The Best Cigars From Cuba
When it’s time to reach for a Cuban cigar, you might as well search for the very best. Cigar Aficionado magazine has named four Cubans Cigar of the Year in the 20-year history of our Top 25, with scores ranging from 94 to 98 points. One of the quartet—the Cohiba Behike BHK 52—is a cigar that’s exceedingly rare today, a pigtailed smoke that has been all-but-impossible to find for roughly 10 years. The other three, particularly the Montecristo No. 2, aren’t nearly as elusive. We also searched through the past 12 months of blind tastings from the pages of this magazine as well as Cigar Insider, our twice-monthly newsletter, to give you the cigars that scored 94 points or higher in our recent expert tastings. Happy hunting.
Number One Cubans
Cigars Of The Year Rolled In Cuba
Cigar of the Year 2006 - Bolivar Royal Corona
94 points
4 7/8” by 50
Cigar of the Year 2010 - Cohiba Behike BHK 52
97 points
4 3/4” by 52
Cigar of the Year 2013 - Montecristo No. 2
96 points
6 1/8” by 52
Cigar of the Year 2022 - H. Upmann No. 2
98 points
6 1/8” by 52
Top Cubans To Smoke Right Now
Cigars Scoring 94 Points Or Higher In The Past 12 Months
Partagás Serie P No. 2 96 points £38.50 • 6 1/8” by 52
Bolivar Belicoso Fino 94 points £35.10 • 5 1/2” by 52
Bolivar Royal Corona (Tubo) 94 points £30.30 • 4 7/8” by 50
Cohiba Pirámides Extra 94 points £105.80 • 6 1/4” by 54
Cohiba Maduro 5 Mágicos 94 points £69.40 • 4 1/2” by 52
Juan Lopez Gran Patagón Exclusivo Cono Sur 94 points 35,000 Chilean Pesos (about $37) • 5 3/8” by 52
Romeo y Julieta Cazadores 94 points £31.50 • 6 3/8” by 43
Romeo y Julieta Línea de Oro Hidalgos 94 points £61.10 • 4 7/8” by 57
