS NOW AVAILABLE AT CIGAR.COM - Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

March 5, 2014

 

 

G.A.R. DELI CUSTOM BLENDS NOW AVAILABLE AT CIGAR.COM

Cigar.com acquires exclusive distribution rights to G.A.R. Deli custom cigar blends.

 

 

Miami, Florida, March 5, 2014 

 

G.R. Tabacaleras Co.Cigar Factory, operated by George Rico of Gran Habano in Little Havana, announces that Cigar.com will now have exclusive online distribution rights to its G.A.R. Deli custom blending service beginning in March 2014.

 

 

The new collaboration between Cigar.com and G.R. Tabacaleras Co. will give the consumer access to a personal blend that one can only get from an American cigar factory offering premium, aged tobaccos with the finest construction methods showcasing traditional Cuban manufacturing processes, all from the comfort of your home. This partnership will deliveran enhanced G.A.R. Deli blending experience by providing customers with their very own custom blending expert at Cigar.com to assist them through the process. In addition to this new feature, your G.A.R. Deli order of 25 custom blended cigars will come with a brand new presentation; including a newly designed wood-boxed kit containing two puritos of each type of tobacco, an ordering guide booklet and personalized cigar bands. 

 

 

 

You will now also have the option of choosing from a Robusto (51/2 x54) or Toro (6 x 50).

 

 

The G.A.R. Deli service will be featured in Cigar.com’s March catalog issue. Contact the experts at Cigar.com o order at (800) 357-9800 or customblends@cigar.com. Walk-in orders and G.A.R. Deli consultations are still being offered out of G.R. Tabacaleras Co. in Miami and can be scheduled at info@garcigars.com. 

 

 

 

G.R. Tabacaleras Co.

1792 S.W. 8 Street

Miami, FL 33135

(305) 644-3470

www.grtabacalerasunidas.com

VegaFina Sumum Edicion Especial 2010 Toro

Size: 5 X 54

Wrapper: Ecuadorian Grown Cuban Seed

Binder: Santa Domingo

Filler:   Nicaragua/Dominican Republic/Peru

On this day, I decided to try a review in my car while I drove around for my job. I set up my new iPhone 5C in my dashboard holder and used my HTC ONE to snap the pictures of the cigar. The cigar I reviewed is the VegaFina Sumum Edicion Especial 2010. This cigar was sent to me from Altadis.

This cigar is well constructed, minimally veined, chocolate brown stick.  I smelled sweet chocolate from the foot and earthy, dog and barnyard scent from the stick. I clipped the cap with my Tonino Lamborghini Le Mans cutter and got a nice clean cut as usual. I took a nice open draw of leaves and earthiness. I toasted the foot with my Tonino Lamborghini Black & Red Carbon Fiber Forza lighter and full creamy smoke immediately came pumping out of the stick. Hay and tobacco are the first flavor note I tasted from my first few puffs.

In the first section of this smoking experience I tasted flavor notes of hay, tobacco, coffee and a underlying sweetness. The medium dense ash was a nice grey color and the burn was almost even. The smoke continued to kick out of this stick full and creamy.










In the second third of this cigar the burn remained the same and the smoke still was full and creamy. I tasted notes of sweet raisins, and white pepper, which was the predominate flavor in this third.

The last third and the burn didn't change and I tapped off the grey ash due to driving and needing to take the bands off. The bands came off without incident of tearing or sticking. No splits, defects or glue underneath. A mild sweetness continued along with white pepper and coffee flavor note.

Overall a very nice cigar and a Cigar Assessor's approved cigar. I smoked this stick until I couldn't hold it anymore.

I want to also take this opportunity to ask you to please visit
your local brick and mortar cigar shops and support them. They are the ones on the front lines fighting for your rights as
a cigar smoker. If you don't help support them, there won't be any place for us smokers to gather, associate and enjoy your cigar
-Robert Meyers/Cigar Assessor

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Agio Cigars and Drew Estate Proudly Announce Distribution Partnership - Press Release

For Release

10:00 AM, March 3rd, 2014

Contact: Johnny Brooke

Drew Estate

Phone 786-581-1800

jbrooke@drewestate.com

12415 SW 136^th Ave

Suite 7

Miami, FL 33186

Drew Estate Press Release

Agio Cigars and Drew Estate Proudly Announce

Distribution Partnership

Miami, FL

March 3, 2014:

Royal Agio Cigars and Drew Estate Tobacco Company are

pleased to announce exclusive distribution agreement effective

April 1^st 2014. Drew Estate will market, sell, and distribute all Royal

Agio Cigar brands in the United States.

This agreement expands Royal Agio Cigars’ reach across the broad

channels of tobacco distribution throughout the U.S. and provides the

opportunity to market Panter, Mehari’s and Balmoral brands in the

optimal way.

Boris Wintermans, CEO of Royal Agio Cigars explains: “Although our comp

anies are quite different, there was an immediate chemistry between our two

family businesses. Both companies aim for creating purposeful brands for the

long run and are committed to making a difference. We both have the ambition

to expand in the U.S. market and the Royal Agio portfolio compliments the Drew

Estate brand portfolio perfectly.”

“Drew Estate Tobacco Company, including both the Drew Estate premium division

and the popular market side called, “Half a Sandwich” has tremendous respect for the

Royal Agio team and the special family tradition behind all of their fine cigars,” explains

Jonathan Drew, co-founder.

“At Drew Estate, we understand that success comes through purposeful collaboration.

That’s why we are so excited about this new partnership with Royal Agio,” according to

Drew Estate President, Michael Cellucci.

About Drew Estate:

Founded in New York City in 1996 by two former college fraternity brothers, who

shared a dream to become world-class cigar makers. Jonathan Drew and Marvin

Samel led Drew Estate to become one of the largest and fastest growing cigar companies

in the world. Under their mantra “The Rebirth of Cigars”™, Drew Estate has defied the 

odds by innovating new elements to the cigar industry with their unique tobaccos and blending 

styles that have attracted new and old cigar enthusiasts. 

In their Gran Fabrica Drew Estate, the Nicaraguan headquarters, Drew Estate produces successful brands such as ACID, Herrera Estelí, Java by Drew Estate, Kentucky Fired Cured, Liga Privada, My Uzi Weighs a Ton, Natural, Nica Rustica, Tabak Especial and Undercrown.

About Royal Agio Cigars:

Royal Agio Cigars is a leading global cigar manufacturer offering internationally renowned brands such as Mehari’s, Panter and Balmoral. Established by Jacques Wintermans in 1904 and headed by 4^th generation Boris Wintermans, Royal Agio Cigars has always been an independent family company.

At the centennial, her Majesty Queen of the Netherlands awarded Agio Cigars with the Royal warrant of appointment. From its home base in the Dutch town of Duizel, cigars are being sent to more than 100countries worldwide. Production facilities in the Netherlands, Belgium, Sri Lanka and the DominicanRepublic combine state of the art technology with the best tobaccos available to result in the highestquality cigars for cigar lovers all over the world.

For more information on both companies, please visit our websites:

www.drewestate.com

www.agiocigars.com

SAM LECCIA READY TO PUT CIGAR INDUSTRY IN A HEADLOCK

Date: February 26, 2014

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                      Media Contact:

Liza M Santana/Gabriel Pineres 305.968.2384 /786.541.7411

lmsantana@creativasgroup.com  gpineres@creativasgroup.com

SAM LECCIA READY TO PUT CIGAR INDUSTRY IN A HEADLOCK

Leccia Tobacco to release “Luchador” this coming Cinco de Mayo

(Miami, FL) February 26, 2014— Sam Leccia, President of Leccia Tobacco, is looking to put the cigar industry in a headlock with the announcement of his latest blend, “Luchador”. Following up on the success of his much anticipated comeback with the highly acclaimed Leccia Black and White cigar blends, Leccia is looking to add a little spice and flair with his latest release.

Luchador, which translates to “wrestler” in Spanish, is an exotic five-­‐country cigar blend hand crafted in Nicaragua, consisting of some unique tobaccos.  A Mexican San Andreas Wrapper leaf surrounds a habano binder leaf grown in Ecuador. The filler consists of viso from Esteli, Nicaragua with ligero from Pennsylvania, USA and Jamastran, Honduras.  Centering the blend is a distinctive tobacco from Ometepe, Nicaragua.

Ometepe is an island formed by two volcanoes rising from Lake Nicaragua in the Republic of Nicaragua. It is the largest volcanic island inside a fresh water lake in the world. The Luchador blend uses three tobaccos grown in volcanic soil: the Ometepe, Habano and San Andreas. The soil in these regions  is so rich that little to no fertilization is necessary.

Sam Leccia said: “I wanted to create something fun, yet different and exciting. With Luchador being a combination of exotic blends and flavors with a Mexican wrapper, I thought it was time to tap into my childhood fascination of Mexican pro wrestling. Fun branding aside, the Luchador is a seriously unique blend that goes from sweet to spicy in 0 to 60.”

The Luchador brand will appropriately and officially launch on Cinco de Mayo (May 5th, 2014) with multiple cigar events being held throughout the U.S. Luchador will come in four sizes: El Hombre 5x54, El Guapo 6x50, El Castigo 6x60, and the Loco Perfecto 6 x 58. They will come in boxes of 21 cigars each donning the iconic luchador mask.

Sam Leccia, the rebel child of the cigar industry and President of newly formed Leccia Tobacco Company, released the highly rated Black and White cigar lines. Leccia Tobacco is distributed by Torano Family Cigar Company. For more information please visit www.Lecciatobacco.com