Size: 5 1/8 x 52
Wrapper: Dominican
Binder and Filler: Dominican
Strength: Full
Price: Just under $16.00 a piece

Behind The Stick:

If you’ve gotten into the ‘ultra premium’ line of cigars or have ventured into (at least through a little researching) the finest of the fine, the name of Davidoff comes quickly to ones mind when speaking of cigar quality and performance. Although known for elegance and a heavy dose of luxury, Davidoff is a cigar company that has been around for years, proving that their high price coincides with a large delivery.

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This year only � a Cigar Nut could attend the 78th Annual IPCPR Convention in New Orleans, Louisiana. David is getting married soon so he could not attend. I was attending as a representative of 262 Cigars to learn, observe, and spread the word about our cigars. I also wanted to cover the convention for this website but quickly learned it was more then I could handle.

For those of us who have been watching the news, every now and then the broadcasters will make mention of this major issue. Robert from Gran Habano released this press release and request for assistance. Please join his mailing list as well, if you can, give a little to this cause.

There has been a certain topic that has been running rampant within the online cigar community for a few months now, and I hope you are all getting burnt out on the topic as much as I am. Although the steam behind this locomotive does not seem to be easing up, if anything this topic is being discussed at greater lengths with more aggression. I think we all can agree that instead of sitting by and talking, complaining or bitching about a problem we need to figure out a way to correct this and move forward or just drop it entirely. Improvise, Adapt, Overcome.

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Size: 50 x 6.5
Wrapper: Dominican
Binder and Filler: Dominican
Strength: Full
Price: Unknown

Behind The Stick:

I was lucky enough to receive this cigar from a great BOTL over at Toasted Foot, Matt, who included this stick in one of the largest and most diverse packages I’ve ever seen – yet alone received! I was not able to find too much information out there about these unbanded beauties, but Matt was kind enough to include a press release answering almost all my questions, except how they smoke! I will get into that portion in a few, but first check out the press release taken in full from http://www.pr.com/press-release/243987.

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Size: 5 x 50
Wrapper: Cameroon
Binder and Filler: Dominican and Nicaraguan
Strength: Medium
Price: Just over $9.00 a pop

Behind The Stick:

As story has it, the Leon Jimenes 300 Series was created to celebrate the 20th year anniversary of Leon Jimenes cigars and thus a bit more time and due diligence was added when creating this blend. The filler and binder coming from the Dominican Cibao Valley and Nicaragua while the wrapper is a specially selected African Cameroon leaf from 2001.

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