Seeing as this year is coming to a close and it is the normal time for cigar bloggers to do this I thought I'd give you all a list of my favorite cigars over the past year. For the most part these cigars have all been released this year, but a few of them may have been released last year. I didn't really get the time to smoke them all again like Dave did. Also as you'll see our lists are a bit different.
Honorable mentions in no particular order:
- Savinelli Dos Campeones Coraje Trabajador
- Davidoff White Edition
- Alec Bradley Black Market
- Hammer & Sickle Berlin Wall
- La Flor Dominicana Diadema Duo Maduro
- E.P. Carillo New Wave Connectiut
- Artisan's Passion by Paul Garmirian
- Tatuaje 7th Capa Especial
- Emilio Grimalkin
- Room 101 Namakubi
Top 13 Cigars of 2011:
13: Chaveta Toro
12: Zino Z-Class 550R
11: E.P. Carillo Elencos
10: My Father Le Bijoux 1922 Box Press
9: My Father El Hijo
8: La Flor Dominicana Diadema Duo Natural
7: Quesada España
6: Emilio AF1
5. The Crowned Heads Four Kicks
4: CroMagnon EMH
3: Drew Estate Undercrown
2: Tatuaje Fausto
and my number one cigar of the year is:
The San Lotano Oval Robusto.
There was a lot of difficult competition this year in my opinion. If I could I probably would have put a few more cigars as tied for my number one cigar of the year. It was a great year for cigar smokers since there were a lot of great cigars released this year that really catered to the different palates of cigar smokers everywhere. I chose the Oval as my number one cigar of the year because it has been the cigar I've gotten the most enjoyment out of this year. Pretty much every time I reach in my humidor I want to reach for one of those and sometimes I have to keep myself from not grabbing it so I don't run out too quickly.
I hope that my ranking doesn't anger any of the cigar makers out there because I am just one smoker out of many and this is just my opinion. If you have comments or just think I'm nuts let me know in the comments!
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
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Solid list, Keith. It's hard to argue with the Oval. I've enjoyed every vitola of that cigar.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the mention Keith. Its an honor to be listed with these other great cigars.
ReplyDeletegreat list!
ReplyDeleteDan
Nick, Skip and Dan,
ReplyDeleteThanks for taking the time to check out this blog and giving me feedback!
Keith,
ReplyDeleteThank you from AJ and the entire San Lotano team.
Ditto from Drew Estate - all of us take great pride when we read that other smokers are enjoying the smokes we create. It lets us know we are on the right track and spurs us to keep creating new blends and brands that we think consumers will enjoy smoking.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year from the DE Crew!
Steve Saka
Prez, Drew Estate
Thank you Clay & Steve for making great cigars and taking the time to communicate with us regular smokers! I look forward to seeing what both of your companies come out with this year.
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