The Fuente family constructs the Ashton Symmetry for Ashton at the Fuente’s factory in the Dominican Republic. Blend Specifics Vitola: Prism (soft box-pressed Corona) 5.6” x 46 Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Binder: Dominican Filler: Dominican and Nicaraguan Appearance and Construction The Ashton Symmetry has a medium to dark chocolate colored wrapper, with a slightly reddish tint. […]
This review is of the second offering by Cesar Cigars and is of the Cesar Cigars Mauro. Also new to the northeast market and mostly comprised of Dominican tobaccos made in the Dominican Republic via Doral, Florida. Blend Specifics Vitola: Robusto 5.5” x 52 Wrapper: San Andreas Maduro Binder: Dominican Corojo Filler: Dominican and U.S. […]
This is the first cigar review by avid New York City cigar reviewer and friend of Fine Tobacco NYC, Randolph Beers. Welcome Randolph! Cesar Cigars is a recent Fine Tobacco NYC event sponsor, so I’m very happy to see a community member contributing a review on such a relevant cigar. Now I’ll pitch it back […]
Below is another guest review by Charlie Freeman, a NYC based cigar enthusiast who works at Ash Cigars on Washington St. in Hoboken. It’s a windy Monday afternoon at Ash Fine Cigars in Hoboken as I start my closing shift. One of my two bosses, a full-blooded Cuban-American, is in the mood to smoke and […]
This past week I was luckily enough to meet with the creators of the Hispaniola brand of cigars. Hugo F. Melo, a modest gentleman described with passion his families long history in the Dominican Republic working tobaccos. After generations of distributing aged product for other cigar companies Hugo felt it was time to venture out […]