Top 10 Cigars of 2016 as Ranked by Cigar Aficionado

Cigar Aficionado is dedicated to stogies and those who smoke them throughout the world. Which brands made its top list for 2016? Here are 10 of them, and, yes, you can purchase most of them from an online cigar shop.

10. Punch Gran Puro Santa Rita

Described as vibrant and phenomenal, this Honduran smoke just made it into Cigar Aficionado’s top 10. The tobacco is grown in Honduras near the Guatemala border, which makes the smoke full-bodied.

9. Hoyo de Monterrey Epicure No. 2

Those who buy cigars online often look for famous Cuban cigars. After all, they were illegal in the United States for decades. The Hoyo de Monterrey Epicure No. 2 is quintessential Cuban in size and taste.

8. Oliva Serie V Melanio Robusto

Another gem out of Central America is this Nicaraguan winner. The cigar is slender compared to fat stogies people smoke. Its Sumatra-seed wrapper hails from Ecuador for a unique and balanced smoke.

7. Norteño Robusto Grande

Also hailing from Nicaragua and available at an online cigar shop is the Norteño Robusto Grande. Cigar Aficionado says this "exemplary" gem "layers the palate with copious amounts of dense smoke."

6. Arturo Fuente Rosado Sungrown Magnum R Vitola "Forty-Four"

Using Dominican tobacco wrapped in Ecuador leaf, the Arturo Fuente Rosado Sungrown Magnum R Vitola "Forty-Four" offers dried fruit, maple, nuts and spicy cinnamon among other flavors.

5. Padrón Serie 1926 No. 90

Making it into the top five is this cigar from Nicaragua. The Padrón family has been manufacturing cigars for decades, and this one celebrates the patriarch’s 90th birthday in June 2016.

4. E.P. Carrillo Selección Oscuro Piramides Royal

This cigar is manufactured by blending Nicaraguan filler and Ecuadoran binder and securing it in a Mexican wrapper. The result is full yet nuanced smoke created by a leader in the craft.

3. Partagás Serie E No. 2

If you are looking for the fattest Cuban cigar you can get your hands on, this is it. Its ring gauge is 54, and it is filled with the high-end tobacco for which Cuban cigars are known.

2. Rocky Patel Sun Grown Maduro Robusto

Central and North America unite in this runner-up. Nicaraguan tobacco is wrapped in Connecticut broadleaf, which makes it complex, dark and strong. Think bittersweet chocolate, earthy, nutty.

1. La Flor Dominicana Andalusian Bull

The crème de la crème of 2016 cigars hails from the Dominican Republic. Dominican Criollo ’98 tobacco is wrapped in a Corojo-seed Ecuador Habano wrapper. Cumin, hickory, and saffron notes abound.

Visit a quality online cigar shop today and order one of these Cigar Aficionado picks. You will see why the magazine favored these stogies from first puff long into your smoke.

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