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Outstanding-Rated Cigars: CigarScore 7.3-7.9 (2026)
Outstanding is the band from 7.3 up to Classic: roughly the top 15% of everything we score, and about ten times as many cigars as the tier above it. This is where critical acclaim stops being scarce, so it is usually the most productive place to shop — the same corroborated quality signal, across enough of the catalog that price competition actually exists.
7.3 to 7.9, on the 0-10 CigarScore scale
Every profile — mild through full
Whatever you were going to open anyway
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Compare Prices on Outstanding-Rated Cigars
Ranked by CigarScore, then priced across 26+ verified online cigar merchants:
H. Upmann Cigars
H. Upmann Miami Deco
$10.30 / cigar
AJ Fernandez Cigars
AJ Fernandez Cigars Ramon Allones
$8.50 / cigar
Black Label Trading Co. Cigars
Black Label Trading Co. Cigars Dreadnought
$10.00 / cigar
Warped Cigars
Warped Cigars The Devil's Hands Limitada
$3.30 / cigar
Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Cigars
Dunbarton Red Meat Lovers
$12.70 / cigar
AJ Fernandez Cigars
AJ Fernandez Cigars San Lotano Requiem Connecticut
$5.13 / cigar
Arturo Fuente Cigars
Arturo Fuente Hemingway Maduro
$9.24 / cigar
Arturo Fuente Cigars
Arturo Fuente Cigars Fuente Fuente OpusX (Original)
$22.49 / cigar
Warped Cigars
Warped Cigars Maestro del Tiempo
$10.44 / cigar
Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Cigars
Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Cigars Mi Querida
$9.05 / cigar
Liga Privada Cigars
Liga Privada Único Serie Dirty Rat
$16.96 / cigar
Aging Room Cigars
Aging Room La Bohème
$11.37 / cigar
Plasencia Cigars
Plasencia Alma Fuerte
$13.42 / cigar
Foundation Cigar Co.
Foundation Cigar Co. Highclere Castle Senetjer
$29.75 / cigar
AJ Fernandez Cigars
AJ Fernandez Cigars Nasser The Goat
$12.60 / cigar
Rocky Patel Cigars
Rocky Patel TAVICUSA
$11.05 / cigar
Black Label Trading Co. Cigars
Black Label Trading Co. Cigars Macabre
$12.15 / cigar
Padron Cigars
Padron Cigars Padrón 1964 Anniversary Series Natural
$12.92 / cigar
HVC Cigars
HVC First Selection (Broadleaf)
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La Aroma de Cuba Cigars
La Aroma de Cuba Reserva
$10.66 / cigar
Oliva Cigars
Oliva Serie V Maduro
$5.82 / cigar
Rocky Patel Cigars
Rocky Patel Fifteenth Anniversary
$5.28 / cigar
Warped Cigars
Warped Cigars Gran Reserva 1988
$6.84 / cigar
Plasencia Cigars
Plasencia Alma del Campo
$14.84 / cigar
H. Upmann Cigars
H. Upmann 180th Anniversary
$11.90 / cigar
Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Cigars
Dunbarton 10th Anniversary Jubilee
$16.84 / cigar
Liga Privada Cigars
Liga Privada Único Serie Feral Flying Pig
$21.02 / cigar
La Aroma de Cuba Cigars
La Aroma de Cuba Small Batch
$22.50 / cigar
Rocky Patel Cigars
Rocky Patel Conviction
$89.50 / cigar
Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Cigars
Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Cigars Sobremesa
$7.92 / cigar
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Frequently Asked Questions About Outstanding-Rated Cigars
How the CigarScore is built, what a tier means, and what it does not.
How is Outstanding different from Classic?
Only by score band. Classic is 7.9 and above; Outstanding runs from 7.3 to just under that. The bands are exclusive, so a cigar appears on exactly one of these pages — the same tier its badge shows everywhere else on the site.
Should I buy from this tier instead of Classic?
Usually, yes. The Classic list is about twenty cigars and several of them are allocated or expensive; Outstanding is a couple of hundred, which means far more of them are stocked by several retailers at once — and a price comparison only helps where there is more than one price.
Which critics feed the CigarScore?
Eighteen publications, including Cigar Aficionado, Halfwheel, Blind Man's Puff, Developing Palates, Cigar Dojo and Cigar Coop. Each one's raw score is calibrated against its own full body of reviews before it is combined, so a critic who rates generously does not outweigh one who rates strictly.