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What Is On Your Radar Right Now?

They are cool. Hopefully the cigars are that good so to justify collecting them all.
 
zeemanb said:
At the end of a Halfwheel article about the Neanderthal SGP becoming a regular production stick, it mentioned that the Neanderthal OM Lancero was "expected to debut next month". The Stogies special H-Town lanceros don't seem to sell out quite as quickly as some limited editions, but I definitely won't drag my feet on these. I rarely buy 2 or 3 of any box at one time sight unseen, but the Neanderthals should last a good long time in the humidor and I pretty much trust Skip and team with just about anything they produce.
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Send me a note if you spot them on sale. I'm down for at least a box.
 
I'm looking forward to finding and then comparing the CAO "Sopranos" relaunched as "Consigliere".
 
oke&coke said:
The miserere is a Churchill size and the 2015 edition. Couldn't find info yet on this one. Give us the scoops Jerry.
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I think he said this one is called "Kadosh", a short robusto for the 2016 Singulare. He's also going to be producing the ECCJ as a regular release along with a couple of the Singulare's....the first one he did and that name escapes me, but not the Rose Croix which would have been awesome.
 
zeemanb said:
I think he said this one is called "Kadosh", a short robusto for the 2016 Singulare. He's also going to be producing the ECCJ as a regular release along with a couple of the Singulare's....the first one he did and that name escapes me, but not the Rose Croix which would have been awesome.
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Annunaki?
 
Scap said:
Annunaki?
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The ones that will be regular production are the Phantom, Annunaki, Miserere and new Kadosh....found that on Cigar-Coop, I didn’t suddenly regain memory, lol.

While La Nox isn't an overall favorite smoke, I am definitely interested in these 5x40 petites they are releasing....

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Edited to add: my personal pick out of everything I saw and sampled is definitely the upcoming "Illumination" line from La Palina. Goldie blend with more ligero, I think 4 sizes including lancero, retailing for 10-12 bucks. Smoked the only one they gave me, a robusto, as soon as they put it in my hands and it was GOOD.
 
Jerry, thanks for the Illusione pics! I've been checking Halfwheel and Cigar-Coop every few hours waiting for pictures from the convention... I think you scooped them both.

Excited about all of it because it's Illusione's 10th anniversary, but I've really been going through "new stuff" exhaustion over the last few years. Dion's usually very measured and deliberate in his expansions, so if anyone can pull off a big portfolio shake-up, he can.

Edited to add link to Coop's run-down on the Illusione portfillio expansion. (linky)
 
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As far as for-real scooping everyone, I think the ONE thing I got posted all over our social media before anyone else were the new bands for Warped's "Maestro del Tiempo"....the Seleccion de Warped band is one that will be a 2nd band on any of their limited release stuff. When it comes to sites like Halfwheel, you get a whole new level of respect for them when you're running your ass off all day to get information and you get back to your room and BOOM...they've already got Tatuaje, My Father, etc. all written up and documented like total pros. It was an amazing thing to see in real-time. I was doing good to keep the Cigar and Spirits Twitter updated....but hey I happened to be there as Kyle was getting these sweet new bands delivered to him!

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Steve Saka has some new lines and I think a sort of expansion of Sobremesa coming out (A kicked up version in 2 vitolas). I like the Sobremesa, so I wouldn't mind continuing my exploration of his offerings. I like that the Sobremesa vitolas each have a sort of unique identity but retain the family essence.
 
MadMonk said:
Steve Saka has some new lines and I think a sort of expansion of Sobremesa coming out (A kicked up version in 2 vitolas). I like the Sobremesa, so I wouldn't mind continuing my exploration of his offerings. I like that the Sobremesa vitolas each have a sort of unique identity but retain the family essence.
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Those are on my short list as well.

If you haven't yet already, give a listen to the resent Cigar Authority episode with Steve Saka. He goes into some depth on the new blends. In an industry of big personalities, I could listen to Steve talk about cigars for hours on end and never get bored.

Another one on my radar is the new Paul Garmirian 25th Anniversary Short Robusto. The current version only comes in a Churchill iirc, which is too big of a vitola for me to be a everyday cigar for me.
 
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