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"It was two years in the making, and it appears that the wait was certainly worth it. The new La Aroma de Cuba Mi Amor represents the first time that Ashton Distributors Inc. has released a cigar cloaked in a Mexican wrapper. The Mi Amor Magnifico is a stellar medium-bodied smoke, toothy, dark and box pressed, with intense flavors of rich coffee paired with a touch of vanilla. This is the newest version of La Aroma de Cuba, a brand that originated in Cuba and was reinvented by Ashton. The new version of the brand debuted in 2002 as a Honduran smoke. Ashton later enlisted Jose "Pepin" Garcia to make a new version of La Aroma, which it dubbed Edicion Especial. In 2009 Ashton moved the original La Aroma to Garcia as well, and the line was reblended. Today, Garcia makes every La Aroma de Cuba at his My Father Cigars Inc. factory in Estelí, Nicaragua. Mexican wrappers have been part of the cigar industry for decades, but Cuban-seed Mexican wrappers are relatively new. They certainly work well on this blend."

Reviewed by: Cigar Aficionado 94pts

This cigar was named #6 of Cigar Aficionado's Top 25 Cigars of 2010.
Visit a Binny's Humidor to find other selections from Cigar Aficianado's 2010 Top 25:

24 Casa Magna Colorado Churchill
23 Ashton VSG Eclipse
20 Alec Bradley Prensado Gran Toro
19 Rocky Patel 15th Anniversary Toro
18 Oliva Serie V Maduro Especial
17 Brick House Robusto
16 My Father No. 2 Belicoso
15 C.A.O. La Traviata Divino
8 E.P. Carrillo Elencos Edición Limitada 2010
6 La Aroma de Cuba Mi Amor Magnifico
4 Padrón Family Reserve No. 45 (Natural)

Wrapped in a Sumatran wrapper, Drew Estate’s Kuba Kuba is jam packed with lush botanicals and complex herbal infusion that is taken to the extreme. Ringed in a metallic blue band, the Kuba Kuba uses the world’s finest mild cigar tobaccos and has created a following unlike any other cigar in the Acid line.

Ernesto Perez-Carillo, the Godfather of the "Boutique Cigar," has hit another home run with his E.P. Carillo "Core Line." A cigar produced with old world traditions and the vision of putting flavor first before anything else. Medium in body, the blend is constructed with some of the finest tobaccos available from the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, and Ecuador. The combination creates a cigar with a creamy core accompanied with hints of spice that develop to show leather and a black cherry sweetness on the finish.