Cigar Journal’s Top 25 Cigars of 2022: #25 To #20

Today we are revealing the six cigars ranking from positions 25 to 20.

#25 | 1502 Aniversario 10

Tasting notes:

Among this Toro’s fine cedar and leather aromas is the sweetness of vanilla beans, as well as delicate pepper and a touch of salt. It unfolds as nutty, fruity, and earthy.

Owner: Global Premium Cigars
Factory: A.J. Fernandez
Origin: Nicaragua
Wrapper: Ecuador
Binder: Mexico
Filler: Nicaragua
Strength: 7(of 10)
Size: 152 x 19.8 | 6 x 50
Released: 2022

#24 | Great Wall The Mao Series

Tasting notes:

This perfectly rolled, handcrafted cigar is complex and harmonious. It offers woody, leathery, earthy, and fruity notes paired with sponge cake, mint, coffee, and caramel. On top of that, chili heat.

Owner: China Tobacco Sichuan Industrial Co.
Factory: Great Wall Cigar Factory
Origin: China
Wrapper: Dom. Rep.
Binder: Indonesia
Filler: Dom. Rep., China, Nicaragua
Strength: 5 (of 10)
Size: 159 x 19.8 | 6 1/4 x 50
Released: 2022

#23 | Platinum Nova Leo 11 Edition Limitada Nicaragua

Tasting notes:

This Toro with a pigtail offers leather flavors, with undertones of earth and charcoal. It is peppery and develops a light note of saffron. But cocoa and cinnamon sweetness are also present, as well as coffee aromas.

Owner: Platinum Nova Cigar LLC
Factory: Barreda Cigar Nicaragua
Origin: Nicaragua
Wrapper: Ecuador
Binder: Nicaragua
Filler: Nicaragua
Strength: 7 (of 10)
Size: 152 x 21.4 | 6 x 54
Released: 2021

#22 | Liga Privada Único Serie Year of the Ox

Tasting notes:

This cigar in a Maduro wrapper produces huge amounts of smoke and white ash. The subtle fruity sweetness is underscored by pepperiness, nutty and wood aromas, and mineral notes.

Owner: Drew Estate LLC
Factory: La Gran Fabrica Drew Estate
Origin: Nicaragua
Wrapper: USA
Binder: Brazil
Filler: Honduras, Nicaragua
Strength: 4 (of 10)
Size: 152 x 21.4 | 6 x 54
Released: 2021

#21 | The American Double Robusto

Tasting notes:

The cigar reveals aromas of earth and undergrowth, dried flowers and hazelnuts. Then herbal notes, chocolate sweetness; some coffee and chili heat come into play.

Owner: J.C. Newman Cigar Co.
Factory: J.C. Newman El Reloj
Origin: USA
Wrapper: USA
Binder: USA
Filler: USA
Strength: 8 (of 10)
Size: 140 x 22.2 | 5 1/2 x 56
Released: 2021

#20 | Cumpay Lancero

Tasting notes:

Creamy milk chocolate marries with leather, coffee and nut aromas in this Lancero. Roasted nuts, sweetness and some pepper also play a part, and at times some juniper can be discerned.

Owner: Maya Selva Cigars
Factory: TAOSA
Origin: Nicaragua
Wrapper: Nicaragua
Binder: Nicaragua
Filler: Nicaragua
Strength: 7 (of 10)
Size: 178 x 15.1 | 7 x 38
Released: 2022