cigar review

  • Cigar Review – NightShade by Drew Estate

    Who doesn’t like a good deal? A while back I was flipping through a cigar catalog while waiting on teenager to deliver groceries to my car and I discovered that you could get a new Drew Estate cigar with a Connecticut River Valley wrapper for well under $7. Needless...
  • Cigar Review – Le Pâtissier by Crowned Heads

    Le Pâtissier is the French term for a pastry chef or “the baker” and while that might not excite you, dear reader, it surely gets my expectations riled up because the TNCC absolutely loved the Le Carême cigar (an homage to 19th-century French pastry chef Marie Antoine Carême who...
  • Cigar Review – Creature by Tatuaje

    Those of you who regularly listen to or watch the TNCC podcast are well aware of our unmatched love for all things horror. And any one who visits our website regularly surely knows by now that we are big fans of Tatuaje’s Monster series of cigars. The Doctor and...
  • Cigar Review – La Libertad by Villiger

    La Libertad has been around the block for quite a while now but it recently got a complete branding overhaul. Not only has the cigar’s packaging and band aesthetics been reworked but the cigar itself has had a major blend change due to it being the first cigar manufactured...
  • Cigar Review – Epernay Le Matin by Illusione

    Illusione brand owner Dion Giolito focused on refinement and subtlety over strength when blending the Epernay line, so these cigars are constructed without any ballsy ligero tobacco whatsoever. The goal here is to give the Epernays an effervescent, elegant experience similar to sipping a fine champagne (Epernay is a...
  • Cigar Review – Partagas Decadas 2021

    Partagas Black was one of the stogies that I smoked by the handful when I was first immersing myself in the world of premium cigars over a decade ago. Over the years, we’ve smoked a few Partagas offerings here in The Corner Of No Hope both Cuban in origin...
  • Cigar Review – Patrimonio by Casa Cuevas

    The Casa Cuevas brand entered the premium cigar landscape back in 2017. I reviewed their Reserva Maduro a few years ago but other than that enjoyable cigar I can’t recall smoking any of their other offerings… which isn’t really a big deal as I don’t remember a lot of...
  • Cigar Review – Grand Apex by Reinado

    The Reinado brand is one that I remember from my early days as a smoker of premium cigars but they had dropped off the radar by the time we started this mad experiment called The Tuesday Night Cigar Club in 2015. Well now Reinado is back in action with...
  • Cigar Review – Inspirado Brazilian Shade by Macanudo

    We featured a Macanudo cigar on the podcast way back in 2018, before the world came crashing down on our beautiful little party, on Episode 72. The TNCC crew reviewed the Inspirado Red and we all highly enjoyed its wasabi-like burn on the retrohale, its dominant strong leather note,...