2024 Smokin Tabacco Awards: Cigar of the Year #20 – #16

January 7, 2025 By Matthew Tabacco

Cigar of the Year List

20. Las Calaveras Edicion Limitada LC54 2024

Crowned Heads
My Father Cigars S.A. – Nicaragua

19. Rocky Patel Gold Label Toro

Rocky Patel
Tabacalera Villa Cuba S.A. – Nicaragua

18. Hot Cake Fresh Out The Oven Broadleaf Toro

HVC Cigars
Fábrica de Tabacos HVC S.A. de Reinier Lorenzo – Nicaragua

17. Knuckle Sandwich Chef’s Special 2024

Espinosa Premium Cigars
San Lotano Factory – Nicaragua

16. Umbagog Bronzeback

Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust
Nicaraguan American Cigars S.A. – Nicaragua

The next five will be released tomorrow. Be sure to check back with us to follow along.

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Matthew Tabacco

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Born and raised in New England, Matthew Tabacco began smoking cigars and living up to his unique namesake in 2017. What began as just a social indulgence became a world of everything premium cigars- learning from some of the biggest and best in the business. From casual smoking to lighting up on the hit podcast The Smokin Tabacco Show, Matthew can usually be found in some of the largest smoke shops in the Northeast enjoying a cigar, talking business, or preparing for a show.