The Top 10 Cigars


The Top 10 Cigars of 2009


Cigar Aficionado only releases the top 10 cigars of the year once a year, obviously. So, we're still waiting on word from them as to what is going to be the top 10 cigars of 2009. Though we have some good guesses, we won't know what the best cigars of the year are until late January of 2009. However, we're willing to give it a shot on the top cigar of 2009 as a prediction.

We predict that the Top cigar of 2009 will be the Padron 45th Anniversary Maduro!
Our Top 10 List of Cigars for 2009

Why did we choose this cigar? Well, after looking through most of the cigars that Cigar Aficionado has rated throughout 2009, the Padron 45th Anniversary really stood out as being one of the highest rated and best tasting cigars. At a whopping 94, the Padron 45th Maduro has the brand behind it to keep it one of the best tasting cigars for years to come. In our opinion, last year Padron was robbed of the no. 1 spot by the Casa Magna Robusto. Cigar Aficionado came under fire for giving it the best cigar of the year by a lot of cigar enthuseists, but they defended their choice by stating that the Casa Magna had a great price point in a tough economy. We don't think that CA will make the same mistake when dishing out the No. 1 cigar of 2009. Our prediction, as of November 2009, is that the Padron 45th Maduro will be the best cigar of 2009 according to Cigar Aficionado.

 


The Top 10 Cigars of 2008

For years, Cigar Aficionado has been releasing the top 25 cigars of the year. These cigars are the cigars that the most experienced cigar smokers rated highly on a number of different aspects of the cigar. These are the most sought after cigars on the market right now because the rating process of Cigar Aficionado is highly trusted by most cigar smokers. Though there are many controversies surrounding the top cigars of the year, one thing is usually unanimous - all of the cigars on this list are fantastic smokes!

 

How Cigars Are Rated

Cigars are rated by a number of factors as we will describe. Because a lot of cigar flavors are relative to the smoker, the ratings given by Cigar Aficionado are often under scrutiny. However, Cigar Aficionado does do a pretty good at rating cigars and these are the factors that make up their cigar ranking process. The Cigars are blindly tested so says Cigar Aficionado. There are many doubts about this as it is widely believed that they only review cigars that are advertised in their magazine. Regardless of the reasons why they choose a cigar to review, in this article we do outline the process that Cigar Aficionado reports is followed for each cigar they decide to review.

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