Top 10 Best Cigars Of 2016
When there is such a surplus of great blends on the market, it gets hard to choose favorites. Here at Famous Smoke Shop, we make an annual list of what our experts think are the best. Here are the smokes that took top honors in 2016!
San Cristobal Quintessence
Only the finest binder and filler tobaccos grown by the Garcia family was worthy of San Cristobal Quintessence. Upon topping them with Ecuador Habano wrapper, medium-bodied notes of wood, coffee, spice, and black pepper emerged.
Country
Nicaragua
Strength
Medium
Wrapper
Habano
Color
Natural
Cromagnon Anthropology
Get ready to thoroughly enjoy this full body smoke when you light up a CroMagnon Anthropology cigar. The blend of an all-Nicaraguan long-filler core, Cameroon binder, and a toothy, US Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper create a full-flavored, complex experience.
Country
Nicaragua
Strength
Full
Wrapper
Broadleaf
Color
Maduro
Kristoff Pistoff Kristoff
Pistoff Kristoff cigars are handcrafted with a full-bodied blend of spicy Nicaraguan tobaccos accented by an Indonesian binder and a Mexican San Andrés wrapper. This trifecta teems with creamy waves of earthy spice and a toffee-like finish.
Country
Dominican
Strength
Full
Wrapper
San Andres
Color
Dark Natural
Davidoff Yamasa
Davidoff Yamasá showcases a dark Dominican Yamasá wrapper that cradles a Dominican San Vicente binder and well-aged long-fillers from Nicaragua. These converge to grant a woody sweetness laced with cocoa and spice.
Country
Dominican
Strength
Full
Wrapper
Yamasa
Color
Natural
Oliva Baptiste
Oliva Baptiste cigars feature a diverse blend Nicaraguan filler tobaccos that are topped by a luxurious Ecuador Habano wrapper and release heavy, full-bodied notes of coffee, cedar, sweet tobacco and a dash of pepper on its long finish.
Country
Nicaragua
Strength
Full
Wrapper
Habano
Color
Natural
Padron Damaso
Padrón Damaso features a popular Parejo shape that consists of a Connecticut-seed wrapper overtop an all-Nicaraguan heart of tobaccos. These blend to greet your taste buds with swaths of cedar, sweet cream, pepper, and subtle spices.
Country
Nicaragua
Strength
Mellow
Wrapper
Connecticut Shade
Color
Natural
Rocky Patel Sun Grown Maduro
Rocky Patel Sun Grown Maduro are renowned for their use of Nicaraguan long fillers, a robust double binder, and a dark and toothy Connecticut Broadleaf Maduro wrapper that makes for a dark, spicy, and earthy cigar that's great to the nub.
Country
Nicaragua
Strength
Full
Wrapper
Broadleaf
Color
Maduro
La Aurora Barrel Aged
La Aurora Barrel Aged cigars are topped with a Dominican Maduro wrapper, Dominican binder, and stuffed with long filler Nicaraguan and Dominican tobaccos, all aged four years in oak barrels. To reveal medium-bodied sweet and spicy notes.
Country
Dominican
Strength
Full
Wrapper
Corojo
Color
Maduro
Herrera Esteli Norteno
Herrera Esteli Norteño is highlighted by a Maduro wrapper over Honduran and Nicaraguan tobaccos that please your palate with a rich and silky smoke filled with medium-bodied notes of dark chocolate, spices, pepper, and nuts.
Country
Nicaragua
Strength
Full
Wrapper
San Andres
Color
Maduro
Intemperance Whiskey Rebellion 1794
Intemperance Whiskey Rebellion 1794 cigars don an Ecuador Habano wrapper over an Indonesian Bezuki binder that embraces Dominican and Nicaraguan long fillers that give a sweet peppery spice with espresso and wood notes.
Country
Nicaragua
Strength
Full
Wrapper
Habano
Color
Natural