La Aroma De Cuba Edicion Especial – Bury the Leaf Every now and then you light a cigar that feels less like a random pull from the humidor and more like a standing appointment you scheduled with yourself weeks ago. This La Aroma de Cuba Edición Especial No. 1 was one of those. It showed…

Rojas Street Tacos Al Pastor – Bury the Leaf There are cigars you light because you’re curious.There are cigars you light because you’re bored.And then there are cigars you light because, deep down, you already know exactly how this story ends before the foot ever sees a flame. The Rojas Street Taco Al Pastor landed…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Bariay 1492 Red – Bury the Leaf The Bariay 1492 Red Label Robusto feels like a boutique cigar built by people who genuinely care about tobacco texture, refinement, and restraint instead of simply trying to weaponize strength and call it “premium.” This was smooth. Consistently smooth. Not sweet enough to become gimmicky.Not spicy enough to…

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…

Drew Estate 20 Acre Farm – Bury the Leaf The Drew Estate 20 Acre Farm Toro walked into the lounge dressed like a polished Connecticut and spent the rest of the evening quietly trying to convince me it had Habano aspirations. After the first cigar catastrophically split directly out of the cutter and immediately earned…