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Most reviewed cigars and hidden gems

We checked which of 27 independent cigar review sites have reviewed each of 150 cigar lines, and how much each is discussed on r/cigars. Here is what stands out.

Most reviewed

Number of independent review sites that have reviewed the line.

  1. Joya de Nicaragua Joya Red11 sites
  2. Arturo Fuente Don Carlos9 sites
  3. Camacho Connecticut9 sites
  4. Camacho Corojo9 sites
  5. Plasencia Alma del Campo9 sites
  6. Tatuaje Havana VI9 sites
  7. Warped Futuro9 sites
  8. AJ Fernandez Bellas Artes8 sites
  9. Aging Room Quattro Nicaragua8 sites
  10. Caldwell Long Live the King8 sites
  11. Davidoff Nicaragua8 sites
  12. Drew Estate Herrera Estelí Norteño8 sites
  13. Drew Estate Liga Privada No. 98 sites
  14. Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Mi Querida8 sites
  15. E.P. Carrillo Encore8 sites
  16. Espinosa Laranja Reserva8 sites
  17. Foundation El Güegüense8 sites
  18. Foundation The Tabernacle8 sites
  19. Illusione Rothchildes8 sites
  20. Joya de Nicaragua Cuatro Cinco8 sites

Hidden gems

Reviewed by 5 or more independent sites, but from a boutique brand or discussed in fewer than 30 r/cigars threads.

  1. Joya de Nicaragua Joya Red11 sites
  2. Tatuaje Havana VI9 sites
  3. Warped Futuro9 sites
  4. Aging Room Quattro Nicaragua8 sites
  5. Caldwell Long Live the King8 sites
  6. Davidoff Nicaragua8 sites
  7. Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Mi Querida8 sites
  8. Espinosa Laranja Reserva8 sites
  9. Foundation El Güegüense8 sites
  10. Foundation The Tabernacle8 sites
  11. Illusione Rothchildes8 sites
  12. La Palina Black Label8 sites
  13. Plasencia Cosecha 1468 sites
  14. RoMa Craft Aquitaine8 sites
  15. Warped Flor del Valle8 sites
  16. Warped La Colmena8 sites
  17. Caldwell Eastern Standard7 sites
  18. Crowned Heads Four Kicks7 sites
  19. Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Umbagog7 sites
  20. Fratello Bianco7 sites

Published review scores we spotted

Scores quoted in review results (out of 100). Too few to rank cigars fairly, but worth knowing.

  1. My Father Flor de las Antillas96
  2. Alec Bradley Prensado96
  3. Plasencia Alma Fuerte96
  4. Aging Room Quattro Nicaragua95
  5. Ashton Symmetry94
  6. Oliva Serie O94
  7. My Father Le Bijou 192294
  8. Alec Bradley Black Market94
  9. H. Upmann 1844 Reserve93
  10. Black Label Trading Co. Last Rites93
  11. Plasencia Reserva Original92
  12. Oliva Serie V Melanio91
  13. Ozgener Bosphorus91
  14. Crowned Heads Juarez88

Patterns

Average number of review sites per cigar, by group (groups with 3+ cigars).

By strength

GroupAvg review sitesCigarsHidden gems
Full4.8133
Medium4.44714
Medium–Full4.46513
Mild–Medium3.8232

By wrapper style

GroupAvg review sitesCigarsHidden gems
Corojo6.1123
Rosado5.262
Habano4.9227
Sun grown4.6275
Maduro and Broadleaf4.04212
Connecticut Shade3.9233
Sumatra3.8110
Cameroon2.370

By country rolled

GroupAvg review sitesCigarsHidden gems
Nicaragua4.58822
Honduras4.4162
Not published4.1105
Dominican Republic4.0363

By brand type

GroupAvg review sitesCigarsHidden gems
Boutique5.43928
Independent / family4.2662
Large group3.6452

How we collected this: for each line we searched Google for the cigar's review and counted which of 27 independent review sites appear in the top 20 results, and counted r/cigars threads Google returns for the cigar (we stop counting at 30). No website was scraped. This is a snapshot from November 2026; older cigars have had more time to collect reviews.