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Current Featured Cigars - January 2026
Our 9-member Cigar Rating Panel smokes over 200 cigars a week, rating each for proper construction, appearance, aroma, smoke volume and flavor profile. We smoke a lot of bitter, harsh, improperly aged and poorly constructed cigars so you don’t have to! Less than 5% of those considered ever make it to you.
Discover this month’s highly-rated cigar selections for each of our 2 Distinct Cigar Clubs using the chart below. Or, view all of our Past Selections.
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Original Premium Cigar Club
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The Rare Cigar Club
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5 cigars per month |
4 cigars per month |
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| CAO MX2 Toro |
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| Cohiba Rubicon Robusto Box-Press |
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| Alec Bradley Superstition Torpedo |
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| Havana Cream Toro |
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| La Aurora 1495 Series Robusto |
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| Warped Isla del Cocodrilo Toro |
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| Gurkha Black Ops Berseker Toro |
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| Cu-Avana Punisher Torpedo |
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| Kristoff 20th Anniversary Toro |
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Please Note: We don’t offer substitutions for our monthly selections. However, if you have specific style preferences, feel free to explore our Cigar Store, where you’ll find a wide range of individual options.
Outstanding Values On Top-Rated Cigars
Our purchasing power allows us to offer exceptional reorder values on highly rated
cigars such as
Rocky Patel's Decade Torpedo, rated 95 in Cigar Aficionado.
- Country: Nicaragua
- Shape: Toro
- Size: 6.0 x 54
- Strength (1-10): 6
- Panel Rating: 92
Featuring a maduro wrapper and binder, the medium-bodied CAO MX2 is widely regarded as one of the standout maduro cigars on the market. Available on a limited basis throughout the year, the MX2 can be difficult to find without advance planning—but we’re happy to help make that easier. As the name suggests, MX2 highlights the use of double maduro leaves: a well-fermented Connecticut Broadleaf Maduro wrapper and a spicy Brazilian Maduro...
- Country: Honduras
- Shape: Robusto
- Size: 5.5 x 55
- Strength (1-10): 5
- Panel Rating: 95
The Cohiba Rubicon Robusto Box-Press represents a bold, non-Cuban expression of one of the most recognizable names in cigars. Crafted in Honduras by General Cigar Co., the Rubicon line was created to showcase richer tobaccos and a more contemporary, fuller-bodied blend while maintaining balance and refinement.
- Country: Dominican Republic
- Shape: Torpedo
- Size: 6.1 x 54
- Strength (1-10): 8
- Panel Rating: 93
Founded by Alan Rubin in 1997, Alec Bradley Cigars has become synonymous with consistently high-rated, award-winning blends. Superstition reflects Rubin’s belief that quality craftsmanship—not secret formulas—creates exceptional cigars. This handmade Torpedo is produced in Honduras using Cuban-seed long-fillers from the Dominican Republic, Honduras, and Nicaragua, bound with Sumatra and finished with a Nicaraguan Habano Jalapa wrapper.
- Country: Nicaragua
- Shape: Toro
- Size: 6.0 x 54
- Strength (1-10): 5
- Panel Rating: 92
If you’re looking for a smooth, creamy handmade cigar that’s enjoyable any time of day, Havana Cream Toro delivers. Handmade in Nicaragua, it features a spicy Honduran Habano wrapper over a Nicaraguan binder and a “Cuban-sandwich” filler style—short filler rolled within long-filler leaves.
- Country: Dominican Republic
- Shape: Robusto
- Size: 6.0 x 50
- Strength (1-10): 5
- Panel Rating: 95
La Aurora’s 1495 Series pays tribute to Christopher Columbus’ arrival in the Cibao Valley, now home to some of the Dominican Republic’s finest tobaccos. Developed by master blender José Blanco, the 1495 Series was groundbreaking as the first blend to incorporate four distinct filler tobaccos. The Robusto features a Dominican Corojo binder, fillers from the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, and Peru, and a beautifully marbled Ecuadorian wrapper.
- Country: Dominican Republic
- Shape: Toro
- Size: 6.0 x 52
- Strength (1-10): 5
- Panel Rating: 94
Warped Isla del Cocodrilo Toro is a boutique release inspired by Cuba’s nickname, “Isla del Cocodrilo,” referencing the island’s crocodile-like shape and its deep cigar heritage. Produced at Tabacalera La Isla in the Dominican Republic, this Toro features an Ecuadorian Habano Deflorada wrapper over a dual binder of Ecuadorian Habano 2000 and Brazilian Arapiraca, filled with select Nicaraguan long-filler tobaccos.
- Country: Nicaragua
- Shape: Toro
- Size: 6.0 x 50
- Strength (1-10): 8
- Panel Rating: 95
The Black Ops Berserker is a bold collaboration between Gurkha founder Kaizad Hansotia and master blender A.J. Fernandez at Tabacalera Fernandez in Estelí, Nicaragua. This Nicaraguan puro showcases premium long-fillers, binder, and a rich Habano wrapper sourced entirely from Nicaragua.
- Country: Nicaragua
- Shape: Torpedo
- Size: 6.0 x 52
- Strength (1-10): 9
- Panel Rating: 93
Handmade in Estelí under the supervision of Nestor Plasencia, the Cu-Avana Punisher Torpedo is a full-bodied powerhouse built for seasoned smokers. It is wrapped in a dark, oily Nicaraguan Habano wrapper over a core of extensively aged, all-ligero Nicaraguan long-fillers.
- Country: Dominican Republic
- Shape: Toro
- Size: 6.5 x 54
- Strength (1-10): 8
- Panel Rating: 95
The Kristoff 20th Anniversary Toro celebrates two decades of Kristoff Cigars, a brand founded in 2004 and known for its old-world aesthetic and refined blending. Crafted to mark this milestone, the blend delivers medium-full strength with layered complexity.
We’re so proud of our featured cigars that we list them going all the way back to 1997
No other Cigar Club can claim the same. Check out what we’ve been up for the last 20+ years. We know you’ll be impressed enough to see what’s coming next month.
See past selections
Outstanding Values On Top-Rated Cigars
Our purchasing power allows us to offer exceptional reorder values on highly rated
cigars such as
Rocky Patel's Decade Torpedo, rated 95 in Cigar Aficionado.
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