Our Picks for the Best Cigars to Smoke on New Year's Eve!
Ringing in the New Year with a Fine Cigar: A Tradition of Elegance and Celebration
The act of savoring a cigar on New Year's Eve is more than just indulgence; it embodies a centuries-old practice steeped in history and culture. For many, it's a symbolic gesture, a way to commemorate the passing year, honor achievements, and set intentions for the year ahead.
Traditionally, cigars have been associated with special occasions, and New Year's Eve is undoubtedly one of the most festive and significant nights of the year. The richness of flavors, the aroma, and the luxuriousness of a well-crafted cigar elevate the moment, inviting individuals to slow down, savor the present, and contemplate the future.
Choosing the right cigar for this occasion is an art in itself. Aficionados often opt for robust yet smooth cigars that exude elegance and complexity, matching the grandeur of the celebration.
The ritual of preparing and lighting a cigar is a deliberate, unhurried process. It demands attention and mindfulness, creating a space for contemplation and gratitude. Each draw carries with it a sense of appreciation for life's nuances, lessons learned, and experiences gained throughout the passing year.
Moreover, sharing a cigar on New Year's Eve fosters connections and camaraderie. It's an opportunity to bond with friends, family, or even strangers, forging memories and conversations that linger far beyond the final puff of smoke.
Cigar Place Top Cigar Picks For New Years Eve
Acid Blondie Cigars
From the first puff, the ACID Blondie cigars tantalize the senses with their unparalleled and complex flavor profiles that are unlike anything you've ever experienced. The cigars' small size belies the depth and intensity of their flavors, which are the result of Drew Estate's commitment to tobacco curing, blending, and infusion process. SHOP NOW
New World Gobernador Cigars
A.J. Fernandez is a hot name in the cigar industry right now. From his San Lotano to his Diesel, and the Pinolero, it seems each cigar he has his hands on turns to gold, and with good reason. Each of these cigars is a great medium-to-full-bodied stick at an amazing price point. Released in 2014, the New World Gobernador by AJ Fernandez is a collaboration with his father, Ismael Fernandez, who came out of retirement after working 17 years with Plasencia.
This smoke is an exquisitely made Nicaraguan puro that really showcases how great tobacco from this nation can be. Filled with three different Nicaraguan tobaccos, viso from Ometepe, and ligeros from Condega and Esteli, this cigar is bound in a Jalapa binder and wrapped in a dark Nicaraguan wrapper leaf. The cigar is rigidly box-pressed and offers some of the best pre-light flavors. As soon as the New World touches your lips, there are strong notes of the best bitter, dark chocolate and earth that will make you reach for your lighter quickly. These pre-light flavors continue throughout the cigar but the natural fruity maduro sweetness plays a much larger role the more you smoke. Each flavor note mixes with a subtle spice that makes the New World an extremely complex cigar, especially for one that is a puro. SHOP NOW
Montecristo White Magnum Especial
The Montecristo White Magnum Especial is an epic cigar you’ll wish you has tried sooner. Created by a brand that sits at the highest of heights when it comes to tobacco and handmade in the Dominican Republic by skilled torcedors who have perfected the art of the roll, these elegant vitolas are masterpieces of smooth, rich flavor. Beneath the stark white double bands emblazoned with gold markings, you’ll find a flawless Ecuadoran Connecticut wrapped like a warm blanket atop a Nicaraguan binder that expertly contains the premium Dominican and Nicaraguan longleaf filler at the core.
Like standing at the edge of a tobacco field in the warm sun, your senses are greeted by shimmering earth tones and a bright floral aroma as the leathery barrel of a Montecristo White Magnum Especial is slipped from its cellophane. A taste of roasted peanut hits the tongue just prior to a flame being applied to the foot, then the lighting puffs bloom with oak and malted milk chocolate. As the burn slowly matures and the sweet spot consumed, a burst of spice tempered by vanilla cream brings the strength and body to a succulent medium. Steady throughout even while bringing the robust flavors of espresso, buttered rye toast, and raw honey, this is a cigar to be enjoyed by everyone at any time. SHOP NOW
Camacho Ecuador Robusto
You'd think that Camacho would have taken on enough of a risk in shaking up their image with a recent packaging update. But if you're going to make a bold move, you might as well make it big too, and so the Camacho Ecuador Robusto cigar was born. Having built the brand on Honduran Puros, as of late tobacco from across the western hemisphere have been finding their way into Camacho's smokes and the results have been stellar. This cigar is their latest effort and if a couple of 92 ratings plus a 94 are any indication, then the Havana-seed wrapper from Ecuador, a Brazilian Mata Fina binder, and some Dominican Pelo de Oro ligero added to the Honduran filler are key to its success.
If there were one standout star in this otherwise well-matched ensemble cast, it would undoubtedly be the smooth and silky Ecuadorian wrapper. Coming from rich fields at the foot of the Andes, its uniform color, well-defined yet unobtrusive veins, and dark cocoa aroma make it stand out even without the large bright blue band that graces each stick. Where it really shines, of course, is through the taste it imparts to the plumes of medium to full bodied smoke that soaks into your palate. Toasty and flush with red pepper, it offers an awesome counterpoint to the citrus and cedar and earth that emanate from deep within. SHOP NOW
Nub Habano 460
Crafting a quality cigar is serious business, and creating something new is even more of a serious challenge, but the Nub Habano 460 manages to achieve both while being a serious value. Seriously. Alright, alright, we’ll stop. But you can’t deny Nub as a brand has transcended its short, stout form to become a popular and well-regarded stogie with fans from all parts of the aficionado spectrum. You may think it gimmicky, but smoke just one and you’ll quickly come to love the complex and cool smoking blend of Nicaraguan filler and binder tobaccos covered in, what else, a delicious Habano wrapper.
Being able to choose from among the best leaf to be found in Oliva’s vast growing empire has given Nub’s rollers a perfect excuse to show off their skills. With nothing less than a 60 ring gauge and no length longer than four inches there’s so much tobacco packed into every vitola it would be understandable to find the occasional soft spot or plugged draw, but somehow each one is as flawless as the next. This means that all the smoker has to do is sit back and enjoy crisp flavors of fresh roast coffee, oak, caramel, and a touch of red pepper. SHOP NOW
Aging Room Quattro Nicaragua Maestro - 2019 #1 Cigar of the Year
Aging Room Quattro Nicaragua Maestro cigars are a collaboration between Boutique Blends and master blender AJ Fernandez. Boutique Blends' Quattro line is their most successful project to date. With the addition of Quattro Nicaragua, it's quickly lining up to be one of the finest offerings in the Aging Room stable. This superlative Nicaraguan puro is manufactured in Nicaragua at AJ's factory, Tabacalera Fernandez.
Aging Room Quattro Nicaragua Maestro is a box-pressed torpedo, measuring 6" x 52. A stunner of a cigar cloaked in a velvety, rich brown wrapper. The binder and filler are also Nicaraguan, but any further details about the blend are kept strictly hush-hush. What won't be a secret, however, is the ride this cigar will give your taste buds. It begins with notes of chocolate, coffee, red pepper, and earth. Mid-smoke, the pepper subsides, and the chocolate and earth notes take center stage. By the end of the smoke, the pepper returns along with a hint of sweet cedar. The fine balance of sweet, spice, and earth notes, along with an ideal burn rate and temperature, all made for a highly pleasurable and harmonious smoke. SHOP NOW
Oliva Serie G Churchill
Hailing from Nicaragua and coming out of one of the most famous cigar factories in the world, Oliva Serie G Churchill cigars round out the Oliva portfolio by providing connoisseurs with rich, medium-bodied flavors at an affordable price point. A hearty blend of spicy Cuban seed Nicaraguan filler and binder tobaccos form the core of this high-end stogie. It's then draped in a toothy African Cameroon wrapper to give it a sweet flavor profile.
Box-pressed and finely crafted, this 7" x 50 Oliva Serie G Churchill starts off with a burst of cedar and white pepper. The experience progresses with floral aromas and subtle hints of cinnamon and brown sugar. The finish is crisp and dry, with an undeniable kiss of Cameroon sweetness.
Although frequently overshadowed by its ultra-premium sister cigars, Oliva Serie G Churchill remains rock solid as a great choice for novices or anyone who wants a medium-bodied go-to cigar. It pairs well with white wine and pale ale and makes a great choice for after a meal. Comparable sticks include Arturo Fuente and Cohiba. Oliva Serie G Churchill is a classic that's still going strong, even in today's ever-growing world of fine cigars. SHOP NOW
Cain Maduro 550 Robusto
Cain Maduro 550 Robusto cigars have all the great qualities of their Habano-wrapped brothers, but with a chocolatey twist. Like the Cain Habano, they boast a very robust blend of Nicaraguan ligero fillers and Nicaraguan binders, but these 5" x 50 cigars feature ultra-smooth Mexican San Andreas Maduro wrapper leaves. They are made down in Nicaragua at the Oliva factory and blended by Nub founder Sam Leccia.
There is no brown about it; these cigars are jet-black. The construction is seamless and firm. Steady amounts of blue-hued smoke are produced by the solid draw, producing an undeniable cocoa taste mixed with coffee and the overall classic maduro flavor element. These Cain Maduro 550 Robusto cigars are sweet and bold, with a hint of black cherry on the tip of the tongue. Very spicy finish. Comparing these to their Habano counterparts, the body and potency is about on par, but the taste is completely different. SHOP NOW
Macanudo Inspirado Black Robusto
Revamped and ready to blow some minds, the Macanudo Inspirado Black Robusto is a full-bodied, full-flavored jewel of a cigar. Once known primarily for their smooth and mild smokes, Macanudo’s portfolio of exquisite smokes now showcases a variety of strengths and styles to appeal to many an aficionado. The Inspirado Black, first released in 2015 but re-blended and relaunched in 2017, is perhaps their most potent cigar to date. Containing an expertly balanced mix of Esteli-grown Nicaraguan longleaf tobaccos plus a Ecuadorian Sumatra binder, it is the special Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper, grown using an innovative process that allows it to ripen on the stalk, that really makes this cigar a new benchmark for the iconic company.
Expertly rolled and decorated with a stylish black and silver band, the sleek look of a 4.8” X 48 Macanudo Inspirado Black Robusto will inspire your mouth to start watering long before you clip the cap. Your lips might detect just a touch of tooth on the extra-dark and oily Broadleaf as you slowly puff during lighting, while your tongue will already detect hints of coffee bean and earth. The steady burn line hitting the sweet spot allows the profile to bloom, adding in sweet wood, leather, white pepper, and black licorice. As the strength of the cigar reaches its zenith around the midpoint and begins a slow decent to the nub, you can expect to savor espresso, dark chocolate, and candied fruit. SHOP NOW
So, as the countdown begins, may the wisps of cigar smoke carry with them the promise of a prosperous and fulfilling year ahead.
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