又到了美國雪茄專業(yè)期刊《雪茄愛好者》每年發(fā)布年度雪茄排行榜的時間了，在經(jīng)過對幾百支雪茄的盲評測試后，雜志社已經(jīng)框定了年度前25名雪茄的名單。

經(jīng)驗豐富的盲評小組全年品鑒了來自世界各地的不同尺寸、形狀和強(qiáng)度的各種品牌的雪茄，羅列出一份高評分的雪茄清單。在這份清單里，優(yōu)中選優(yōu)，評選出冠軍雪茄和前25名雪茄。為了保證測評的客觀性，測評小組品鑒的雪茄已經(jīng)被取下了煙標(biāo)，替換為數(shù)字代碼。這些雪茄中有25支雪茄脫穎而出，成為2021年最好的一批雪茄。

預(yù)計1月第二周公布排行榜，哪些雪茄值得品鑒，哪些雪茄將加冕為王，答案很快揭曉。

具體時間表如下：

1月10日周一，第8、9、10名。

1月11日周二，第5、6、7名。

1月12日周三，第2、3、4名。

1月13日周四，年度第一名。

1月14日周五，第11到25名。

屆時每天上午十點，雜志社會在官網(wǎng)揭曉榜單，還會上傳雜志社的執(zhí)行編輯大衛(wèi)·薩沃納和總編輯格雷戈里·莫托拉的品鑒視頻。

上一年度的最佳雪茄稱號授予了多米尼加出產(chǎn)的EPC的誓約前傳，這是資深雪茄制造商埃內(nèi)斯托·佩雷斯-卡里略的作品，98分的盲評得分讓盲評小組非常震驚。讀者們可以看看下表，過去幾年雜志社評選出的年度最佳雪茄，并嘗試猜測一下接下來會發(fā)生什么。

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After smoking hundreds of cigars through our blind tasting process, Cigar Aficionado has narrowed it down to the Top 25 cigars of 2021.

The veteran tasting panel smokes cigars from a vast assortment of brands in different sizes, shapes and strengths from all over the world throughout the year. Then a list of top-scoring cigars are created for a test of champions, to see which cigars are the best of the best, worthy of inclusion in the Top 25. In order to keep the tasting completely objective, the band (or bands) of each cigar are removed by the tasting coordinator and replaced with a code before being given to the panel for assessment. Twenty-five of these cigars stood out from the rest as this year’s best.

The prestigious list will be revealed during the second week of January. Which cigars will make the cut, and which cigar will be crowned the king? Find out soon.

The reveal schedule for the Top 25 list is as follows:

Monday, January 10: Cigars 10, 9 and 8

Tuesday, January 11: Cigars 7, 6 and 5

Wednesday, January 12: Cigars 4, 3 and 2

Thursday, January 13: The 2021 Cigar of the Year

Friday, January 14: Cigars 11 through 25

Join us every day at 10 am to see each stage of the reveal, complete with video reviews from executive editor David Savona and managing editor Gregory Mottola.

The 2020 Cigar of the Year came out of the Dominican Republic from veteran cigarmaker Ernesto Perez-Carrillo, whose E.P. Carrillo Pledge Prequel astounded the panel with 98 points. Have a look at all of the Cigars of the Year from years past and try to guess what comes next.