Thompson Cigar

La Aroma de Cuba

Approaching 2 years aging. From unwrapping to the last draw, this cigar still delivers the highest quality experience. This one needed a few relights. Recommended 👍🥇 Pre-light is rich tobacco, if a bit spicy. Once lit, the Hickory core 🪵 presents immediately. White pepper spiciness occasions the palate in the first third. Flavors of espresso bean and meat 🍖 come and go throughout the smoke. Pair to the smoke's sophistication with chewy reds 🍷 or spiced liquors.

La Aroma de Cuba

Approaching 2 years aging. From unwrapping to the last draw, this cigar still delivers the highest quality experience. Recommended 👍🥇 Pre-light is rich tobacco, if a bit spicy. Once lit, the Hickory core 🪵 presents immediately. White pepper spiciness occasions the palate in the first third. Flavors of espresso bean and meat 🍖 come and go throughout the smoke. Pair to the smoke's sophistication with chewy reds 🍷 or spiced liquors.

Oliva

Aged 20 mos ⏳️ Hands down, this cigar has a prominent cinnamon core. It's good, yet peculiar and nothing like I was expecting. In addition, it's a dry smoking experience. Not cravable. If somebody offered me one, I'd smoke it. I can recommend it 👍

Alec Bradley

Pretty consistent review, now with 2+ years rest on the box. A bold but smooth smoke. Flavor notes include dark chocolate, baking spice, and a little touch of earthiness. A clean draw, but the burn needed a couple corrections this time.

Alec Bradley

Consistent review. Caramel, coffee and cocoa cone through. The oily wrapper gives an incredibly velvety touch and a soft feel that doesn't affect the draw or burn. A flavorful budget cigar that hits above the price point.

Mark Twain

Consistent & duplicated review. The double wrappers produce a profile of toasted cedar with some subtle sweet spice. The tobacco itself comes through smoothly. The draw was easy, and the burn needed only minor corrections.

601

As from previous experiences, this is an outstanding maduro representation. Recommended 👍 I'm pairing it with a dark roast coffee this morning. So far, this seems to be offsetting coffee flavors of the cigar and enhancing other nuances such as Cedar and almond. I am definitely adding these to the humidor.

601

Spicier and better than the first one I had. An exceptional smoke. Highly recommended 👍👍 Aged 10 mos.

601

TL;DR - a solid and mostly linear maduro representation. A keeper. Medium roast coffee and Hazelnut with qualities of cocoa and limited wood. Recommended 👍 Aged 10 mos, dry-boxed 3 hours ⏳️ Pre-light barnyard and chocolate. Light-up is easy 👌 Goldilocks construction and draw. Initial: medium roast coffee. Hazelnut makes an entrance somewhere towards the end of the first-third along with a bit of wood. Maple? Toasted oak? The wood eventually mellows. Burn 🔥 is great. Medium flavors and medium nicotine making it very approachable. Paired well with both selzer water and coffee. I think this would pair well with just about anything.

Mark Twain

Consistent & duplicated review. The contrasting wrappers produces a profile of toasted cedar with some subtle sweet spice. The tobacco itself comes through smoothly. The draw was easy, and the burn needed no corrections.

Joya de Nicaragua

Recommended 👍 16 mos aged ⏳️ Roasted Hickory and walnut.

Joya de Nicaragua

Recommended 👍 16 mos aged ⏳️ Roasted Hickory and walnut.

Joya de Nicaragua

Recommended 👍 16 mos aged ⏳️ Roasted Hickory and walnut.

La Aroma de Cuba

TL;DR - wood, leather, and distant roasted peanut. A worthy Maduro representation. Recommended 👍 Aged 1+ years, dry-boxed 5 hours ⏳️ Pre-light is very light apricot. Light-up is easy 👌 Goldilocks construction and draw. Initial impressions: light wood and leather with distant roasted peanut. Burn 🔥 is even and reliable. Medium flavors and medium nicotine. Is this a keeper in my regular rotation? I'm leaning into "probably" if only because it represents what a Connecticut Maduro cigar "should be". It is a very well made linear cigar that stays clear of typical, dark (burnt) coffee and near burnt flavors found so often in other Maduro blends.

Mark Twain

Consistent review. The contrasting wrappers produces a profile of toasted cedar with some subtle sweet spice. The tobacco itself comes through smoothly. The draw was easy, and the burn needed no correction.

Alec Bradley

Duplicated review, now with 22 months of rest. A bold yet super smooth smoke. Notes include dark chocolate, baking spice, and a little touch of earthiness. A clean draw and very even burn throughout.

Joya de Nicaragua

Recommended 👍 15 mos aged ⏳️ Apricot pre-light 😋 Initial flavors of roasted Hickory and walnut. A bit of Corojo spice develops about halfway in. An enjoyable, reliable, rich smoke. Full flavored and strong nicotine.

Liga Privada

Lots of chocolate. Great.

San Cristobal

TL;DR - a linear mineral smoke. Not my profile. Not recommended 👎 Aged 11 mos, dry-boxed 6 hours ⏳️ Pre-light is intense honey 🍯😍 Light-up is easy 👌 Goldilocks construction and draw. Initial impressions: a classic profile. Earth, minerals, leather. Entering the second third, it's been a linear experience. Prevalent mineral core that's a bit too strong. This continues to the end. Burn 🔥 is great. Medium flavors and strong nicotine.

Mark Twain

Consistent review. The contrasting wrappers produces a profile of toasted cedar with some subtle sweet spice. The tobacco itself comes through smoothly. The draw was easy, and the burn needed no corrections.

5 Vegas

Duplicated review. Milder smoke that still has some gentle spice & backend mild pepper notes to it. Good draw but fast smoke. This cigar has gradually increased after 2 years of rest. Draw has improved over the initial smokes.

CAO

Rich, deep flavors. Fantastic. Ultimate campfire smoke. Pair with whiskey, roasted meats and BBQ 🍖

La Aroma de Cuba

Cedar and leather. A smooth linear smoke. Exceedingly well built and burns great.

Liga Privada

Wonderful. Lots of chocolate.

Ashton

One of my all time favorite cigars. Another outstanding smoke. Paired with a Starbucks Sugar Cookie latte.

Oliva

1 year aged. Last of this batch. It's a solid, good smoke. Just not sure it makes the quality threshold for my humidor.

Alec Bradley

Repeat review, 18 months of rest. A bold yet super smooth smoke. Notes include dark chocolate, baking spice, and a little touch of earthiness. A clean draw and very even burn throughout.

Rocky Patel

Another bad experience with this one. 👎 Early discard, and I'm throwing away the rest of the batch. No more of these for me.

Oliva

TL;DR - Earthy, creamy with intermittent toasted wood. One-dimensional. Recommended 👍 Aged 9 mos ⏳️ Pre-light is sweet and earthy. Light tobacco spice gathers on the tongue. Goldilocks construction and draw. Quality of the tobacco is clear. Light-up initially toasty wood 🪵 Spice to the forward palate. Tones down to a pleasant, creamy 🥛 and earthy smoke with intermittent toasted wood; one-dimensional. Burn is a challenge. It wants to go out, and it wants to burn faster on one side. This was dry-boxed for just under 2 hours. 4 hours next time. Medium flavors and strong nicotine. I'd like to try coffee pairing, but I need to fix the burn challenges first.

Rocky Patel

TL;DR - this one was too charry. Early discard with hopes the next one isn't like that. 👎 Aged 9 mos⏳️ Pre-light gives off sweet maduro, red pepper flake, and hints at molasses. Construction and draw are spot on. Light-up is charry, not great. Oak and red pepper develop. Burn was fine through the first half. Early discard for persistent char flavor.