Jimmy D from The Drawing Room in Davenport, IA smokes and reviews the Aladino 85 Aniversario Reserva. A Honduran puro, the 85 Aniversario Reserva features a wrapper, binder, and filler compised of Honduran Pinareño. The Honduran Pinareño was originally brought to Honduras from Cuba. The Aniversario Reserva was blended for Julio Eiroa’s 85th birthday. …
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Jimmy D from The Drawing Room in Davenport, Iowa smokes and reviews the 2025 Las Calaveras LC54. It is a 6″ x 54 toro size that features a Mexican San Andres wrapper, over Nicaraguan binder and fillers. It’s an annual release, limited to 39,000 cigars in each vitola, that honors those in the cigar industry…
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Jimmy D reviews the La Historia Silk from Casa Carrillo. The Silk is a limited edition from Casa Carrillo that was blended from conversations with women in the cigar community. It features an Ecuadorian wrapper over a Nicaraguan binder and fillers from Nicaragua, USA, Mexico, & the Dominican Republic. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/VymmLSBqu3U
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Jimmy reviews the Notorious Toro from Notorious Cigars. Made at MJ Frias Cigar SRL in the Dominica Republic, the Notorious features an Ecuadorian habano 2000 Rosado wrapper, over a Mexican San Andres binder, and fillers from Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/HuVvILqroPk
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Jimmy D from the Drawing Room in Davenport, Iowa smokes and reviews the Preakness LE 150 from Stolen Throne. Jimmy takes you through his thoughts, as he smokes the cigar made for The Preakness Stakes. Rolled at the Rojas Cigar Factory in Nicaragua, the Preakness 150 LE is a 6″ x 46 corona that features…
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Jimmy D from The Drawing Room in Davenport, Iowa reviews the La Gloria Cubana Los Gloriosos Gordo Extra. A collaborative effort between La Gloria Cubana of Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) and Casa Carillo. The cigar comes ten years after Ernesto Perez-Carillo sold LGC to STG. The Los Gloriosos features an Ecuadorian Habano wrapper, over a…
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Jimmy D returns from The Drawing Room in Davenport, IA to review the latest release from Nick Syris and LH Cigars, the Aniversario. This LE from LH is Nick’s tribute to the Cohiba Siglo VI.
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Jimmy D returns to review the Entropy toro by Domain Cigars. Featuring an Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper, over a binder and fillers from Nicaragua. This was the first cigar blended for Domain Cigars, but was the third cigar released.
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Jimmy D from The Drawing Room in Davenport, Iowa is our new video cigar reviewer. He kicks off our cigar review video series with the Evening Primrose Toro from Southern Draw Cigars. This is one of the latest releases from Southern Draw and features a Mexican San Andrés wrapper over an Ecuadorian Sumatra binder, and…
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