Paese
Bahamas
Brasile
Costa Rica
Cuba
Filippine
Honduras
Indonesia
Isole Canarie
Italia
Messico
Nicaragua
Panama
Peru
Republica Dominicana
U.S.A.
Formato
Churchill
Corona Gorda
Double Corona
Gordo
Gran Corona
Lancero/Panetela
Lonsdale
Perfecto
Petit Corona/Corona
Petit Robusto
Piramide/Torpedo
Robusto
Salomone/Diadema
Shorts
Toro
Troncoconico
Prezzo
Sotto 6
6-10
10-15
15-20
20-30
Oltre 30
Forza
Leggera
Medio-leggera
Media
Medio-forte
Forte
Valutazione
95-100
90-94
85-89
80-84
Inferiore a 80
Flavor profile
Cocoa
Creamy
Earth
Herbs
Leather
Nuts
Roasted
Smoky
Spices
Sweet
Vegetal
Wood
Tipo distillato
Armagnac
Cognac
Rum
Whisky
Paese
Antigua
Barbados
Canada
Cuba
England
France
India
Ireland
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Martinique
Netherlands
Scotland
Taiwan
Trinidad and Tobago
United States
Svezia
Galles
Guadalupa
Panama
Repubblica Dominicana
ABV
38.0-39.9%
40.0-43.0%
43.1-46.0%
46.1-50.0%
50.1-55.0%
over 55.0%
OB o IB
OB
IB
Prezzo
under 50
50-100
100-250
250-500
over 500
Valutazione
95-100
90-94
85-89
80-84
Inferiore a 80
Flavor profile
Cereal
Floral
Fruity
Honey
Marine
Peated
Sherried
Spices
Sweet
Winey
Wood

CigarsLover 2016 and 2017

CigarsLover 2016 and 2017

CigarsLover 2016 and 2017 1313 770 Luca Cominelli

During 2016 our team tested 350 cigars, the large part being from more renowned terroir, but without forgetting the countries that have a smaller output that are often times overshadowed by the quartet of Cuba, Nicaragua, Honduras and the Dominican Republic. The cigars that were taken into consideration fall mostly into the premium segment or rather, the evaluation that follows takes almost exclusively long filler products into consideration.

The overall average of the tested cigars is only slightly over the last year one: 88.06 in 2015, 88.20 in 2016.

Subdividing the ratings by country of production, Nicaragua is at the top, with an average of 89.1 being the only country to surpass the 89 point wall. It is followed by the Dominican Republic, terroir that registered an average increase of 0.9 points compared to 2015. The newly launched products and lines have demonstrated the largest cigar producing country worldwide is in a positive trend. At the third spot we find Cuba, with an average decreased compared to 2015 (88.1 in 2016 versus 88.5 in 205); this is due to both the new releases, less performing then those of last year, and the 2016 regular production of 2016, which wasn’t always up to expectations. Honduras doesn’t present any noteworthy changes in the overall average, while the cigars we tried from “the rest of the World” have registered – 0.4% in the overall average.

average-scoring

Leaving 2016 behind, what will CigarsLover try to achieve in 2017?

  • At the moment, the database of Cigarslover includes almost 700 review. During 2017, as usual, the number will increase further and parallel to that, the whole list of rewies will be translated and uploaded on to CigarsloverMagazine.com.
  • During the year we have received many requests related to the pairing cigar – drink. In the month of May we launched a survey to understand what would be the pairings with the most interest and the result was dominated by the spirits, with 41% of preference (followed by coffee with 17%). This brought us to launch the pairings section, that will be expanded considerably during the year.
  • The interest demonstrated towards the distillates has brought us to the decision to develop a parallel branch, that will be dedicated to this types of products: we will talk about spirits news and we will try and review a lot of them, with the goal to create a quickly growing database.