Cigar Aficionado

Smoking premium cigars is often seen as a staple of luxury, a sign of wealth and status. While many affluent consumers certainly do enjoy cigars, they can be enjoyed by people from all walks of life and at a variety of price points. And if you do your research, you can certainly find a bargain. Here at Cigar Aficionado we rate hundreds of cigars every year, and we combed through all of our ratings from our 2022 tasting database in a quest for deals. Our search yielded 27 quality cigars with suggested retail prices of $7 or less (before taxes) that scored 87 points or higher in our blind tastings. Puffing any of these will cause fewer dollars to (literally) go up in smoke.

While smaller cigars such as coronas and petit coronas loom large on this list, as to be expected, there are also heftier sizes here, including robustos, a toro, a couple of grandes and even a Churchill. Many are made by some of the biggest names in the business. —Thomas Pappalardo