Cigar Aficionado’s Top 25 Cigars of 2021: Our Favorites
By Mariana Heredia
The highly acclaimed Top 25 Cigars list by Cigar Aficionado was finally released last week. The 2021 Top 25 cigars include a wide variety of options to choose from ranging by flavor, size, and shape. This honorable list undergoes a long special blind-tasting process. The expert smokers analyze each cigar throughout the year in order to create a worthy list. Cigars don’t have bands so the experts can only focus on the taste the cigar has to offer. Let’s take a closer look at the best-rated top 25 cigars Cigar Aficionado 2021 had to offer and where to buy them.
Cigar Aficionado took upon the task to reveal the cigars by the second week of January. The proclaimed list consists of well-known brands such as La Flor Dominicana, Arturo Fuente, Oliva, Saint Luis Rey, and many more. The crowned winner this year was Padrón 1964 Anniversary Series Torpedo Natural. By scoring a 97-point rating this embalming cigar rings notes of hazelnut and cocoa beans that simmer during the smoke. In fact, it’s the fourth time Padron is honorably mentioned in Cigar of the Year. Upholding the family’s reputation and elevating its presence. Below, you’ll find a list of Cigar Country‘s favorites.
Our Favorite Cigars from Cigar Aficionado’s Top 25 List of 2021
Arturo Fuente Casa Cuba Doble Seis
An Ecuadorian Havana wrapper tobacco chose a mix of Cuban-seed Dominican-grown long-filler and binder and blended them in the same manner he used blending Cuban tobacco many years ago. Arturo Fuente Casa Cuba Doble Seis will delight those who prefer a full-flavor, medium to full-bodied smoke. Buy some today if you are lucky enough to find them in stock!
Strength: Medium to full
Country: Dominican Republic
Wrapper: Ecuador Habano
Oliva Serie V Melanio Maduro Robusto
Exquisite medium to full-bodied box-pressed 5″ x 52 cigars with aged Jalapa Nicaraguan tobaccos and a Mexican Maduro San Andres wrapper. Moreover, the fermented Nicaraguan Ligero combines perfectly with the wrappers to deliver rich flavors of leather and cedar with hints of nuts. So order Oliva Serie V Melanio Gran Reserva Limitada Maduro Robusto cigars today.
Strength: Medium to full
Country: Dominican Republic
Wrapper: Mexico San Andres
Arturo Fuente Rare Pink Vintage 1960’s Series Happy Ending
The newest Hemingway blend of shaped Perfecto cigars made with Ecuadoran wrappers, including Nicaraguan tobaccos from the Fuente farms in Estelí. Arturo Fuente Rare Pink Happy Ending is a powerful, full-bodied super-premium cigar. Made with smooth 100% Fuente estate-grown tobaccos from Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic.
Strength: Full
Country: Dominican Republic
Wrapper: Ecuador
La Flor Dominicana Air Bender Chisel
A full-bodied blend of their estate-grown Dominican filler and binder in a gorgeous Ecuadorian Habano wrapper. A smoking experience that will keep you fastened to your chair, asking for more! Additionally, LFD Air Bender Chisel is a very smooth and flavorful cigar with lots of body.
Strength: Full
Country: Dominican Republic
Wrapper: Ecuador Habano
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