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 • There was no shortage of high scores and great smokes in this issue, including more than one former Cigar of the Year. But the La Aroma de Cuba Mi Amor Churchill from Nicaragua stands out with a score of 96 points, Classic on our 100-point scale. Itʼs the highest score weʼve awarded all year (so far) in our traditional tastings.

Thirty Years of Las Vegas Big Smokes

out of the humidor

Cigar Aficionado • vol. 34 no. 4

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.

Stinky Cigar Herf Floor Edition Ashtray

Maserati MCPura

Big Bang Tourbillon Novak Djokovic GOAT Edition

Mint Conditioning

Nashville Hot Chicken

Serious Golf Simulators

AN INTERVIEW WITH Governor Ron DeSantis • The governor of Florida talks about his love of cigars, the future of Cuba and issues facing the United States

The Most Epic Days In Golf • If you just can’t get enough golf, these seven trips allow you to play one great course after another, some of them in truly unique ways

THE MAGIC OF Margaritas • Sweet, tangy and always playful, the Margarita is a revered cocktail that’s not as old as you might think

FOR THE PURIST

THE ROLLS-ROYCE MARGARITA • When a cocktail reaches classic status, enthusiasts start to polish their order in every aspect: they specify each ingredient down to the garnish, they argue about ice shape, they obsess about ratios. The Rolls-Royce Margarita is Tequila’s incarnation of that phenomenon—and when you trick out your personal favorite, there is a lot of room for being specific:

BLACKJACK TO THE MAX

A Tale of Two Cigar Rooms • After tragedy destroyed a cigar lover’s home, he rebuilt, and created the lounge of his dreams

Golf, Cigars And Charity: The Els For Autism Pro-Am • 18th event raises more than $900,000

My Favorite Cigar • Cigar aficionados describe their smoke of choice

Rocco DiSpirito CELEBRITY CHEF/RESTAURATEUR • Padrón Serie 1926 No. 9 Maduro

Saverio R. Scheri III CASINO EXECUTIVE • Davidoff Double R

Jack Carr NOVELIST Hooten Young Jack Carr Edition • Hooten Young Jack Carr Edition

churchills

figurados

grandes

miscellaneous

robustos

toros/corona gordas

buying guide • TOP SCORES, VALUES AND STRENGTH | BLIND TASTE TEST NO. 192

connoisseur’s corner • A TASTING OF VINTAGE CIGARS

moments to remember

last leaf