Cigar Aficionado’s Top 25 Cigars of 2007

1) Padron Serie 1926 No. 9
2) Fuente Fuente OpusX PerfecXion No. 2
3) Montecristo No. 2
4) Oliva Serie V Torpedo
5) Ashton Virgin Sun Grown Torpedo
6) Cohiba Madura 5 Secretos
7) Illusione CG:4
8 ) Hoyo de Monterrey Excalibur Maduro Epicure
9) CAO Vision Prana
10) Dunhill Signed Range Toro
11) Montecristo Petit Edmundo
12) San Cristobal Monumento
13) Camacho Select Torpedo
14) La Flor Domincana Double Ligero Chisel Maduro
15) Tatuaje Havana VI Angeles
16) Punch Double Coronoa
17) Don Pepin Garcia Cuban Classic 1979
18) Felipe Power Robusto
19) Romeo y Julieta Aniversario Corona
20) Gran Habano 3 Siglos Gran Corona
21) Sosa Wavell
22) La Gloria Cubana Selectos de Lujos
23) Padilla Signature 1932 Lancero
24) The Edge Sumatra Toro
25) Zino Platinum Grown Special Wrapper Chubby

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Indian Tabac Tomahawk, Corojo

This was our cigar for the February Herfers.com Herf.  It was a very good smoke.  The cigar was light and I tasted hints of vanilla cream, a slight woody taste that I couldn’t really recognize, and towards the end I was tasting a touch of pepper.  The vanilla cream taste lasted through the entire cigar and it never got hot at the end.  There was plenty of smoke, it burned evenly and I never had to re-light it.

I got 5 sticks for the herfers.com exchange, and I look forward to smoking the other 4 of these.

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Oliveros LTD, Gran Robusto

The Gran Robusto, a 5.5×52 stick, has a Brazilian wrapper, a Corojo binder and  a combo of Nicaraguan, Peruvian and Dominican fillers.  These cigars have been aged since 1991.

The main thing I tasted in this smoke was leather.  It was a good smoke, good draw and plenty of smoke.  I didn’t taste anything besides the leather, perhaps because I am not as experienced, but that was it.  I did like the cigar and I smoked the entire thing, never getting hot all the way to the nub.  Good smoke.

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Oliveros International Churchill

January 2008 was the first month of our new Cigar Club, Stogie Ninja Society.  This month was Judge’s month and he chose a sampler pack of Oliveros cigars from Cigar International.

Tonight I smoked the Oliveros International Churchill.  This smoke measures 7.0″ x 50 and it’s blend employs a mixture of 100% Cuban-seed long-fillers from the Dominican Republic.  The smoke started out a bit spicy and bitter, but very quickly turned into a great, woodsy tasting smokes.  The smoke was very smooth with a terrific draw and plenty of smoke.  It lasted for about an hour and smoked good all the way down to the nub.  It did tend to get a little hot at the very end, but I wasn’t disappointed because I didn’t expect it to taste quite this good.  I am looking on CigarBid right now, trying to find more of these cigars because I liked this one so much.  I’d recommend this cigar to people who are new to smoking and also those who have been into cigars for as long as I have, about 2 year.

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