2009 Year in Review

This past year certainly had it's global challenges. Despite the tax increase and bans on tobacco, the cigar smoker had many choices of quality cigars, rather than in the past, when cigar selection was limited. A difficult year overall, but definitely a fine year to be a cigar smoker.

WHERE THE TOP SCORERS ARE MADE
COUNTRY	CIGARS RATED	90 POINTS OR HIGHER	PERCENT
CUBA	45	25	55.6%
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	44	20	45.5%
HONDURAS	41	18	43.9%
NICARAGUA	104	33	31.7%
U.S.A.	12	1	8.3%

 

AVERAGE SCORE BY SIZE
1. DOUBLE CORONA	4 Cigars	91.3
2. FIGURADO	52 Cigars	89.6
3. MISCELLANEOUS	9 Cigars	89.0
4. CORONA GORDA	82 Cigars	88.9
5. ROBUSTO	36 Cigars	88.9
6. CHURCHILL	26 Cigars	88.8
7. CORONA	16 Cigars	88.5
8. LONSDALE	10 Cigars	88.3
9. PANETELA	3 Cigars	88.0
10. PETIT CORONA	8 Cigars	87.9

 

AVERAGE SCORE BY BRAND
CIGAR	SIZES	COUNTRY	RATING
Padron Family Reserve	2	Nicaragua	93.5
Padron 1964 Anniversary Series	10	Nicaragua	91.5
Partagas Benji Menendez Master Series	1	Dominican Republic	91.0
Quesada 35th Anniversary	1	Dominican Republic	91.0
San Cristobal	1	Nicaragua	91.0
C.A.O. La Traviata	3	Nicaragua	90.7
El Baton	3	Nicaragua	90.3
Ashton Virgin Sun Grown	10	Dominican Republic	90.1
Arturo Fuente Hemingway	8	Dominican Republic	89.9
Patel Bros.	5	Nicaragua	89.2
Cubao	1	Nicaragua	89.0
Oliva Serie V Maduro	1	Nicaragua	89.0
Brick House	4	Nicaragua	88.8
Arturo Fuente Don Carlos	7	Dominican Republic	88.7
Cain Habano	3	Nicaragua	88.7
777 Corojo	4	Nicaragua	88.5
Alec Bradley Tempus	2	Honduras	88.5
Frank Llaneza 1961	6	Nicaragua	88.3
Carlos Torano Exodus 1959 50 Years	3	Nicaragua	88.0
Cohiba Puro Dominicana	4	Dominican Republic	88.0
Punch Upper Cut	3	Honduras	88.0
Alec Bradley Special Cabinet Reserve	5	Honduras	87.8
Cain Maduro	3	Nicaragua	87.7
Siglo Limited Reserve	7	Nicaragua	87.4
Casa Magna Colorado	1	Nicaragua	87.0
Camacho Connecticut	6	Honduras	86.2

All information provided by the Cigar Insider, Publisher of Cigar Aficionado Magazine.

 

THE 100 POINT SCALE
95 - 100	Classic
90 - 94	Outstanding
80 - 89	Very Good to Excellent
70 - 79	Average to good commercial quality
Below 70	Don't waste your money
N/A	Not Available