Rojas Cigars Bluebonnets Corona in Review

BRAND: Rojas
BLEND: Bluebonnets

WRAPPER: Ecuadorian
BINDER: Nicaraguan
FILLER: Nicaraguan

FORMAT: Corona (646) unfinished-foot
ORIGIN: Nicaragua
INTENSITY: Medium-full
SPICE: 3.5/5

NOTES:
Hardwoods(seasoned) dipped in toasted spiced-cream. Leather is dried and half-slightly diesel-y. Spice melange steers via out-front black pepper. Salted caramel. Smoky/ashy roasted orange. Purposeful, consistent.

TASTE: A-
DRAW: B+
BURN: B+
BUILD: A-

FINAL GRADE: B+
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79

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Stolen Throne Cigars Castle 919 in Preview

BRAND: Stolen Throne
BLEND: Castle 919

WRAPPER: Habano Claro
BINDER: Nicaraguan
FILLER: Nicaraguan, Peruvian

FORMAT: 554 Belicoso
ORIGIN: Nicaragua
INTENSITY: Medium/Med.-full
SPICE: 2.5/5

NOTES:
Butterscotch | Clay earthiness | Exotic spices

Lush, plush, and flush with flavor. Dense, soft, and full of taste sensation. Butterscotch pudding, terracotta sweet earthiness, and folded in flare of Asian spices. Duck sauce? Cocoa butter? Cashew? Yup, yup, yup. Pleasant tongue tingle perks up a honeyed milk chocolate finish. Mature, sunny, snappy, and perfectly balanced. Creamy-dreamy.

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Kaplowitz Media. Cigars of the Month for February & March 2025

Kaplowitz Media.
Cigars of the Month for
February & March 2025

(listed in alphabetical order)
(names are links to full reviews)

FEB

Powstanie San Andres

MARCH

AJ Fernandez New World Puro Especial

Happy Spring!

PS: Short list. It always takes a bit for KM. to get moving again coming off hiatus. Stay tuned!

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My Father Cigars Vegas Cubanas Generosos in Review

BRAND: My Father
BLEND: Vegas Cubanas

WRAPPER: Nicaraguan (Corojo Rosado)
BINDER: Nicaraguan
FILLER: Nicaraguan

FORMAT: Toro (650) Generosos
ORIGIN: Nicaragua
INTENSITY: Medium
SPICE: 3/5

NOTES:
Sweet spices | Cream | Cedar

Snappy cedar structures stoically. Sweet-creamy not cloyingly-so. Cinnamon and sugar lead excellent dessert spice array. Herbal bits swirly around wood. Chicory in places. The typical black pepper MF up-front blast happens later, as white pepper. Draws damply-snug. Seams start loose but end no looser.

TASTE: A-
DRAW: B+
BURN: B+
BUILD: B+

FINAL GRADE: B+
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79

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