Top Cigars of the Past: 2001–2025
A cigar can hold a family history, a growing region and generations of craft in a few inches of tobacco. Top Cigars of the Past follows those stories from 2001 to 2025 through ten selections for each year. These are modern, unranked editorial retrospectives of lines available by the year shown, rather than historical award results. Begin with a favorite period or follow the years in sequence to see how familiar names developed and new ones found their place.
2001
Top 10 Cigars of 2001
A new century, a wider world of cigars
2002
Top 10 Cigars of 2002
Time, tobacco and a family tribute
2003
Top 10 Cigars of 2003
A century of craft, a new generation of names
2004
Top 10 Cigars of 2004
The leaf beneath the label
2005
Top 10 Cigars of 2005
The craft behind a fuller cigar
2006
Top 10 Cigars of 2006
From the estate to the rolling table
2007
Top 10 Cigars of 2007
Three distinct voices from Nicaragua
2008
Top 10 Cigars of 2008
A father’s legacy, a new silhouette
2009
Top 10 Cigars of 2009
The next branch of the family tree
2010
Top 10 Cigars of 2010
What a milestone becomes
2011
Top 10 Cigars of 2011
A story from the factory floor
2012
Top 10 Cigars of 2012
Family memories in a pressed form
2013
Top 10 Cigars of 2013
New ground and the value of a detail
2014
Top 10 Cigars of 2014
A world of tobacco in one cigar
2015
Top 10 Cigars of 2015
A familiar band, a different blend
2016
Top 10 Cigars of 2016
The land, the leaf and the finished form
2017
Top 10 Cigars of 2017
What happens to tobacco after the harvest
2018
Top 10 Cigars of 2018
Fifty years, and room for another idea
2019
Top 10 Cigars of 2019
An island, a factory and a sense of place
2020
Top 10 Cigars of 2020
A new chapter behind a familiar name
2021
Top 10 Cigars of 2021
The stories carried by a number
2022
Top 10 Cigars of 2022
Different talents at the same table
2023
Top 10 Cigars of 2023
The harvest and the anniversary
2024
Top 10 Cigars of 2024
Sixty years, shaped by hand
2025
Top 10 Cigars of 2025
New ground, and the story carried forward