Hello my friends Nick Libretti here again for jrcigars.com and today we’re doing my top five super premium cigars.
What is a super premium cigar? Aren’t all hand-rolled cigars premium? Yes, that’s considered a premium smoke but some of them go above and beyond in terms of their quality, in terms of the blends, the tobacco used. Some of them have a little more umph, a little more ha, a little more mm if you will. Think of it your regular premium cigar, not regular but your premium cigar as your BMW, or your really nice Nissan, or a Jeep Renegade. The super premiums are your Bentley’s, your Ferrari’s, your MacLaren’s, your Lamborghini’s, et cetera, et cetera.
So, these are my top five choices. This is a personal preference. There are many, many more premium, super premium cigars that I enjoy, but these are my top five super premiums. We’re going to start out with the La Aurora Preferido. This is the Ruby out of that series. Ruby is a fine gem and this is a fine cigar, uses as a Maduro leaf, Connecticut broadleaf, which is that’s why you’d know I like it. If you have ever seen the Preferido series out in a store you know there’s something about them. They are very eye catching and then the blend is just super creamy, rich, just delicious. The tobaccos are aged for a very long time so the aroma is exceptionally smooth. And they’re harder to find and they’re at that higher price point but all these cigars are going to be at the higher price point. You’re not going to complain that your Lamborghini Gallardo is too much money. That’s the money for the quality you’re getting and I totally agree with that for the La Aurora Preferido.
Now, this is where I’m going to start a little controversy. I am the biggest fan of Opus X you will ever, ever find in the history of life. I smoked every kind of, almost every kind of variation of the Opus X out there. That’s usually what I spend most of my money on are Opus. I tend to like the Lost City a little better than the original. I love a nice peppery smoke but something about the richness of the Lost City and that nutty flavor I get from it, it’s just fantastic. So, the Lost City and the rarity adds an emotional factor as well which I shouldn’t but sometimes it does. Something that maybe is harder to find or you have fewer of there’s more of an emotional attachment when you smoke it and a lot of smokers would agree with that. So the Lost City is definitely up there in my favorite super premium smokes.
This I feel like, I mean the Ashton Symmetry is all the rave now and it is a phenomenal smoke. Again, one of my top favorites smokes of all time but for a really classy experience, I prefer the ESG. There’s just, I’m not going to say it’s better in this way or that way, there’s just something about it. I don’t know, maybe it burns a little better, the flavors are a little more pronounced but they’re not as aggressive. I don’t know, I just feel like it’s maybe slightly more well-balanced. The ESG is my definition of a classy, smooth, high-end Dominican smoke.
All right. So, where are we going now? We’re going to go over to Mario London town and we’re going to enjoy the Davidoff Winston Churchill. Now all Davidoff’s are in this category. Every Davidoff ever made is in that super premium category. But there seems to be a great division in Davidoff. I mean I enjoy all of them. I find a lot of the originals, like the Millie series, the Aniversario, to be a little too mellow for my taste. And then, the more modern ones, the Nicaragua or the Yamasa, are a little too aggressive in my personal. I mean they’re amazing smokes, I smoke them all the time, but they’re a little spicy, a little more peppery than I normally would like. The Winston Churchill is the well balanced, creamy, yet rich and nutty medium to full body smoke that I prefer. I mean I would smoke the cigar every day if I had the money that the Churchill family probably has from all his speeches. And I think he sold Derby hats when he retired. But anyway, the Winston Churchill, the epitome of class.
Lastly, you knew this was going to be on here, maybe not this specific one but you knew I could not do a super premium lineup without Padron. Now, this was a tough one because the 64, the 26, all the Family Reserve series, it was really tough to lay down which Padron I thought was my favorite for a super premium thing and this came close. I took this one over the 90th because the 50th year, I mean it’s had a little more time to prove itself. I’ve only had one of the 90th and it was really amazing. But I think what really classifies a cigar as an amazing smoke is consistency.
So, I’ve had cigars that the first one was the best thing that I ever smoked and then I had three more and each one of those three were average. So, I want to get the 90th and I’m going to smoke a few more of them before I make a definitive comment on it. But I will say that the
All right. So, where are we going now? We’re going to go over to Mario London town and we’re going to enjoy the Davidoff Winston Churchill. Now all Davidoff’s are in this category. Every Davidoff ever made is in that super premium category. But there seems to be a great division in Davidoff. I mean I enjoy all of them. I find a lot of the originals, like the Millie series, the Aniversario, to be a little too mellow for my taste. And then, the more modern ones, the Nicaragua or the Yamasa, are a little too aggressive in my personal. I mean they’re amazing smokes, I smoke them all the time, but they’re a little spicy, a little more peppery than I normally would like. The Winston Churchill is the well balanced, creamy, yet rich and nutty medium to full body smoke that I prefer. I mean I would smoke the cigar every day if I had the money that the Churchill family probably has from all his speeches. And I think he sold Derby hats when he retired. But anyway, the Winston Churchill, the epitome of class.
Lastly, you knew this was going to be on here, maybe not this specific one but you knew I could not do a super premium lineup without Padron. Now, this was a tough one because the 64, the 26, all the Family Reserve series, it was really tough to lay down which Padron I thought was my favorite for a super premium thing and this came close. I took this one over the 90th because the 50th year, I mean it’s had a little more time to prove itself. I’ve only had one of the 90th and it was really amazing. But I think what really classifies a cigar as an amazing smoke is consistency.
So, I’ve had cigars that the first one was the best thing that I ever smoked and then I had three more and each one of those three were average. So, I want to get the 90th and I’m going to smoke a few more of them before I make a definitive comment on it. But I will say that the 50 year here has proven to be an outstanding, unbelievable top cigar. Every time I’ve lit one up I’ve never had a burn issue, I’ve never had it crack, I’ve never had a stem in there, the flavors are always well-balanced in it. This in my mind, as of now, until I smoke more or the 90th this is the best cigar Padron ever made and one of the finest cigars ever made in history.
So, I wanted to do a list like this to just give you my backing that these cigars even with their higher price tags are in my opinion definitely 100% worth it. So do me a favor tell me what are your favorite super premium cigars? And everyone’s definition of this is probably going to vary. In my mind if you had to put a price tag on it 15 to $20 and above, that’s what I would say. And that range is what I would probably consider. I mean there are cigars that are priced that way that are not worth it but in my mind 15 to 20 and above is super premium. So comment below, tell me what are your favorites? Tell me if you agree with my choices. Tell me what kind of shoes you want for Christmas. Thanks for watching.
here has proven to be an outstanding, unbelievable top cigar. Every time I’ve lit one up I’ve never had a burn issue, I’ve never had it crack, I’ve never had a stem in there, the flavors are always well-balanced in it. This in my mind, as of now, until I smoke more or the 90th this is the best cigar Padron ever made and one of the finest cigars ever made in history.
So, I wanted to do a list like this to just give you my backing that these cigars even with their higher price tags are in my opinion definitely 100% worth it. So do me a favor tell me what are your favorite super premium cigars? And everyone’s definition of this is probably going to vary. In my mind, if you had to put a price tag on it 15 to $20 and above, that’s what I would say. And that range is what I would probably consider. I mean there are cigars that are priced that way that are not worth it but in my mind 15 to 20 and above is super premium. So comment below, tell me what are your favorites? Tell me if you agree with my choices. Tell me what kind of shoes you want for Christmas. Thanks for watching.
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