Picking a cigar shouldn’t be a guess.
The Cigar Score ranks cigars with one number built from what critics say, which cigars keep making the year’s best lists, and what smokers think. We do the sorting so you can choose in a minute, online or standing in the humidor.
What we do, and don’t
- Every number on this site comes from a published critic score, a year-end list or smoker ratings, and each cigar page links to its sources.
- When our editor smokes a cigar for the site, its page is marked “Smoked”, and his notes sit beside the score, never inside it.
- We don’t copy anyone’s reviews, and we don’t make health claims of any kind.
- No store, brand or lounge can pay for a better rank. How we make money
Who’s behind it
Carlos Gil
Founder & Editor
Carlos Gil is a bestselling author and marketer with more than 15 years in digital marketing. He wrote The End of Marketing, has held marketing roles at LinkedIn, BMC Software, Winn-Dixie, Save-A-Lot and Green Dot Bank, and founded the consultancy Gil Media Group.
He’s also CMO and a partner at Dapper D’s Cigars, which runs three cigar lounges in Jacksonville, Florida: St. Johns, River City and Downtown.
Carlos decides what The Cigar Score covers, sets its sourcing and scoring rules, and is the editor responsible for every page. He doesn’t hand out the scores: each one is built from published critics, year-end lists and smoker ratings, the same way for every cigar. When he smokes a cigar for the site, its page says “Smoked by Carlos Gil”, with notes written from a recording, kept beside the score and never inside it.
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Our editor’s lounge
Carlos Gil edits The Cigar Score. He is also CMO and a partner at Dapper D’s Cigars, a cigar lounge with three locations in Jacksonville, Florida. Dapper D’s doesn’t pay for, see or change any score. Scores come only from published critics, year-end lists and smoker ratings, and we never list Dapper D’s as a store or rank it.
If we ever feature Dapper D’s as a partner lounge, that page will say so at the top. How we make money
Who it’s for
Adults 21 and over who enjoy a good cigar and want a fast, honest way to choose the next one.
Contact
Questions or corrections: hello@thecigarscore.com. Stores, brands and lounges: partners@thecigarscore.com.