Favorite Cigar of the Year | CigarCraig's Blog

This is going to be pretty easy, but not because I haven’t smoked a lot of great cigars this year. I have to say, considering the year I’ve had, cigars were the least of my worries, and I had a great many more excellent cigars than bad ones. It’s been said that this was a down year for cigars, and I am not as up on the newest cigars as I should be, but I had very few bad cigars. It could also be that I’ve been smoking cigars that I have in my collection, and I’ve been smoking a higher proportion of cigars that I want to smoke lately. It’s been a strange 18 months or so in my life. Anyway, there was one brand that I became enamored with this year that I am going to call my brand of the year, and my cigar of the year, and it’s a very under the radar brand. It started with an unsolicited sharing of some samples, which led to working out a deal to put some of their cigars in my humidor, which I shared with some friends and readers. The company is Danli Honduras Tabaco out of Honduras (obviously), and the brand is Don Juan Calavera. I’ve smoked the Sumatra, Maduro and Connecticut, and it’s really hard to choose a favorite! Every one I’ve smoked, and I’ve smoked a bunch of each of them, and I’ve never had a bad burn or draw, as a matter of fact, these cigars burn better than most cigars I’ve smoked. The Connecticut is creamy, but not mild, it’s a flavorful medium Connecticut, the Maduro has some strength, kind of like a semi-sweet chocolate with a hint of cayenne pepper, and the Sumatra is rich and spicy. I think, and this will surprise my loyal readers, but the Sumatra is my favorite of the bunch, so I’m declaring it my favorite cigar of 2019!

Don Juan Calavera Sumatra by Danli Honduras Tabaco is CigarCraig’s Favorite Cigar of 2019!

OK, I got that out of my system. I’ve included a video below of my friends CigarProp Kevin and Jessica’s review of the Don Juan Calavera Maduro (I actually think I sent them a Maduro and a Sumatra and Kevin had the Sumatra and Jessica had the Maduro, which explains a lot in the video) Danli Honduras Tabaco also has another line, Flor Maya, in Connecticut, Maduro and Habano. I’ve smoked several Connecticuts and they are OK, but I smoked a Habano yesterday and it was outstanding! I can’t wait to try the maduro now, and I need to get my hands on more of these now! Last I heard, the Danli HOnduras Tabaco cigars are available direct from the manufacturer, and at two Virginia retailers,Blacksburg Pipe & Tobacco (Blacksburg VA) and Milan Tobacconists (Roanoke VA). So, those are my favorites of the past year! Say what you want about it, but if I had to smoke one brand, I could be happy with the cigars from this company with the variety and quality! As soon as I get a job, I’m getting more! 😁 The best thing about them is that they only have one size and that size is a toro! It’s like they make cigars just for me.