Category: Stogie Stories
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Perdomo Habano Connecticut – Bury the Leaf Somewhere along the way, “Connecticut” stopped meaning what a lot of us thought it meant. For years, that pale blond wrapper was code for soft, safe, and mostly forgettable. It was the stick you handed to the new guy or the one you grabbed with a mug of…
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Crowned Heads Mil Dias – Bury the Leaf There are cigars you buy because you’ve researched them, hunted them down, and convinced yourself they’re going to change your life. Then there are cigars you buy because Cigar Page throws a number on the screen so low it feels disrespectful not to click “add to cart.”…
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Henry Clay War Hawk Toro – Bury the Leaf Some cigars earn their place in the humidor. Others end up there because CigarPage caught you at the exact wrong moment—somewhere between curiosity and justifying a deal that didn’t need much justification to begin with. The Henry Clay War Hawk Toro was never meant to be a centerpiece cigar. It wasn’t hunted down, it didn’t come with a…
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Alec Bradley Pensado Toro – Bury the Leaf I have a confession. A fairly embarrassing confession, actually. I had absolutely no idea the Alec Bradley Prensado was a former Cigar of the Year. None. Not when I bought it. Not when it arrived. Not when it disappeared into the humidor. Not during the better part…
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Bury the Leaf I have a confession to make. A dangerous confession. A confession that may cause my membership card to be immediately revoked from the Brotherhood of Connecticut Skeptics. I liked this cigar. There. It’s out there. We’ll come back to that. First, you need to understand that Connecticut cigars and I have a…
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Bury the Leaf There are cigars that announce themselves. The kind that show up wearing a three-piece suit, kick open the boardroom door, and immediately start telling everybody why they’re the smartest person in the building. Then there are cigars like the La Aroma de Cuba Reserva. Quiet. Confident. Professional. The kind that never raises its voice because it doesn’t think it has to. Coming into this…
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Bury the Leaf I was intimidated by My Father. Looking back, I’m not entirely sure why. Maybe it was the ornate packaging. Maybe it was the presentation. Maybe it was the reputation. Maybe it was simply the unknown. When you’re first getting into cigars, brands like Rocky Patel, Oliva, Gurkha, and CAO seem to be…
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Crowned Heads Juarez Willie Lee – Bury the Leaf There are cigars you review. Then there are cigars that spend the entire evening reviewing you. The Willie Lee turned out to be the second kind. By the time this smoke was over, I’d spent nearly two and a half hours trying to determine whether I…
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Trinidad Espiritu No. 1 – Bury the Leaf I broke one of my own rules for this cigar. Normally, a cigar arrives, gets logged, gets admired, and then gets sent to humidor detention for a proper acclimation period before I ever think about lighting it. That’s especially true when the poor thing has spent more…
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Bury The Leaf I think cigar media has a problem. Not a serious problem. Not a “call Congress and demand hearings” problem. But a problem nonetheless. Every review seems to be chasing the same thing. Limited releases. Rare releases. Annual releases. Ultra-premium releases. If a cigar isn’t wrapped in endangered moon dust and blessed by…