I have long been a fan of Curivari smokes. The company doesn't really promote their cigars much, which is kind of a unique strategy in the cigar world. They started selling cigars in Europe about 20 years ago. A Greek guy runs the company.
This is from Halfwheel:
"The company has a spartan and dated webpage, a semi-active Twitter account loaded with Retweets, a near-dormant Instagram account, and an equally as quiet Facebook page."
It is sometimes difficult for me to differentiate their blends due to my muted palate. So I did a little research. Feel free to point out errors or add info. Curivari cigars are all Nicaraguan puros except the few blends that use a Mexican wrapper. They employ a blend of Cuban seed Criollo and Corojo Nicaraguan fillers in nearly all of their blends as far as I know.
Buenaventura Line
Pralines: has a Mexican SA wrapper
Cremas: has an EC Shade wrapper
Dimensiones: has a Corojo wrapper
Picadores: Long and short scrap tobacco from BV line.
L.E. 2021: Tweeked in some unknown way.
Achillies Line
Heroicos: has a habano wrapper - original Achilles blend
Invensibles: has a Colorado Habano wrapper - lighter body than heroicos.
Mirmidones: has a Mexican SA wrapper
La Lliada: Habano wrapper. Unknown how it is different from original.
Reserva Limitada Line: They all have a habano wrapper except for Limitada Cafe, which is listed as sungrown on one website. These are obviously different blends, but I don't know what is different in each blend. The Cafe Noir looks like a maduro to me, so...
Seleccion Privada Line
Seleccion Privada: habano wrapper
Seleccion Privada Coronations: corojo wrapper
Seleccion Privada Maduro: habano maduro wrapper
Seleccion Privada Lancero L.E. 2021: Same as original but they used a portion of "aged tobacco" that is different, apparently.
Socrates: Mexican SA wrapper
Gloria De Leon: Habano wrapper. Fullest-bodied Curivari
El Gran Rey: Habano wrapper. I don't know how this blend differs from Gloria De Leon as far as the filler goes, but it does have a different profile in my experience.
Curivari released a boatload of blends at the 2017 trade show, as did other manufacturers due to legislation that was pending at the time. They offered a pair of new blend samplers after the show:
Coleccion No. 1 is a sampler box of eight robustos, each from a different brand: Archimedes, Pythagoras, Socrates, Aristoteles, La Democracia, Onassis, Centauro and Ciclope. It retails for $60.
Coleccion No. 2 contains eight different varieties of Curivari branded robustos: Curivari Epitome, Virtudes, Gran Reserva, Grand Cru, Anniversario 1997, Vintage, Sun Grown and Sun Grown Maduro. This one retails for $77.
Socrates and the two sungrowns seem to be the ones most retailers carry today. I remember seeing Pythagoras and Aristotelese at some point. I sent them an email asking a bunch of questions about their blends. I think my chances of receiving a response is approximately ZERO. As long as they keep making great cigars...we good.
This is from Halfwheel:
"The company has a spartan and dated webpage, a semi-active Twitter account loaded with Retweets, a near-dormant Instagram account, and an equally as quiet Facebook page."
It is sometimes difficult for me to differentiate their blends due to my muted palate. So I did a little research. Feel free to point out errors or add info. Curivari cigars are all Nicaraguan puros except the few blends that use a Mexican wrapper. They employ a blend of Cuban seed Criollo and Corojo Nicaraguan fillers in nearly all of their blends as far as I know.
Buenaventura Line
Pralines: has a Mexican SA wrapper
Cremas: has an EC Shade wrapper
Dimensiones: has a Corojo wrapper
Picadores: Long and short scrap tobacco from BV line.
L.E. 2021: Tweeked in some unknown way.
Achillies Line
Heroicos: has a habano wrapper - original Achilles blend
Invensibles: has a Colorado Habano wrapper - lighter body than heroicos.
Mirmidones: has a Mexican SA wrapper
La Lliada: Habano wrapper. Unknown how it is different from original.
Reserva Limitada Line: They all have a habano wrapper except for Limitada Cafe, which is listed as sungrown on one website. These are obviously different blends, but I don't know what is different in each blend. The Cafe Noir looks like a maduro to me, so...
Seleccion Privada Line
Seleccion Privada: habano wrapper
Seleccion Privada Coronations: corojo wrapper
Seleccion Privada Maduro: habano maduro wrapper
Seleccion Privada Lancero L.E. 2021: Same as original but they used a portion of "aged tobacco" that is different, apparently.
Socrates: Mexican SA wrapper
Gloria De Leon: Habano wrapper. Fullest-bodied Curivari
El Gran Rey: Habano wrapper. I don't know how this blend differs from Gloria De Leon as far as the filler goes, but it does have a different profile in my experience.
Curivari released a boatload of blends at the 2017 trade show, as did other manufacturers due to legislation that was pending at the time. They offered a pair of new blend samplers after the show:
Coleccion No. 1 is a sampler box of eight robustos, each from a different brand: Archimedes, Pythagoras, Socrates, Aristoteles, La Democracia, Onassis, Centauro and Ciclope. It retails for $60.
Coleccion No. 2 contains eight different varieties of Curivari branded robustos: Curivari Epitome, Virtudes, Gran Reserva, Grand Cru, Anniversario 1997, Vintage, Sun Grown and Sun Grown Maduro. This one retails for $77.
Socrates and the two sungrowns seem to be the ones most retailers carry today. I remember seeing Pythagoras and Aristotelese at some point. I sent them an email asking a bunch of questions about their blends. I think my chances of receiving a response is approximately ZERO. As long as they keep making great cigars...we good.
