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Worldwide Cigar Industry Awards for the 20th century.
    Ranking of 778 Cigars manufactured during the 20th century.

Worldwide

 Category:
   Best Maduros of the 20th Century
     Bucanero Cigars -  Ranking  # 3

  Category:
     Best Limited Production  Cigar Manufactures
of the
  20th century
       Bucanero Cigars  -  Ranking   # 3.
 
 
 


Rating of Sampler Packs
Click on the above box for Bucanero Sampler Pack Ratings.
 
 

Tobacco Retailer Magazine
Mikes Review of the Clasico Maduro
August 2007
 
 


Click on the above box for Numerous Bucanero Blend Ratings
July 4, 2007

         Bucanero Crew:            Rating: B+ Very Good
 Bucanero Clasico Maduro          Rating: B+ Very Good
Bucanero El Capitan Maduro   Rating:  A  Excellent
Bucanero Full Sail Maduro      Rating: A  Excellent
             Bucanero Z               Rating: A  Excellent
      Bucanero Windjammer         Rating: B+ Very Good
         Bundelo - Cameroon      Rating: A  Excellent
Bucanero Salsa "Criollo"         Rating: A  Excellent
 

The Bucanero line exhibits a welcome discipline in construction
and a subtlety in taste in many of the lines that is quite remarkable,
especially with so many with maduro wrappers of so many different origins!
It’s a line worth exploring, not only of the nine blends
we described above, but of the four others we didn’t cover!
~ Rich Perelman

Mr. Rich Perelman is the editor-in-chief of Perelman's Pocket Cyclopedia of Cigars,
the definitive reference to cigars marketed nationally in the United States,
in 1995 and added the Perelman's
Pocket Cyclopedia of Havana Cigars
and Perelman's Pocket Cigar ? Pipe Finder in 1997.
 
 


Click on above box for Bucanero Canon Cubano rating:
July 11, 2007
Canon Cubano - 90 rating
 

Bucanero Cigars
Ratings

 One of the Top 25 Cigars in the world
  2004-2006.
 


Click on above box for an interview regarding Bucanero Cigars manufacturing process
and associated Top25cigar.com awards.
 

Spring 2006
Bucanero  Canon Cubano Maduro
9.1 Excellent Rating
 

Spring 2005
Bucanero  The Treasure of Costa Rica - Robusto
9.1 Excellent Rating

Fall 2007
Bucanero  The Treasure of Costa Rica - Belicoso
9.1 Excellent Rating
 
 

Spring 2007
Bucanero Bundelo - Havana Rose
9.1 Excellent Rating
 


Summer Edition - 2007
Treasures of Costa Rica - Puro (Belicoso)
Excellent Rating  (9.0)
 


Bucanero Salsa- Criollo
Rated  90  (Outstanding)
 Cigar Aficionado Magazine -  May 2005
 


Bucanero Z
88 -  an excellent rating!
   Cigar Insider - Cigar Aficionado  January 2004
 

   Don Douglas Cabinet Series
  Excellent Rating
  Smoke Magazine  Fall - 2004
 

   Cigar Wise Magazine
    Bucanero Full Sail Maduro
 Fall 2004
 9.9 Rating out of a possible 10.
    Highest rated cigar in Cigar Wise Magazines History!
 


 Bucanero Z Toro
 Smoke Magazine
Fall 2003
 Excellent/Superior
 

   Bucanero Crew
  4.2 rating - Excellent
  Smoke Magazine
Fall 2004
 


Bucanero Catalina Maduro
 Cigar Aficionado - July 20th , 2002 - Cigar of the week..
Rated  89 - Excellent
 


Bucanero Primero Maduro
   Smoke Magazine - Summer 2002
4.1  -  Outstanding!
"This cigar rang my bell!
      I ended up putting the butt in a pipe so I could finish it all".
 


    Bucanero Peg - Leg   Maduro
  Smoke Magazine - Summer 2002
  4.1 - Excellent Rating
 


Bucanero Treasures of Costa Rica Puro- Belicoso
  Excellent rating
July 2005- Cigar Aficionado Magazine
 
 
 


     Bucanero Clasico Churchill Maduro
89 rating
Cigar Aficionado(March 2002)
  #2 Churchill in the world behind
     Cuba's H. Upman , Sir Winston .
 
 

PlayboyTM (Summer of 2001)
  Selects Bucanero as one of the ten best cigars worldwide !
 
 

 Fall of 2001
  4.7
 Bucanero El Capitan Maduro
   Highest Rating EVER!
 
 


Bucanero Full Sail Maduro
 Wednesday, May 21, 2003
 "Blind tasting".

 The Bucanero Full Sail Maduro catches you first with its  name, and then with some aggressive looks.  A toro sized
      cigar with a wrapper as dark as the depths of the deepest sea, one expects a salt water slap in the face when you  get ready to smoke.
The surface of the Full Sail is a bit rough.  Not exactly  rough in a bad way, but rough in the way that weathered
       lines on an old mariners face add character.  One of our reviewers even added that the small imperfections in the
          wrapper gave this cigar a more interesting appearance. Rest assured that the Bucanero Full Sail Maduro leaves
             no impression stronger than this is going to be a deep rich smoke.

 A firm cigar with a roughly finished cap, the toro cut cleanly, and reveals a nicely packed cigar.  Expect a
        clean burn and draw.  All reviewers loved the ash of this cigar, as it slowly grows into a soft gray extension of the rest of the cigar.

   You got to love this ash, makes me remember cigars
     from before the cigar boom.  Nothing fancy, just a
  straightforward burnt tobacco gray.”

The initial aroma of the Bucanero did not leave many
   reviewers searching for adjectives, but this is a case where silence is golden.

  Flavor wise, the spice comes at you from the first draw.
                       No easing you into this smoke, the Bucanero has the sails open, and is taking you for a ride.

    “The Bucanero Full Sail Maduro started with some spice and earthiness from the first draw.

The taste of both increased as the burn neared the middle of the cigar.
The flavors were simple and balanced.
The taste  remained consistent throughout the rest of the cigar.
The cigar never became harsh or bitter.”

                      In the age where many cigar manufacturers seem to be trying to out dual each other on who can make the
                       strongest cigar, The Full Sail is a nice respite.  Often times the desire to increase strength will leave you tasting
                     something for the next week.  Not so here. It's refreshing that a boutique cigar producer can take additional risks,
                        and not try and appeal to every category of cigar smoker.  This is the case with Bucanero, and we applaud
                      them for continually coming out with quality products that a cigar smoker can rely on.

We highly recommend giving the Bucanero Full Sail
Maduro a try, in fact you likely won't go bad trying any ship in their marina.
 
 


  El Capitan Maduro
     November 20, 2001
 "Blind tasting"

 "Unbelievable!! The taste was a great blend of chocolate, cocoa and maybe a hit of occasionally fruitiness.
A taste of coffee emerged, but caused no bitterness. Then, with no warning, an "off-the-top-rope"
                               espresso smack in the face! Awesome! This cigar expressed a VSG-like flavor,
but without the associated harshness.
This baby was smooth from start to finish, with a beautiful crescendo of  strength and flavor,
                               accompanied by a gentle landing. I am hesitant to say this about a cigar
I just met. I don't even know your name yet. But, I think I love you!!!!!
A+ Ok, you have my review, now reveal the name of this cigar and no one gets hurt!"
 


    Smoke Magazine (Summer of 1999 edition),
Appointed the Bucanero to a small,
                     select group of premium cigar manufactures who are considered the finest boutique
                       cigar manufactures worldwide. "Introduced in 1996, this top notch offering from
                           Costa Rica comes in a natural and maduro and offers an incredibly smooth smoking experience".
 

Metro Cigar News
New York , Ny.  - (September 1999 )
   "One of the finest cigars I have ever smoked."
 

      Smoke Magazine  (Nov.1999) "One of the five best Maduros in the  world"
 


  Smoke Magazine  (Dec. 1999)

    Best of the Cigar Industry Awards  End of the 20th. Century Review
     After 778 cigars are rated - over a four-year period Bucanero Cigars ranks in the
                         top five of Limited Production Cigar manufactures worldwide!
"Each Bucanero is masterfully hand rolled and aged to perfection".
  "What a beautiful aroma"!
 

   Tobacco Scene Magazine
 Bucanero Catalina Windjammer
      Nashville ....June 23, 2003
   Blind Tasting - Ratings
 0-9.5 rating range
        Rating of 9.4 out of 9.5.   Absolutely outstanding!
 


Bucanero Z
  Cigar Insider - Cigar Aficionado
January 2004
 88 -  an excellent rating
 
 
 

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