“Not only did I find a cigar of terrific value, but I found a cigar that delivered an all-around outstanding cigar experience.” Coming in at #24 is the A.J. Fernandez New World. This is a new regular production brand introduced by A.J. Fernandez Cigars in 2014. This marks the third time in five years that […]
“Overall this is a unique and outstanding blend. This cigar continues to strengthen (Jason) Holly and Viva Republica as a company on the rise doing great work.” Coming in at #25 is the Viva Republica Propaganda. Propaganda is the third line launched by Viva Republica. It gives Viva Republica its first appearance on a Cigar […]
“The reputation for Nicaraguan puro corojo wrapper blends from Casa Fernandez is as good as it gets. With the Pedro Martin Limited Edition, this cigar stands up with the best of them. This is definitely the best release by Maria Martin to date. This also has the potential to be one of the best blends […]
“Pete Johnson and Tatuaje have long built a reputation for excellent retail exclusive shop releases. The WCD 127 Tatuaje Limited Edition will now join that list as being one of those special shop releases.” Coming in at #27 is the WCD 127 Tatuaje Limited Edition. This was a limited edition shop exclusive by Tatuaje Cigars […]
“This is a boutique company that I think will be making a lot of noise over the next few months. In the case of the La Colmena Unico Especial, this is one special cigar… This is simply an outstanding cigar – and it’s one definitely worth taking notice.” Coming in at #28 is the La […]
“In my opinion, this marks the best cigar to date E.P. Carrillo has released with a corojo wrapper, and it solidifies this line of lonsdales for Federal Cigar as one of the top set of shop exclusives in the country.” Coming in at #29 is the E.P. Carrillo Medalla D’Platino. This is a limited production […]
“While this cigar had some classic maduro flavors of chocolate, earth, and pepper, somehow the way these flavors meshed together gave this cigar a very different flavor profile than most other Viajes I’ve had.” Viaje Cache Five Fifty-Two Box-Press Coming in at #30 – and kicking off the 2014 Cigar of the Year Countdown is the Viaje […]
Last night on our Stogie Geeks podcast, we unveiled our team’s top ten selections for Cigar of the Year. Now that Stogie Geeks and Cigar Coop are merged, we are including each of our team member selections (Paul, Mark Jr, and Stogie Santa, Coop) as well as a composite list for our Stogie Geeks Top […]
Our 2013 Year in Review coverage concludes with a look at how the various cigar companies did on Cigar Coop for 2013. This is the second consecutive year we have done such an exercise. This analysis is simple, we base it a company’s average numerical score for cigar assessed on Cigar Coop. This year we […]
For the third consecutive year, we list our best aged cigars for 2013. The purpose of this category is to look at some cigar lines that were released the previous year, and see the impacts of age on them. This year we extend the category to include ten cigars. 1) The cigars must have been […]
