Nov 7th 2011 - My Father Le Bijou 1922

Today’s cigar is the My Father Le Bijou 1922 Toro in a 6x52 vitola. The My Father line is produced by Jamie Garcia. Featuring all Nicaraguan tobaccos with its wrapper being a Habano Oscuro this cigar is beautiful. This medium bodied gem features prominent flavors of oak, sweet dark chocolate and classic aged tobacco with touches of pepper throughout. I chose this to be today’s cigar as a memorial for one of my good friends fathers who coincidentally gifted me this specific cigar back on my birthday. Mr. Robinson you may be gone but you raised a damn good man who is carrying on your family name in a way that would make any father proud.

Oct 24th 2011 - Gran Habano Vintage 2002

This week I will be doing a piece on value smokes. Today's cigar is the Gran Habano Vintage 2002 Robusto in a 5x50 vitola. The GH Vintage 2002 features a Corojo wrapper from Nicaragua from GH's 2002 crop yield. It features a Nicaraguan binder with Nicaraguan and Dominican long fillers. The GH Vintage 2002 is a woody, earthy smoke with a very slight sweetness. What it lacks in complexity it makes up for is solidarity. At $2 a pop you simply can not go wrong with the GH Vintage 2002 for a value smoke.