AJ Fernandez blends - Page 13 - Cigar Asylum Cigar Forum

Originally Posted by ripper:
I rely on this list constantly. Much thanks Jared.
Just nabbed a bundle of AJ overruns from CBid. They are maduro 6.25 x 54. Look scrumptious. May be Pueblo Dominicano, but not sure.
Anybody seen a 2013 updated AJ list?

No problemo, It may have some inaccuracy's or missed ones though.:-)
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Just learned that CI and cigar.com and CBid, who are prime vendors of AJ's wonderful smokes, are owned by this Euro monarch:
www.st-group.com
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For $22 I might have to buy a bundle
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Originally Posted by TJarv:
For $22 I might have to buy a bundle

That was at CBid. CI ran a special of $29.95 any AJ overruns bundle in November.
Am a sucker for deals.
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Worth it Tony
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Not a fan of AJF. However, I'm intrigued by how prolific he is and by the variety he produces. So I do keep an eye on what he's got his name on.

Add Pinolero to the list. Better than most of the previous ones listed.

Looking over that list and considering Pinolero, I'm struck by a bit of an anomaly for me. I generally prefer fuller, peppery, strong cigars. However, of the AJF cigars listed, I'd only recommend his milder blends; RP Sig, Park Avenue, Pinolero, Micro TPB-1

Rob, I haven't had the Park Avenue Maduro, but the connie is a very pleasant cigar. Easy draw, creamy smoke - very good for morning smoke and for offering to new BOTL.

As to the discussion about Oliva above, I don't know much about it, but I do think that it is a potentially inaccurate leap to suggest that something made in an Oliva factory should be considered an Oliva product. I believe that nearly all 'new' blenders contract out their production to bigger, established factories until they get big enough to build their own factory. Perdomo, RP, DE, Hansotia, Pete....I believe all started out by having their blends rolled in Oliva, or some other big factories. Or, if not started, then at least moved to moved production to someone else's big factory after small, homegrown production couldn't keep up with demand. It actually gets very very confusing trying to attribute a cigar to someone in particular, since the tobacco may have been grown by Plasencia, blended by AJF, and produced at an Oliva factory.
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Originally Posted by TJarv:
For $22 I might have to buy a bundle

Just picked up a bundle(20) for 28 bucks on CBID
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Originally Posted by ripper:
Just learned that CI and cigar.com and CBid, who are prime vendors of AJ's wonderful smokes, are owned by this Euro monarch:
www.st-group.com

Be careful, I got a scolding from another site for talking about this! JK, the CA group is way too cool to get up in a wad over company affiliations. Scandinavian Tobacco is a rather large distributed and seams to own much of our industry.
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Originally Posted by RWhisenand:
Be careful, I got a scolding from another site for talking about this! JK, the CA group is way too cool to get up in a wad over company affiliations. Scandinavian Tobacco is a rather large distributed and seams to own much of our industry.

Scolding is fine. Piling on hostility and bullying drove me from another site:
http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/showthread.php?t=58269
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These are new and the more I have the better they get. Priced reasonably too.

http://www.atlanticcigar.com/cigars/La-Mia.asp
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La Mia is not made by AJF. La Mia is a cigar" crafted by the tobacco “Dream Team” at Casa Fernandez." I generally love Casa Fernandez cigars and most of them use "Aganorsa tobacco leaf." Aganorsa leaf is used in a lot of cigars and here's a typical selection:

http://www.atlanticcigar.com/Assorte...ler-8-Pack.asp

Easy to get confused. Add in a few Don's and we've got ourselves a failure to communicate.
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IMHO AJ's best blends are the AF1 and AF 2 lines by Emilio cigars AF1 is my favorite maduro out there right now. Great sticks
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Added two more to the bottom of the list:

AJ Fernandez Blends

1844
5 Vegas"AAA"
A. Fernandez Signature Series
Cigar.com House Blend Brazilian Label
Cigar.com Sungrown Label
Diesel---Unholy Cocktail,Unlimited
Double Happiness
Esteban Carreras Habano
Graycliff G2 Turbo
Gurkha--- Park Avenue,Sherpa
Gurkha Microbatch--- S-2,C-10,TPB-1
ITC 10th Anniversary
La Cuna Bin No. 85
La Herencia Cubana Oscuro Fuerte
Man O' War--- Ruination,virtue,Armada,PURO
Nica Libre
Padilla--- Achilles,Habano
Reposado 96
Rocky Patel--- Fusion,Double Maduro,Signature
Sol Cubano Cuban Cabinet
Indian Tabac Split Decision
Ave Maria
San Miguel
Morro Castle
San Lotano--- Connecticut,Habano,Maduro
Pinolero
Signature Collection Vintage 2004 (8-year aged) Sun Grown
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Originally Posted by Weelok:
La Mia is not made by AJF. La Mia is a cigar" crafted by the tobacco “Dream Team” at Casa Fernandez." I generally love Casa Fernandez cigars and most of them use "Aganorsa tobacco leaf." Aganorsa leaf is used in a lot of cigars and here's a typical selection:

http://www.atlanticcigar.com/Assorte...ler-8-Pack.asp

Easy to get confused. Add in a few Don's and we've got ourselves a failure to communicate.

Not the same Fernandez ? Sorry for any confusion, still a good cigar that is worth a try. YMMV
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Thanks for the update Les

Added one more

AJ Fernandez Blends

1844
5 Vegas"AAA"
A. Fernandez Signature Series
Cigar.com House Blend Brazilian Label
Cigar.com Sungrown Label
Diesel---Unholy Cocktail,Unlimited
Double Happiness
Esteban Carreras Habano
Graycliff G2 Turbo
Gurkha--- Park Avenue,Sherpa
Gurkha Microbatch--- S-2,C-10,TPB-1
ITC 10th Anniversary
La Cuna Bin No. 85
La Herencia Cubana Oscuro Fuerte
Man O' War--- Ruination,virtue,Armada,PURO
Nica Libre
Padilla--- Achilles,Habano
Reposado 96
Rocky Patel--- Fusion,Double Maduro,Signature
Sol Cubano Cuban Cabinet
Indian Tabac Split Decision
Ave Maria
San Miguel
Morro Castle
San Lotano--- Connecticut,Habano,Maduro
Pinolero
Signature Collection Vintage 2004 (8-year aged) Sun Grown
Xikar HC Series Habano

Here's a couple of reviews:

http://www.cigarinspector.com/xikar/...habano-robusto

http://www.halfwheel.com/review-xika...bano2-robusto/
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Add LHC Core to the list. A sleeper smoke brimming with spice. Maybe the first of AJ's ovals.

AJ Fernandez Blends

1844
5 Vegas"AAA"
A. Fernandez Signature Series
Cigar.com House Blend Brazilian Label
Cigar.com Sungrown Label
Diesel---Unholy Cocktail,Unlimited
Double Happiness
Esteban Carreras Habano
Graycliff G2 Turbo
Gurkha--- Park Avenue,Sherpa
Gurkha Microbatch--- S-2,C-10,TPB-1
ITC 10th Anniversary
La Cuna Bin No. 85
La Herencia Cubana CORE & Oscuro Fuerte
Man O' War--- Ruination,virtue,Armada,PURO
Nica Libre
Padilla--- Achilles,Habano
Reposado 96
Rocky Patel--- Fusion,Double Maduro,Signature
Sol Cubano Cuban Cabinet
Indian Tabac Split Decision
Ave Maria
San Miguel
Morro Castle
San Lotano--- Connecticut,Habano,Maduro
Pinolero
Signature Collection Vintage 2004 (8-year aged) Sun Grown
Xikar HC Series Habano
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Indian Tobac Split Decision? Haven't heard of that... :-)
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San Miguel went away. label and brand identification (I hear) was too close to Ave Maria's. They were a heck of a nice medium body, full flavor smoke. They are back and now seem to be marketed under Gurkha name. I am sure gurkha snapped up the trademark and who knows where blend will go. For now, I am assuming CI (or Gurkha, or both) are trying to unload old stock. I assume these are the same as the old San Miguel's, but I am on the fence as to picking up a couple bundles on their weekly special.

http://www.cigarsinternational.com/h....asp?scSlide=1
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Don't forget the good ol San Lotanos! Always a solid stick.
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Originally Posted by billybarue:
San Miguel went away. label and brand identification (I hear) was too close to Ave Maria's. They were a heck of a nice medium body, full flavor smoke. They are back and now seem to be marketed under Gurkha name. I am sure gurkha snapped up the trademark and who knows where blend will go. For now, I am assuming CI (or Gurkha, or both) are trying to unload old stock. I assume these are the same as the old San Miguel's, but I am on the fence as to picking up a couple bundles on their weekly special.

http://www.cigarsinternational.com/h....asp?scSlide=1

Yeah I saw this too. IMO San Miguel and Morro Castle both suck. I like nearly everything AJ has put out but these are pretty bad.
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