Medium-Full Strength Cigar Reviews
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Oliva Serie V Showdown – Lancero v Torpedo Some cigar reviews are about flavor. This one turned into a psychology experiment. The idea started after watching my buddy Mr. @LordoftheLancero over on Instagram spend enough time around skinny cigars that I finally decided to stop treating Lanceros like mythical woodland creatures only spoken about in…
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Rojas Bluebonnet – Bury the Leaf Spice, Earthspice, and the rise of Rojaspice. Some cigars try to impress you with elegance. Some try to overwhelm you with strength. Some cigars chase complexity so aggressively that halfway through the smoke you feel like the cigar is trying harder to impress you than you are trying to…
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Brick House Natural Toro – Bury the Leaf The JC Newman Brick House Toro Natural spent the entire evening proving one very important point: Sometimes a cigar doesn’t need refinement, elegance, complexity, or a twelve-paragraph dissertation about fermentation techniques. Sometimes a cigar just needs to show up, punch you directly in the taste buds with…
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Alec Bradley Magic Toast – Bury the Leaf The Alec Bradley Magic Toast Toro never once attempted to become something it wasn’t. It didn’t chase complexity.It didn’t reinvent itself every third.It didn’t soften its edges trying to appeal to everybody sitting at the table. Instead, it planted its feet in dark earth, pepper, heavy wood,…
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Oliva Serie O Box Pressed Toro – Bury the Leaf The Oliva Serie O Box-Pressed Toro is the cigar equivalent of that dependable old pickup truck that starts every single morning, never asks for much, and somehow keeps outperforming vehicles three times its price. This cigar never delivered one gigantic “stop the presses” moment. There…
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My Father La Antiguedad – Bury The Leaf There are cigars that demand your attention from the moment you see the box, the band, or the price tag. Then there are cigars like the My Father La Antiguedad Robusto — the one quietly sitting in the corner while its louder siblings soak up the spotlight…
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Rojas Street Taco Barbacoa – Bury the Leaf The Rojas Street Tacos Barbacoa is the kind of cigar that reminds you consistency still matters. It didn’t rely on gimmicks, dramatic transitions, or some overcomplicated flavor scavenger hunt to justify itself. Instead, it spent the better part of an hour delivering balanced strength, dependable construction, and…
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Crux Epicure Habano Toro – Bury the Leaf The Crux Epicure Habano Toro managed to pull off something a lot of premium cigars never do: It stayed interesting for over two straight hours without turning into a chore. This wasn’t one of those cigars where the first third does all the heavy lifting before the…
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Don Pepin Garcia Original Toro Gordo – Bury the Leaf The Don Pepin Garcia Original Toro Gordo did something I genuinely didn’t expect: it made me reevaluate cigars in my humidor that cost considerably more money and carry considerably more hype. For over two hours, this cigar delivered sweet tobacco, rye grain, leather, cedar, Garcia…
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Rocky Patel Disciple The Rocky Patel Disciple Toro ended up being one of the strangest, most entertaining cigars I’ve smoked in a while — not because it was flawless, but because it refused to stay in one lane long enough for me to comfortably define it. This thing spent over two hours dragging me through…