Cigar Aficionado

Cigar Aficionado is a magazine for the man who enjoys life’s great pleasures: fine dining and entertaining, the finest wines and spirits, world travel and the arts. At the heart of every issue is the cigar: what to smoke, where to smoke, and how to enjoy a great smoke.

highlights • From subtle elegance to rich opulence, the many cigars tasted in this issue represent a wide spectrum of styles, but the top score somehow embodied every element. Padrón’s 1964 Anniversary Series Pyramide Maduro scored 95 points, which is an instant Classic by our measure and an impressive combination of strength and complexity.

Cuba In Crisis

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Cigar Aficionado • vol. 34 no. 3

good life guide • Living well demands that we indulge in things that are of superior quality and excellent origin. This guide aspires to find and recommend the best of everything to aficionados of the good life.

Harris Tweed Cases

Belon Oysters

Penicillin Cocktail

The Dark Shirt

Cool Complications

Go Fly a Kite

Wrestling With Success • Second-generation pro grappling star Cody Rhodes learned the business from his family, but forged a unique path to stardom

The New King of Poker • Michael Mizrachi outplayed more than 9,700 people to win the 2025 World Series of Poker and its $10 million prize

Portugal Tees Up • Long overshadowed byits neighbor to the east, Portugal is catching up as a world-class golf destination

KENNEDY AND CUBA THE FINAL SECRETS • THE FINAL DECLASSIFICATION OF THE JFK ASSASSINATION DOCUMENTS REVEALS THE CIA’S ATTEMPTS TO COUNTER THE CUBAN REVOLUTION

2025 CIGAR ANALYSIS •  FROM PRICES TO SCORES, THIS COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF LAST YEAR’S CIGAR RATINGS OFFERS A BROAD LOOK AT THE CIGAR INDUSTRY’S PERFORMANCE

My Favorite Cigar • Cigar aficionados describe their smoke of choice

A Celebration of Nicaraguan Cigars • The 13th Puro Sabor Festival offered an interactive expedition into the world of Nicaraguan cigars

churchills

figurados

grandes

petit coronas

robustos

toros/corona gordas

buying guide • TOP SCORES, VALUES AND STRENGTH | BLIND TASTE TEST NO. 191

connoisseur’s corner • A TASTING OF VINTAGE CIGARS

moments to remember • Please send all submissions to: Cigar Aficionado/Moments to Remember, Worldwide Plaza, 825 Eighth Avenue, 33rd Floor, New York, NY 10019. Or email them to: momentstoremember@mshanken.com. To order additional copies of Cigar Aficionado, call 1-800-344-0763.

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