The 2011 Cigar of the Year Countdown has now reached the Fab Five. Today’s Epic Encounter comes from one of the brand of one of the legendary figures in the cigar business – Avo Uvezian. It is the follow-up to what was my 2010 Cigar of the Year. Coming in at #5 is the Avo […]
#6 Casa Miranda Chapter One by Miami Cigars The 2011 Cigar of the Year Countdown is now in the home stretch. It is now time for the Super Six. Today’s epic encounter comes from Miami Cigars – who places their second cigar on the Top 30 countdown. This is a cigar that was made at […]
#7 Room 101 Namakubi The 2011 Cigar of the Year Countdown has reached the Select Seven. The best of the best are rising to the top of the list. At #10, we had a breakthrough cigar from Room 101 Cigars with the Room 101 Connecticut. Now we come to a second entry in the top […]
#8 E.P. Carrillo Core Line Maduro We have now entered the Elite Eight for the 2011 Cigar of the Year Countdown. For this Epic Encounter, we have a second entry by E.P. Carrillo Cigars. E.P. Carrillo has had a busy year launching five new cigar lines. This cigar was one of the year’s highlights. Coming […]
#9 Emilio Grimalkin It is now time for what I term the “Noble Nine” in the 2011 Cigar of the Year Countdown. These cigars are now getting into the territory where these are the best of the best as far as Epic Encounters go. For this Epic Encounter, we go back to indie cigar maker […]
#10 Room 101 Connecticut The 2011 Cigar of the Year Countdown has now reached the Top Ten. As we begin the top ten, this cigar brings us to what I consider to be one of the standout Ecuadorian Connecticut Cigars of 2011. It also is what I would consider a break-thru cigar for Matt Booth […]
#11 Tatuaje Wolfman The two-thirds point of the 2011 Cigar of the Year countdown has now been reached. For the cigar that comes in at #11, this might have been 2011’s ultimate Epic Encounter for many cigar enthusiasts. This Epic Encounter comes from Tatuaje and it now gives Pete Johnson’s company two cigars in the […]
#12: Rocky Patel Fifty This epic encounter brings us to a second entry in the 2011 Cigar of the Year countdown by Rocky Patel Premium Cigars. Rocky Patel has had several cigars launched in 2011, but there is no doubt that this one was the most anticipated of all of the cigars by Patel. Coming […]
#13 Viaje Satori 2011 This next epic encounter brings us to a follow-up to a cigar that came very close to winning the 2010 Cigar of the Year. It also marks the second entry in the 2011 Cigar of the Year countdown for Viaje Cigars. Coming in at #13 is the Viaje Satori 2011. This […]
#14 Illusione Maduro This epic encounter brings us to a brand of cigars that makes its first appearance on the Cigar of the Year countdown. For this encounter, a popular line of cigars gets a new wrapper, and a whole new taste. Coming in at #14 is the Illusione Maduro. The Illusione Maduro line is […]
