King of Smokes 2008 Awards

It is time for me to reveal the results on my revisit on all the cigars reviewed in 2008. To reflect a wider group of cigars, i have given awards in several gategories, divided according the country of origin. The King of Smokes 2008 title goes to the best cigar of the year regardless of origin. It is just simply the best cigar reviewed that year. All in all, 2008 was a good cigar year for me, but unfortunately i was not able to review all the cigars i smoked and wanted to review.

Anyway, here are the results:

King of Smokes 2008:

1. Cohiba Maduro 5 Genios
2. CAO Vision Prana
3. Cohiba Maduro 5 Secretos

Best Nigaraguan Cigars 2008:

1. CAO Vision Prana

2. CAO Cameroon Belicoso

3. Cumpay Robusto

Best Dominican Cigars 2008:

1. Arganese Nigaraguan Figurado

2. Devil's Weed Nicot

3. Cuveé Rouge Churchill

Best Cuban Cigars 2008:

1. Cohiba Maduro 5 Genios

2. Cohiba Maduro 5 Secretos

3. Montecristo 4 Reserva

Best Cigars from the Rest of the World 2008:

1. Don Gabriel Lusitanos

2. -

3. -

Black Horse 2008 (positive surprise):

CAO Vision Prana (nigaragua)

Black Sheep 2008 (disappointment):

Arganese ML3 Robusto (dominican)

cheers,