{"id":5253,"date":"2019-01-24T17:02:23","date_gmt":"2019-01-24T23:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.inthehumidor.com\/?p=5253"},"modified":"2019-01-25T14:17:08","modified_gmt":"2019-01-25T20:17:08","slug":"inthehumidors-top-25-cigars-of-2018-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthehumidor.com\/?p=5253","title":{"rendered":"InTheHumidor\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Top 25 Cigars of 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Well brothers and sisters of the leaf, it is time for our top 10 cigars from 2018! We appreciate you all checking out our site and hope you have enjoyed! Like our choices? Let us know! Think something shouldn’t be on here, we would love to hear what you would put up instead! So now onto the top 10!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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#10 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Casa Fuente\nMaduro – Robusto <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                So,\nthis cigar may be one of the harder sticks to get as it is only solid in the\nbest city in the world, Sin City, good ol\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Las Vegas! This cigar is a house\nblend and can be found at Casa Fuente in Caesars Palace. The Maduro packs so\nmuch flavor but not one bit of it is over powering. Leather, earthy, a slight\nsweetness, and a little hint of vanilla towards the end are just some of the\nflavors you will enjoy with this cigar. While you are there, don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t forget to\ntry their mojito! Coming from someone who was not a huge mojito fan, I can\nhonestly say I just never had a mojito done right, like they do at Casa Fuente.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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#9 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Patoro Platino\n(Robusto)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Being the newest release of the\nPatoro Line, the Platino exemplifies class and elegance. Aesthetically simple\nwith the traditional single colored (Black) band exposing the Patoro \u00e2\u20ac\u0153P\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, and a\nDominican Wrapper with the likeness of Gingerbread. The Patoro Platino features\nrich earthy tones with subtle hints of coffee and spice. While the presence of\npepper isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t predominate on the palate, it reflects a peppery aroma that keeps\nyou interested. The Patoro Platino is a full-bodied smoke, medium to full in\nstrength and dominated by Dominican tobacco from Wrapper to Fillers. Available\nin three vitola\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s: Robusto (4.92 x 50); Toro (5.91 x 50) and Perfecto (6.3 x\n50) and a MSRP of $16-17. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Extra: The ash on the Platino is a thing of beauty!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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#8 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c OSOK (One Shot One Kill)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edgar Hoill is THE MAN with this\nversion of the OSOK \u00e2\u20ac\u0153One Shot, One Kill\u00e2\u20ac\u009d San Andres. Named after his unique\nphotography style Edgar has created this blend with the famous Casa Turrent\nfamily with the sole intention of bringing Mexican tobacco to the mainstream.\nThe fast-growing popularity of the Mexican San Andres wrapper is taken a step\nfurther with this blend as the entire cigar features purely Mexican San Andres\ntobacco, making this OSOK one of the only true Mexican Puro\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s on the\nmarket.  The OSOK San Andres features\nfull bodied yet smooth notes of cocoa and leather, as well as a nuttiness that\nplays nicely. The draw is light and airy and very easy to smoke. Featured in one\nVitola (5 \u00c2\u00bc x 54) and retailing at an affordable $8.50 this is a cigar that you\ndon\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to miss out on if you can get your hands on it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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#7 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c La Gloria\nCubana Esteli – Toro<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                La\nGloria Cubana has always been a company that you can trust to bring you a solid\nproduct and normally will bring you notes from a true Cuban cigar. The Esteli\nwas introduced at the 2018 IPCPR as a modern take on the classic La Gloria\nCubana blend. This smoke is bold, beautiful, and tasty. With a Nicaraguan\nJalapa wrapper and Hondorun filler, this stick just embodies the ideal smoking\nexperience. As you puff away, you will get notes of spice, pepper, cedar, and\nlight earthy notes. With three sizes to choose from and a VERY reasonable price\nranging around the $6 to $7 range, we can promise you will be happy you picked\nthis up at your local shop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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#6 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Drew Estate Florida\nSungrown \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Toro<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                They\nsay good things come to those who wait and that could not be more spot on when\nyou talk about the FSG by Drew Estate. This cigar has been in the works since\n2011! When you have great minds like Jeff Borysiewicz and the guys behind Drew\nEstate working together, you can expect things to be meticulous done to ensure\nall t\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s are crossed along with the dotted I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s. One of the best features on this\ncigar is the gorgeous Brazilian Meta Fina wrapper. It is stunning in color,\nfeel, and of course, taste. From lighting up to the final draw, you will get\nsweet and savory notes that will make you feel like a million bucks after a\nnice T-bone dinner, with taters of course. You have four sizes to choose from\nand a single cigar will run you about $12 or more. Every penny of that will be\nconsidered well spent once you are done.    <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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#5 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Punch Diablo Scamp\n\u00e2\u20ac\u201c Toro<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                This\nwas a cigar was a highlight at this year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s IPCPR. This is definitely one of the\nbolder cigars on this year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s list. Sometimes bolder cigars lack flavor but this\nis not the case with the Punch Diablo. The Diablo is crafted in Esteli at one\nof AJ Fernandez\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s facilities and features tobaccos from four different\ncountries. Wrapped in a Ecuadoran Sumatra Oscuro wrapper, this cigar brings you\na dark and bold flavor profile filled with notes of wood, earth, leather, and\npepper. Also, this cigar normally runs around the $6.50 range so it is not only\nan amazing smoke, but an amazing price. There are three sizes to choose from\nincluding a Robusto (Diabolus), Toro (Scamp), and Gordo (Brute).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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#4 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c United Cigars\nBandolero 54 – Vanidosos<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We could go on and on for days\nabout United Cigars, from their product to the men behind it. Nelson Alfonso is\na mastermind of Tobacco and a Branding genius! And as always, a big shout out\nis certainly deserved for Oliver Nivaud who reps United Cigars to the fullest\nand is one heck of a guy! (Thanks for the cigars my friend, Salud!) As for the\nBandolero, if you have had the pleasure of enjoying them you probably know this\nis about as solid of a stick as they come. The interesting thing about the\nBandolero and the other two main cigar lines from United (Atabey and Byron) is\nthat majority of the tobaccos used are kept secret to the makers only. Although\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153cough cough\u00e2\u20ac\u009d I may have heard through a little birdie that some Peruvian could\nbe a possibility. This medium body yet full-flavored cigar features a complex\nvariety of notes from savory oak, spices such as cinnamon play throughout and\nwe may have gotten a hint of citrus that likes to play a fun game of peek-a-boo\nhere and there. The burn is just shy of perfect every single time and the draw\nis nice and open. This vitola, the Vanidosos is my favorite to date and retails\nright around $11, which is much more wallet friendly than the Atabeys or\nByrons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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#3 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 1880 Casa Turrent – Toro<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Casa Turrent 1880 is another true testament to the greatness of Mexican tobacco that, in our opinion, goes relatively undervalued in today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s cigar market. Alejandro Turrent made it a point with this cigar to honor the heritage of the brand by the \u00e2\u20ac\u01531880\u00e2\u20ac\u009d namesake capturing the year that the Turrent family began in the growing business. With minimal veins and visibly pleasing toothy wrapper, this dark chocolate brown San Andres Wrapper passes the eye test. Not quite a Mexican puro, the 1880 features the aforementioned San Andres Mexican wrapper, bound in Mexican Criollo 98, and fillers of Mexican and Nicaraguan Criollo 98 leaves. The Casa Turrent 1880 smokes much milder than the look indicates, but very smooth and pleasant from cap to foot. With a full creamy and smooth mouthfeel, this cigar provides notes of chocolate and earthy tones, complimented with every so slight hint of pepper and a tang we always have a hard time putting a finger on completely. Offered in a single vitola a Toro (6.5 x 54) and retails about $16 per stick. Sold in boxes of 10 these are not particularly easy to find widespread, however more production is rumored to be on the horizon for the near future. This cigar has been by far one of our absolute favorites of this year and the Turrent family brings Mexican tobacco to the forefront better than anyone else the country has to offer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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#2 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c AJ Fernandez\nH. Upman – Robusto<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                <\/strong>So we know AJ Fernandez has\nburst into the cigar scene in the last couple of years and has been partnering\nwith many amazing brands out there including Montecristo, Punch, Cigar\nInternationals Legends line, Romeo y Julieta and more but we did not see this\npartnership coming as H. Upmann has been such a staple of the cigar industry\nsticking very much to its roots. However, when they pulled the trigger to work\nwith AJ, we knew we were in for a treat and this cigar is exactly that! This\nmedium-full smoke features an Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper around Criollo 91\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 and\nPiloto Cubano fillers that help bring you flavors such as roasted nuts, spice, very\nlight pepper, and cocoa. We here at InTheHumidor have smoked many of these\ncigars and not once have we had a poor roll or a bad burn. It just shows when\nyou pair 2 powerhouses together, you are going to be blown away. This cigar\nwill run you about $8 and is available in a Tobusto, Toro, and Churchill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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#1 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Southern Draw Cedrus – Belicoso Fino<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                It is that time! Time to unveil our top smoke of 2018. Without wasting anymore time, coming in at #1 is another cigar debuted at this year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s IPCPR. It is the Cedrus by Southern Draw. Before we talk about the cigar, let us talk about the dynamic duo who run Southern Draw and that is Robert Holt and his lovely wife Sharon (commonly referred to as The Rose). When you start off in any industry, especially one such as the premium cigar industry, it is not easy to make a name for yourself and requires lots of work. Within a rather reasonably short time, Southern Draw has jumped from small boutique, to big boutique, to becoming a household name in the cigar world. That of course is partially because the cigars in their line are EXTREMELY tasty but also because these two work harder than nearly any person I have ever known. Traveling on the road nearly 300 days a year can only be done with the drive and passion these two have for the product they put out. With some of our favorites such as the Rose of Sharon and the Jacobs Ladder, we were VERY excited to try the Cedrus when we heard about it at the IPCPR. And let us say, it was beyond worth the wait. This cigar from start to finish burns amazingly with lovely, full clouds of smoke and it just puts you into a pure state of comfort. With notes including cedar (of course), pepper, spice, and even some creaminess throughout, it will just make you want to get up, grab your backpack and hike your butt back to the cigar shop to buy more of these beauties! If you have not tried a Southern Draw, please do yourself a favor and pick up one of these beauties and look out for Robert and Sharon. We can promise with the way they travel, you probably will see them at a shop near you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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