CIGAR REVIEW - Alec Bradley "Black Market Test #2
April 2012 - Posted by The Cigar Intelligence Agency
CIGAR REVIEW - We have been worried and investigating about this smoke. This is Alec Bradley's Black market. We reviewed this cigar a month ago and I went back to re-explore this cigar.
I regrouped my partners and asked them to have it another try.
We came up with the same conclusions: The smoke is decent but lacks of flavors. It does not assimilates with the overal quality of Alec Bradley. Something is missing here and we can't find what it is.
Insiders told us some technical issues were spotted on the very first smokes that shipped out but it is hard for us to classify this cigar as a top smoke.
One thing is sure it is bolder than most ABs and has a different wrapper quality than most cigars from the Dania, FL based company.
We love Alec Bradley but CIA passes on this one.
TOTAL = Status Quo
RECOMMENDED = Fair
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CIGAR REVIEW - ROMEO Y JULIETA TUBO LIMITED EDITION IS AN ALTADIS SMOKE AND YOU CAN TELL
February 2012 - Posted by The Cigar Intelligence Agency
CIGAR REVIEW - It has a name, a look, a feel but not the taste or what was sold as a top of the line cigar (when I ear that from a Cigar Club owner I put my walls up) with astonishing flavors and virtues. Well I am bored as hell and I am not really into this type of hyped up cigars.
I thank a dear friend for the gift but I am really not behind this cigar due to its overpriced nature.
It looks great, it looks fancy, etc. But no thank you.
TOTAL = 81%
RECOMMENDED = Eventually
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CIGAR REVIEW - ALEC BRADLEY BLACK MARKET AT A GLANCE
February 2012 - Posted by The Cigar Intelligence Agency
CIGAR REVIEW - Another AB smooth smoke with a great ash lengh and a lot of flavors mixed together... This is no tempus but rather a more blunt smoke.
It's not quite yet a tank if this was the ultimate goal of Alec Bradley, but it does the work.
TOTAL = 84%
RECOMMENDED = Yes
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CIGAR REVIEW - ALEC BRADLEY, FAMILY AFFAIR?
In my first hit-list of 2010... I had to light up an Alec Bradley Family Blend. So far AB cigars rank on my top 10 and this family blend is fairly good.
Not as insane as the Tempus by taste or as stylish as a 7 inch Vice Press ( both smoked about minutes after midnight on NYE!!! ) but just a balanced smoke.
You can still feel the AB spice in this smoke with that unique flavor to it. Its more discrete than Tempus but the work and quality of the overall cigar is as usual excellent. 84-85%
TOTAL = 83% (Grade Updated 08/19/2012)(-Down)
RECOMMENDED = YES
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CIGAR REVIEW - YES TO ROCKY PATEL OLDE WORLD!
After days without reviewing anything new... I am back and decided to light up this top shelve fellow. This is a ROCKY PATEL "Olde World Reserve". It's a super wooden maduro wrapper, box pressed cigar.
Presentation and manufacturing is near perfect. No vains, decent smooth draw as I expected. This smoke is good on paper but still needs and extra little something that is missing. Gets a 83%.
TOTAL = 83%
RECOMMENDED = YES
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