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Christmas Corona Gordas, Day 13: 1971 Punch Nectares No.2
After a long journey through a dozen of corona gordas, I have finally reached the last day of this series of reviews. Despite the few disappointments, I have had some fantastic cigars and I am happy with the choice of size for this year. After a magical Siglo IV yesterday, it is time to smoke [...]
Posted in Cuban, Punch, Reviews
By yiorgos
Christmas Corona Gordas, Day 12: Cohiba Siglo IV
For day 12, the last day of this series of reviews I have left one of my favourite cigars, the Cohiba Siglo IV. I was meant to smoke this cigar yesterday, however I decided to postpone this review for a day, as I was late sitting down and I didn’t want sunrise to find me [...]
Posted in Cohiba, Cuban, Reviews
By yiorgos
Christmas Corona Gordas, Day 11: Juan Lopez Seleccion No.1
Two days left until the Little Christmas, the day that was meant to be the last one of this series of reviews. However, I will not break the tradition and I will extend it by a day in order to review a special cigar. Two years ago it was the Partagas D4 Reserva along with [...]
Posted in Cuban, Juan Lopez, Reviews
By yiorgos
Christmas Corona Gordas, Day 10: Rafael Gonzalez Corona Extra
The menu for day 10 of the Corona Gorda reviews dictates that tonight’s smoke will be a discontinued gorda from Rafael Gonzalez, the Corona Extra. Rafael Gonzalez is one of the smallest brands of Habanos SA, with only two cigars in regular production in 2011, and a third vitola scheduled to be released early this [...]
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By yiorgos
Christmas Corona Gordas, Day 9: Ramon Allones Superiores
January 2nd and this is day 9 f this series of reviews. Holidays are officially over for me, as today was my first day back to work, hence the post midnight review. Today’s corona gorda is the Ramon Allones Superior, a new release that has already developed a big fanbase. The Ramon Allones Superior is [...]
Posted in Cuban, Ramon Allones, Reviews
By yiorgos
Christmas Corona Gordas, Day 8: Montecristo C EL 2003
It is January 1st of 2012, first day of the new year and day 8 in this series of reviews. Five gordas are left to review and since I my last cigar of 2011 was a limitada, I will start 2012 in the same way, hoping to get similar results. Today’s corona gorda is the [...]
Posted in Cuban, Montecristo, Reviews
By yiorgos
Christmas Corona Gordas, Day 7: Partagas Serie D No. 3 EL 2001
It is new year’s eve and I have chosen a special cigar for tonight, to farewell 2011. My corona gorda for tonight is the Partagas Serie D No.3 Edicion Limitada 2001. Although it was meant to be released in 2001, most of the D no.3’s were actually released in 2002, as the Cubans realized they didn’t have enough [...]
Posted in Cuban, Partagas, Reviews
By yiorgos
Christmas Corona Gordas, Day 6: Saint Luis Rey Serie A
It’s day six of this series of reviews and I am hoping that today’s cigar will keep the momentum of the great smokes I have had in the last couple of days. Today I am smoking one of the less popular corona gordas in the market today, the Saint Luis Rey Serie A. The SLR [...]
Posted in Cuban, Reviews, Saint Luis Rey
By yiorgos
Christmas Corona Gordas, Day 5: Punch Royal Seleccion No.11
Fifth day of the twelve days of Christmas and the cigar i will be reviewing today is the second Punch in the lineup, the Royal Selection No.11. The Royal Selection No.11 is one of the six corona gordas Punch has released in their post-revolution history, and it has been discontinued since 2010. It is considered [...]
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By yiorgos
Christmas Corona Gordas, Day 4: Hoyo de Monterrey Epicure No.1
My cold is not getting any better and smoking three cigars with the gang last night surely didn’t help. But we had a fantastic night and we all enjoyed it. The 4th Transnational Tasting next year will be something to look forward to. Despite not being in the best of conditions to smoke another cigar, [...]
Posted in Cuban, Hoyo de Monterrey, Reviews
By yiorgos
- Dara : There may not be a fireplace but at least we won't leave smelling of b ...
- Jay : Lovin the review of the punch No.2,think I'm gonna have to add it to m ...
- Andy : Very nice review of a rare cigar Yiorgos. Good series. ...
- Jay : Excellent review of da Siglo , 2 thumbs up .. Gonna order some off jam ...
- yiorgos : my apologies jay, but I had to skip yesterday. I am blazing the siglo ...