{"id":74823,"date":"2026-01-30T11:59:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T10:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/?p=74823"},"modified":"2026-01-30T11:59:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T10:59:07","slug":"cigar-journals-top-25-new-cigars-cigar-of-the-year-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/cigar-journals-top-25-new-cigars-cigar-of-the-year-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Cigar Journal\u2019s Top 25 New Cigars: Cigar Of The Year 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today we are unveiling our Cigar Of The Year 2025: El Pulpo The Eel Lancero.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-74826 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1_el_pulpo_lancero_7x38_3828_3_25_dsc2243.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1_el_pulpo_lancero_7x38_3828_3_25_dsc2243.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1_el_pulpo_lancero_7x38_3828_3_25_dsc2243-500x87.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1_el_pulpo_lancero_7x38_3828_3_25_dsc2243-770x134.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1_el_pulpo_lancero_7x38_3828_3_25_dsc2243-1536x267.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1_el_pulpo_lancero_7x38_3828_3_25_dsc2243-2048x356.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignright wp-image-74828\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/CJ_TopNEW_badge_2025_No1_Sieger-770x1064.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"132\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/CJ_TopNEW_badge_2025_No1_Sieger-770x1064.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/CJ_TopNEW_badge_2025_No1_Sieger-500x691.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/CJ_TopNEW_badge_2025_No1_Sieger.jpg 803w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 132px) 100vw, 132px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>#1 | <\/b><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><b>El Pulpo The Eel Lancero<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Tasting notes:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This \u201ceel\u201d is robust, well-balanced, and well-constructed. Leather, cedar, and coffee beans constitute the triad; in addition, a raisin sweetness and bread aromas. Towards the end, it gets stronger, with cocoa and pepper notes.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Owner:<\/b> Artesano Del Tobacco<br \/>\n<b>Factory:<\/b> Tabacalera A.J. Fernandez<br \/>\n<b>Origin:<\/b> Nicaragua<br \/>\n<b>Wrapper:<\/b> Mexiko<br \/>\n<b>Binder:<\/b> Nicaragua<br \/>\n<b>Filler:<\/b> Nicaragua<br \/>\n<b>Strength:<\/b> 7 (von 10)<br \/>\n<b>Size:<\/b> 178 x 15.1 | 7 x 38<br \/>\n<b>Released:<\/b> 2025<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we are unveiling our Cigar Of The Year 2025. El Pulpo The Eel Lancero.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":74824,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[49,72,435,44],"tags":[1515,10030,10031,9224,10010,10009],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74823"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74823"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74924,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74823\/revisions\/74924"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}