It’s March, which for any fan of the AVO brand means there should be a birthday cigar coming along. Only there isn’t. Each year, since 2001, AVO has released a limited edition cigar made for Avo Uvezian’s birthday, which takes place on March 22. As part of the AVO rebrand that launched earlier this year, Davidoff of Geneva tried to slim down the AVO portfolio—cutting it in half—and as such there won’t be a birthday cigar this year. As I was going through my growing box of cigars to redux, I remembered it was March and that I had been interested in seeing how the AVO 88 would age. Here’s what I wrote last April: This was not the cleanest cigar I’ve smoked from Davidoff of late. While I really enjoyed a lot of the flavor, there was a detail that just was not there in the four samples I smoked, particularly given how great some Davidoff-made cigars have been lately. I think with maybe a bit of rest—perhaps as little as a few weeks—the cigar will overcome this, I just hope that it happens before the strength disappears. I was really impressed in the balance that was at play ...
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