Now that 2012 is finally over and we are a couple of days into 2013, all I can say is good riddance to 2012. 2012 was a year that saw a nasty election, attacks on innocent citizens, attacks on personal freedoms, a super storm, and numerous other things that have left most of us kind of scratching out heads as to what else might be lurking out there in the shadows. Sports fans are dealing with a desire to post an asterisk at the end of this year's NFL season thanks to the replacement refs, and the NHL is still left wondering if there will be a season at all. Personally, I feel like I'm at home in the midst of all of these frustrations as this has been a tedious second half of 2012. Between the hospital visits of family and friends with sickness and diseases, my wife's emergency surgery and rehabilitation, death, funeral, and then my bout with the flu the last 7 days has really thwarted the ability to blog like I have wanted to the last half of the year. Therefore I apologize for the lack of attention this blog has received this year, but fortunately, I will have the ability to finally enjoy and blog about some of the great cigars this year in 2013 that I didn't get a chance to cover in 2012.
As a result, the following cigars are the honorable mentions for 2012. These are cigars that I got to smoke recently but not able to write a blog about them, or maybe I didn't get to smoke them but they created such a buzz that one could not help but take notice of them:
Crowned Heads Headley Grange
Crowned Heads Mule Kick LE
My Father Cigar La Dueña
Nat Sherman Timeless Collection No.2
Ortega Serie D
And now finally, here's the top 3 cigars I reviewed for 2012:
#3 (tie) with a score of 90-
Rocky Patel 1961 Toro Natural and
Herederos de Robaina
#2 with a score of 91-
Emilio Draig K
and with a score of 94, the cigar of 2012 is-
CAO Concert!
Congrats to CAO for releasing a great cigar!
I look forward to being able to enjoy and write about more cigars in this new year and hope that you will do the same. Thank you for your time and passion!
