Top 25 New Cigars 2019
Each year, our tasting panel members smoke hundreds of cigars in order to give you the results of these blind tastings with the most objective impressions possible through our ratings.
Each year, our tasting panel members smoke hundreds of cigars in order to give you the results of these blind tastings with the most objective impressions possible through our ratings. At the end of the year, we traditionally use the occasion to select those cigars that have remained in our memory.
Only the cigars that received a combined score of 90 points or more and those that were initially released less than two years ago are eligible for selection.
Rated by the Cigar Journal tasting panel, blind, on the 100-point scale.
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#25 | Cavalier Genève White Series Lancero
Origin: Honduras Wrapper: Honduras Binder: Honduras Filler: Honduras
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#24 | Aladino Corojo Reserva
Origin: Honduras Wrapper: Honduras Binder: Honduras Filler: Honduras
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#23 | OneOff Corona Gorda
Origin: Nicaragua Wrapper: Honduras Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua
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#22 | La Galera 1936 Torpedo Cortador
Origin: Dom. Rep. Wrapper: Ecuador Binder: Dom. Rep. Filler: Dom. Rep.
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#21 | Oscar Valladares The Oscar Habano Winter Edition
Origin: Honduras Wrapper: Ecuador Binder: Honduras Filler: Honduras
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#20 | Liberation by Hamlet Toro
Origin: Nicaragua Wrapper: Ecuador Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Honduras
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#19 | E.P.C. Encore Majestic
Origin: Dom. Rep. Wrapper: Nicaragua Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua
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#18 | Tatuaje Reserva SW Short
Origin: Nicaragua Wrapper: Ecuador Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua
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#17 | La Aurora 115 Anniversary Robusto
Origin: Dom. Rep. Wrapper: Ecuador Binder: Brazil Filler: Dom. Rep.
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#16 | Joya de Nicaragua Cinco Décadas El General
Origin: Nicaragua Wrapper: Other Binder: Other Filler: Other
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#15 | Oliva Serie V Melanio Robusto Limitada 2018
Origin: Nicaragua Wrapper: Ecuador Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua
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#14 | Perdomo Estate Seleccion Vintage Maduro Imperio
Origin: Nicaragua Wrapper: Nicaragua Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua
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#13 | Balmoral Añejo XO Connecticut Petit Robusto Flagtail
Origin: Dom. Rep. Wrapper: USA Binder: Ecuador Filler: Dom. Rep.
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#12 | Antigua Esteli Segovias Maduro Robusto
Origin: Nicaragua Wrapper: Mexico Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua
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#11 | Gurkha Ghost Gold Shadow
Origin: Dom. Rep. Wrapper: Ecuador Binder: Mexico Filler: Dom. Rep.
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#10 | VegaFina 1998 VF52
Origin: Dom. Rep. Wrapper: Ecuador Binder: Indonesia Filler: Dom. Rep.
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#9 | Rocky Patel Tavicusa Toro
Origin: Nicaragua Wrapper: Mexico Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua
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#8 | Plasencia Alma del Fuego Flama
Origin: Nicaragua Wrapper: Nicaragua Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua
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#7 | San Lotano Dominicano Toro
Origin: Dom. Rep. Wrapper: Brazil Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua
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#6 | Liga Privada No. 9 Corona Viva
Origin: Nicaragua Wrapper: USA Binder: Brazil Filler: Honduras
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#5 | Vegas del Purial Gran Reserva Super Toro
Origin: Nicaragua Wrapper: Ecuador Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua
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#4 | Punch Short de Punch
Origin: Cuba Wrapper: Cuba Binder: Cuba Filler: Cuba
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#3 | Alec & Bradley Blind Faith Gordo
Origin: Honduras Wrapper: Honduras Binder: Honduras Filler: Nicaragua
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#2 | Davidoff Winston Churchill The Traveller LE 2019
Origin: Dom. Rep. Wrapper: Dom. Rep. Binder: Mexico Filler: Dom. Rep.
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#1 | A.J. Fernandez Bellas Artes Maduro Robusto
Tasting notes:
Right from the start, this perfect cigar (not only visually) is expressive. It offers the scent of bread, spices, cacao sweetness; nutty, woody and leathery aromas. The intense aromas are carried by a gentle saltiness, pepper and acidity. Strength, harmony, excitement …
Owner: A.J. Fernandez Cigars Factory: Tabacalera A.J. Fernandez Cigars de Nicaragua S.A. Origin: Nicaragua Wrapper: Brazil Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua Strength: 9 (of 10) Size: 140 x 20.6 | 5 1/2 x 52 Released: 2018
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