It’s hard to believe 2025 is the Davidoff Escurio 10th Anniversary. It feels like the cigar was released just yesterday and to honour the tenth anniversary of its Escurio line, Davidoff Cigars has released a limited edition gran toro cigar. The blend of the Davidoff Escurio has a combined age of 45 years.
n 2023, E.P. Carrillo released the Pledge of Allegiance to celebrate Independence Day, a holiday that was missing a presence in the cigar market until recently. This year the cigar is available in two different sizes a Toro (6 x 54 / $22 MSRP) and a perfecto called Rocket (6 3/8 x 58 / $30 MSRP) with the Toro being released in 1776 boxes to celebrate the birth of the greatest nation in the world, while the Rocket has a production of just 249 boxes marking the age of America at the time of release.
Ashton VSG is our throwback review for the month of July. Every month on the 1st we will be doing a review of a cigar that has been on the market for at least 10 years. It gives us at The Barrel Burner a chance to look back at cigars in an age when cigar blogs are mostly about reviewing what is new.
Romeo Y Julieta 150th Anniversary is a cigar that actually released on-time which is almost unheard of in this industry.Romeo Y Julieta 150th Anniversary is a cigar that actually released on-time which is almost unheard of in this industry. The company turned to its partners to contribute tobacco for this cigar which they are calling a hall of fame blend….
La Gloria Cubana Los Gloriosos marks the return to where it all started for E.P. Carrillo. In the 1980s Ernesto Perez-Carrillo was the OG of boutique cigars with La Gloria Cubana coming out of the El Credito Factory in Little Havana, Miami, Florida. This outstanding cigar makes the brand relevant once again.
