Fall Season Cigar Buying Guide
As much as we love being on the golf course, the beach, and the boat all summer, fall is the best time of the year to smoke cigars for many – inside or out. Kicking back on the porch in cooler weather, watching football, and pouring a snifter of cognac beside a roaring fire place are picture-perfect scenes for smoking a cigar. Restock your humidor with the best cigars to smoke this fall. We’ve outlined some excellent choices in our Fall Season Cigar Buying Guide.
#1 - Ashton Aged Maduro
Ashton Aged Maduro is an excellent cigar to smoke in the fall thanks to a mature profile of molasses, black pepper, dark chocolate, and notes of fresh ground coffee. An oily and toothy Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper encapsulates a succulent core of premium aged Dominican binder and filler tobaccos. The 92-rated cigar has been around more than thirty years and is handcrafted in a collection of classic shapes. Enjoy Ashton Aged Maduro equally with a bourbon, port, rum, or a cup of hot cocoa.
#2 - Arturo Fuente Hemingway
Arturo Fuente Hemingway is blended by legendary cigar-maker Carlito Fuente in the Dominican Republic from a vintage Cameroon wrapper leaf and a balanced recipe of premium Dominican binder and filler tobaccos. A luscious profile of cinnamon, cedar, nuts, and baking spices compliments a bourbon or cognac nightcap just as well as a hot cup of tea or coffee with cream in the morning. The blend is handmade in an iconic collection of Figurado formats like the Short Story, Signature, and Work of Art, which scored 94 points and a ‘Top 10’ ranking in Cigar Aficionado in 2019.
#3 - La Aroma de Cuba Pasión
Award-winning father-and-son cigar-makers Pepin and Jaime Garcia blend La Aroma de Cuba Pasión from a rare and refined Shade Grown Nicaraguan wrapper leaf cultivated on a private family estate in Namanji, where the area’s microclimate imparts delicate nuances of taste and aroma. Beneath it a luscious blend of long-fillers from Estelí, Jalapa, and Namanji complete a medium to full-bodied profile of smoked cashew, leather, molasses, and cedar in six popular sizes. Savor the 94-rated Pasión with a glass of Angel’s Envy or a classic Old Fashioned this fall.
#4 - San Cristobal
A spicy, woody, and hearty profile of black pepper, espresso beans, black cherries, and earth emerges with leathery texture and aroma in a full-bodied finish. Master cigar-maker Jose ‘Pepin’ Garcia blends San Cristobal from a bold recipe of vintage Nicaraguan long-fillers beneath a dark and lustrous Ecuador Habano Oscuro wrapper leaf. Break out a peaty scotch like Laphroaig or Lagavulin and fire up the fireplace before you get cozy with San Cristobal in your favorite armchair.
#5 - Oliva Master Blends 3
Oliva Master Blends 3 is a small batch cigar handmade from an ultra-rare blend of well-aged Nicaraguan binder and filler tobaccos tucked beneath a shimmering Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper. The 92-rated gem is crafted in a collection of popular formats. Tasting notes of dark chocolate, coffee beans, leather, and brown sugar layer the palate with mouthwatering aroma and balance. Oliva Master Blends 3 matches up with a glass of Blanton’s or a Graham’s Tawny Port wonderfully.
#6 - Flor de las Antillas
A reddish-brown Sun Grown Nicaraguan wrapper leaf hugs an ample recipe of premium Nicaraguan long-fillers in a 96-rated, former ‘#1 Cigar of the Year’ titleholder blended by the Garcia family in Estelí, Nicaragua. A superb profile of cedar, cayenne pepper, nuts, and cocoa culminates in a zesty and creamy finish. Prep your palate with a pumpkin spice latte in the morning or a glass of Woodford Reserve after dinner.
#7 - Padrón 1926 Series No. 90
Padrón 1926 Series No. 90 is drawn from a hearty Nicaraguan wrapper leaf over a full-bodied core of well-aged Nicaraguan binder and fillers from the some of the oldest tobacco reserves the Padrón family possesses. An intricate profile of cocoa, cedar, cayenne pepper, coffee bean, and baking spices characterizes a top-rated Nicaraguan smoke available in a Natural or a Maduro wrapper leaf, which develops with a touch more sweetness. Padron 1926 Series No. 90 cigars are handmade in a round 5.5-by-52 size that comes in an classy tube.
