Your taughts on Cigar Afficionado's Top 25 of 2012

[Jnaube]

Is it me or they live on another planet? 4 cubans over 25. 1966 is No 2, H.Upmann Royal Robusto at no 6, Partagas Serie E no 2 at no 13 and BBF at 16.

1-Flor de Antillas Toro

2- Cohiba 1966

3-Romeo by Romeo y Julieta Piramide

4-Padrón Family Reserve 85 Years (Natural)

5-Arturo Fuente Rosado Sungrown Magnum R Vitola Forty-Four

6-H. Upmann Royal Robusto

7-Ashton Heritage Puro Sol Belicoso No. 2

8-Rocky Patel Fifty Robusto

9-Tatuaje Cojonu 2012 Sumatra

10-Nat Sherman Timeless Collection No. 2

11-Kristoff Corojo Limitada Torpedo

12-La Flor Dominicana Cameroon Cabinet Chisel

13-Partagás Serie E No. 2

14-El Baton Belicoso

15-H. Upmann 1844 Reserve Belicoso

16-Bolivar Belicoso Fino

17-Camacho Liberty 2012

18-Oliva Serie V Belicoso

19-La Palina El Diario K B

20-Punch Gran Puro Santa Rita

21-Alec Bradley Fine & Rare

22-E.P. Carrillo Elencos Series Don Rubino

23-Macanudo Crü Royale Poco Gordo

24-Headley Grange Estupendo

25-San Lotano Oval Corona

[tmac77]

Another post on this here:

http://www.friendsofhabanos.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=113173&hl=

[Jnaube]

Another post on this here:

http://www.friendsofhabanos.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=113173&hl=

Missed it. I wouldn't have spend all that time copy pasting everything!

[nikesupremedunk]

I would assume that they don't want to put too many CC's on there because they are mainly USA based. But I never took their list seriously so...yea

[SCgarman]

It is an American magazine with non Cuban cigar advertisers who pay the bills. If CCs dominated the ratings, it would certainly isolate readers from the US who we know cannot legally obtain or smoke Cubans. Simple politics.

[riazp]

I agree with Figaro, in the end its all about rewarding their advertisers...I actually agree more with CA's list that Cigar Journals list...something I thought I'd never say

[Loonytoony]

Non cubans are good but they dont beat cubans.

[cigcars]

? A Nat Sherman is in the Top Ten???? Now I've seen everything

[La Suerte]

It's just commercial claptrap..I take it for what it is & choose to ignore...

[laficion]

Non cubans better then Cubans ??

That is B.S.

Never beilieve a supide MAGASINE.

And they are SUPIDE;but they have to be if they want to make money out of it .

The world would know by now .

Guy

[Smallclub]

Errr… does this forum really need TWO threads on CA's Top 25?

[stunod]

It is an American magazine with non Cuban cigar advertisers who pay the bills. If CCs dominated the ratings, it would certainly isolate readers from the US who we know cannot legally obtain or smoke Cubans. Simple politics.

Bingo !

[Jah]

? A Nat Sherman is in the Top Ten???? Now I've seen everything

Have you smoked it yet? I'm not exactly a Nat Sherman homer but Herklots and his crew did a great job on the Timeless series.

[Puros Y Vino]

It is an American magazine with non Cuban cigar advertisers who pay the bills. If CCs dominated the ratings, it would certainly isolate readers from the US who we know cannot legally obtain or smoke Cubans. Simple politics.

Exactly. This is the core issue for CA. They have to cater to what their readers can buy and those who need justification for buying ad space.

[jazzbass]

I heard great things about the Timeless Series. But thats from a guy who smokes a lot of NC's. Still...

[Jah]

When I consider all the cigars I smoked this year, I would say the best of the 2012 releases I smoked were almost all Cubans with the exception of this year's Opus X Reserva d'Chateau. Other than that, PSD4 H. Upmann made my favorite cigars this year.