One of the best reasons to join a cigar subscription club is to have the opportunity to try new things as well as some cigars you might not be able to find at your local brick and mortar shop. Cigar clubs, subscription boxes, cigar of the month clubs, whatever you want to call them, are great ways to get new cigars you might not try otherwise.
And today, I'm unboxing the MARCH 2022 cigar subscription box from Luxury Cigar Club. Let's take a look inside and see what I got!
Cigar Values: United Cigars La Giana Angelic Toro – $9.00 Caldwell The King is Dead Escape Plan Toro – $16.00 J. London Gold Series Pyramides (LCC Excl) – $19.00 Plasencia Alma del Fuego Robusto – $15.45 Steel Horse Maduro Churchill – $13.51
Amount Paid: $56.95 including shipping. Approx. Total Value: $72.96 USD Average Cigar Price: $14.59 USD
When I got this Platinum Nova cigar out of the June box from Luxury Cigar Club, I knew I wanted to smoke it. This weird-shaped cigar is called a "perfecto" and it's not a size I've smoked before.
Let's see how it tastes!
Initial Thoughts:
When I pulled the Nova Cigars Platinum Perfecto out of the June box from Luxury Cigar Club, I said to myself, "Ellory, you've got to smoke this cigar immediately!" So, spoiler alert, I did.
This cigar just looks cool. Like a torpedo missing its fins, this Platinum Perfecto looks like it's ready to launch out into the water and blow something up. The Nova Cigars Platinum Perfecto isn't very long, but it's pretty thick, so after a quick cut with my guillotine, I'm ready to smoke.
Brand: Nova
Line: Platinum
Size: 4 1/2 x 56
Cut: Guillotine
Light: Torch
Price: $25
Smoked On: June 4, 2019
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While the Nova Cigars Platinum Perfecto is good, I couldn't quite get over the $25 price tag on this cigar. The flavors were good, the burn was good, and I had no problems with the draw.
However, the Platinum Nova only smoked for about 66 minutes - far too short for a cigar that costs more than other cigars at that price point, specifically cigars like the Plasencia Alma Fuerte I reviewed here. If this cigar were half the price and smoked for about 20 minutes longer, I'd happily recommend it. But, I can't justify the price for a cigar that's no better than their competition, even though Nova claims they're a premium brand. Because I'd probably not smoke this one again, the Nova Cigars Platinum Perfecto gets a CigarScore of 3.
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Some cigars are just, well, rare. They're event exclusives or their limited edition or something along those lines. Well, today's cigar, the Drew Estate Liga Privada Unico Serie A is a cigar so rare, I'm sure if you've ever even heard of it, it's been through pictures on your Instagram feed.
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Before even cutting or lighting the cigar, the Unico Serie A smelled pretty good. This stick is several years old, and that time spent aging appears to be paying off.
After snipping the end of the long cigar, the cold draw offered up flavors like Betty Crocker boxed brownies.
Brand: Drew Estate
Line: Liga Privada Unico Serie A
Size: 9 x 47
Cut: Guillotine
Light: Torch
Price: Unknown
Wrapper: United States Connecticut River Valley Stalk Cut & Cured Sun Grown Habano
Binder: Brazilian Mata Fina
Filler: Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Honduras (modified T52 blend)
Smoke Time: 105 minutes
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Final Thoughts:
If you like other cigars in the Liga Privada line from Drew Estate, you're going to like the Drew Estate Liga Privada Unico Serie A. The flavors are good, the burn was almost perfect, and the draw was great considering the length and ring gauge of the stick.
Initially, the Liga Privada and Liga Undercrown lines of cigars were only for the employees of Drew Estate. However, they took a risk and offered them up for sale. The lines were so successful that they went into production. I can see why. The Unico Serie A is a great stick.
Although I couldn't find an exact or current price for this cigar, everything else about it led to a great experience. For these reasons, the Drew Estate Liga Privada Unico Serie A earns a CigarScore 5.
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While I don't love all RoMa Craft Tobac's cigars, I can't deny the fact that they're always well made with a lot of attention to detail. And, with that said, there are some RoMa Craft cigars that I absolutely love, like the Intemperance EC XVIII series.
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RoMa Craft makes a variety of cigars, most of them unapologetically bold. And today's selection is the RoMa Craft Intemperance Whiskey Rebellion 1794 Bradford, which has a dark, oily, Ecuadorian Habano wrapper.
On the cold draw, the flavors were slightly sweet and I tasted what I thought were hints of whiskey, so maybe this "Whiskey Rebellion" cigar was aged in a whiskey barrel. We'll see.
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Brand: RoMa Craft
Line: Intemperance, Whiskey Rebellion 1794
Size: 5 x 56
Cut: Guillotine
Light: Torch
Price: $8.00
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano
Binder: Indonesian Bezuki
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In the middle of the cigar, somewhere around the 25-minute mark, I discovered a massive hollow spot in the cigar that caused some pretty major draw issues. A little further, perhaps after I burned through the hollow spot, the burn became quite uneven.
Final Thoughts:
Despite my excitement for the RoMa Craft Intemperance Whiskey Rebellion 1794 Bradford, and the sweet aroma it put out, I didn't really care for this cigar. It was plagued with construction issues, a trait not typical of RoMa Craft cigars in my experience. I had to torch the cigar multiple times to get an even burn. That combined with the hole in the middle, and you get a poorly made stick.
I may be getting soft in my old age, but I'm going to give the RoMa Craft Intemperance Whiskey Rebellion 1794 Bradford a CigarScore of 3. Perhaps it should've gotten a CigarScore 2, but I may be more forgiving than I used to be. The construction was pretty bad, but you might love these bold, intense, oaky, charred flavors, and really enjoy this blend.
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I love getting great cigar deals. And today, I'm smoking a cigar from this sampler, the Alec Bradley Medalist Toro.
After cutting through the cap of the Alec Bradley Medalist, the cold draw was fantastic and offered up hints of very sweet honey. Once the cigar was lit, the aroma of the smoke was like that of bread and it was almost doughy. After lighting the cigar, that doughy aroma reminded me of sourdough bread.
During the first few minutes with the cigar, the Alec Bradley Medalist Toro was very smooth and it had a great flavor to it. Also, visually, the Medalist looks very much like an Atabey cigar, and that's likely due to both having a Costa Rican wrapper leaf.
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CigarScore: 4
Brand: Alec Bradley
Line: Medalist
Size: 6 x 54
Cut: Guillotine
Light: Torch
Price: $6.50
Wrapper: Costa Rica
Binder: United States Connecticut
Filler: Nicaragua (Jalapa), Nicaragua (Esteli), Honduras (Jamastran)
Smoke Time: 75 minutes
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Through the middle of my time with the Alec Bradley Medalist Toro, the flavors were good. I tasted creaminess that, when paired with coffee, was almost like a vanilla latte.
Despite having to retorch the cigar to even up the burn, the draw was good, and the burn did even quite a bit in the final third.
Final Thoughts
For the most part, the Alec Bradley Medalist Toro is a good cigar. Despite having a slight burn issue, the Medalist was quite enjoyable. Plus it comes in at a great price.
The flavors were light and occasionally sweet with hints of vanilla. And, overall, I really enjoyed the 75 minutes I got to spend with this cigar. The Alec Bradley Medalist Toro earns a CigarScore 4.
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One of the best reasons to join a cigar subscription club is to have the opportunity to try new things. Cigar clubs, subscription boxes, cigar of the month clubs, whatever you want to call them, are great ways to get new cigars you might not try otherwise.
And today, not only am I opening some goodies from Kevin Shahan over at Cigar Prop!!!!, but I'm also unboxing the NOVEMBER 2019 cigar subscription box from Luxury Cigar Club. Let's take a look inside and see what I got!
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Amount Paid: $56.95 including shipping.
Approx. Cigar Value for November 2019: $75.10 USD
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You know, some cigar names are easy to say, like Padron or RoMaCraft. Others, like today's cigar from Casdagli, are extremely difficult. However, a cigars' name typically has little bearing on its flavors. So, today, we're going to dive right into the Casdagli Villa Casdagli Pigasus.
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Right off the bat, one of the first things I noticed about the Casdagli Villa Casdagli Pigasus was its aroma. It smelled like manure. Sorry, I mean it smelled earthy and like fertilizer.
Visually the cigar looks good. It's got great color tones, an oily-looking wrapper, and a closed foot with a tiny crack in it.
Giving the end a cut, even with a closed foot, I felt like a good draw was in my future. The cold draw had lots of cedar notes to it as well.
However, once lit, the Casdagli Villa Casdagli Pigasus had a tight draw, and there were some hard spots that could prove to be the culprits. That said, the flavors weren't bad. Things could get interesting.
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Through the first 20-or-so minutes, the draw was still tight. To remedy that, I cut the cigar again, this time at a slight angle. However, the draw issues were only temporarily relieved, and I started to struggle once again.
Despite the tight draw, the overall construction does appear to be good. The flavors had a slight chemical-ish taste to them, even though they were aged an “extra 4 months.” There were also flavors that tasted a little sour, and a little of citrus.
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