Dec. 18

Cigars 8, 9 and 10

Dec. 19

Cigar 5, 6 and 7

Dec. 20

Cigars 2, 3 and 4

Dec. 21

Cigar of the Year

Dec. 22

Cigars 11 through 25

Top 25 Reveal Schedule

Monday, December 18

Cigars 8, 9 and 10

Tuesday, December 19

Cigars 5, 6 and 7

Wednesday, December 20

Cigars 2, 3 and 4

Thursday, December 21

Cigar of the Year

Friday, December 22

Cigars 11 through 25

The Top 25 Process

Step 1

We review the highest-scoring cigars from the past year and assemble a new tasting of only these cigars.

Step 2

Repurchase, re-band and then re-smoke the cigars blind—tasters don’t know the identity of the cigar.

Step 3

The top-scoring cigars are then smoked against each other through multiple rounds.

Step 4

A new list of 25 cigars is assembled.

Top 25 Cigars of 2023