The Villa Casdagli line may have been first shown off at the 2021 Tobacco Plus Expo, but the seed (if you’ll pardon the pun) was planted eight years ago in Costa Rica when Jeremy Casdagli first met Don Olman of the, then, Vegas Santiago Factory. Since then, Jeremy has worked with Olman on special projects…
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Who doesn’t like a good mystery? Near the end of 2019, When I sat down with Jeremy Casdagli, founder of Casdagli Cigars, one of the last things he mentioned on the podcast was two new cigars coming the following year (2020) called the Cypher and the Enigma. The blends would be undisclosed and left up…
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OVERVIEW VITOLA:   LanceroSIZE:  7-1/2″ x 39 ORIGIN:  Costa RicaFACTORY:  Tobacos de la Cordillera WRAPPER:  Costa Rican ClaroBINDER:  Costa Rican Puriscal & NicaraguanFILLER:  Dominican Oscuro Ligero & Peruvian STRENGTH:  Medium SOURCE:   Small Batch Cigar ENVIRONMENT WHERE:  My deck WHEN:  April 25, 2020 @ 11am DRINKS:  Ice Mountain WEATHER:  Low 60’s – a sunny Spring day WHAT’S ON:  Smoking…
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