Last Minute Gifts for Cigar Lovers
You’re not alone if you save your cigar shopping until the last minute. Cigars make excellent gifts during the holidays, especially when you need a last-minute stocking stuffer for your favorite aficionado. If you’re like a lot of folks shopping for cigars, deciding on the right gift or what brand to buy can be intimidating. Fear not. We’ve got great last-minute gift ideas for your dad, husband, or boss, regardless of your budget. Take a look at our list of the best cigar gifts you can scoop up when you’re out of time. We’ve got gift cards, samplers, accessories, and more.
Holt’s Gift Cards
In case you’re in a big hurry to get a last-minute cigar gift, breathe a sigh of relief! We sell Holt’s Gift Cards. You can send a virtual gift card directly to your gift recipient’s inbox, or you can choose to send a physical gift card through the mail. Your favorite aficionado can shop for his or her favorite cigars at their leisure. We carry over 550 cigar brands, plus a full range of accessories, humidors, man cave essentials, and more. Holt’s Gift Cards never expire and can be used online, by phone, or in person at our retail locations.
Holt’s Cigar of the Month Club
Another great last-minute gift is membership to our Holt’s Cigar of the Month Club. For just $29.95 per month, we ship you 5 new cigars, selected and rated by our staff of expert aficionados, along with tasting notes and descriptions. Every assortment ships for free. Cigar of the Month Club is a great way to get into new cigars, especially when you want to develop your palate.
Cigar Samplers
Hands down, cigar samplers are the most popular cigar gifts during the holidays. You can get multiple cigar blends, sizes, and brands in a single purchase. Cigar assortments are also a great way to turn your connoisseur on to new cigars. Plus, you don’t have the worry of buying an entire box of one kind of cigar and wondering whether it’s the right brand. Here’s a list of the most popular cigar samplers for the holidays.
1. Ashton 5-Cigar Assortment
The Ashton 5-Cigar Assortment is comprised of five outstanding Dominican cigars handmade at the prestigious Fuente family factory in the Dominican Republic. The collection includes mild, medium, and full-bodied cigars blended by legendary cigarmaker Carlito Fuente from the finest tobaccos. Easily impress your favorite cigar lover with iconic top-rated blends like Ashton VSG, Ashton Cabinet, Ashton Classic, and more. The Ashton 10-Cigar Sampler is also an excellent choice and includes the same blends but in a bigger quantity.
2. Arturo Fuente ‘Variety’ Sampler
Ten iconic cigars make up the Arturo Fuente ‘Variety’ Sampler. Five bestselling blends are featured in a pair, including Arturo Fuente Hemingway, Don Carlos, Chateau Fuente Natural, Chateau Fuente Sun Grown, and the old-school Montesino brand. This sampler makes a great last-minute gift because of its value and the fact that every cigar is a classic smoke blended by Carlito Fuente from the finest Dominican tobaccos.
3. La Aroma de Cuba 5-Cigar Assortment
The popular La Aroma de Cuba portfolio is represented in an excellent five-cigar lineup with the 95-rated La Aroma de Cuba Mi Amor, 94-rated Reserva, 94-rated Edicion Especial, and the 93-rated original La Aroma de Cuba blend. The brand first became well-known in the late 1800s as a favorite of Winston Churchill. Today, La Aroma de Cuba is blended by award-winning cigarmaker Pepin Garcia.
4. San Cristobal 60-Ring Assortment
Easily please a fan of big ring gauge cigars with the San Cristobal 60-Ring Assortment. Three distinct blends include the brand’s bestselling recipes (2 each) in a thick 60-ring format. The collection is blended by José ‘Pepin’ Garcia from premium aged Nicaraguan tobaccos beneath Ecuador Sumatra, Connecticut Shade, and Ecuador Habano Oscuro wrapper varietals. Your favorite cigar lover can savor notes of cocoa, earth, leather, and white pepper in cool and copious draws throughout this delicious sampler.
5. Padrón Collection Natural Sampler
The Padrón Collection Natural Sampler is an excellent introduction to a world-renowned Nicaraguan brand. Acclaimed cigars like Padrón 1964 Anniversary, 1926 Series, and Family Reserve have all scored a coveted ‘#1 Cigar of the Year’ title from Cigar Aficionado in the past. The milder profile of Padrón Damaso is also included with the original Padrón blend. Fans of darker, sweeter cigars should consider the Padron Collection Maduro Sampler as well.
6. Ashton VSG Assortment
Ashton VSG is an iconic, 94-rated cigar blended and produced by Carlito Fuente from the finest tobaccos in the world. An oily Ecuador Sumatra wrapper embraces premium Dominican long-fillers aged for at least four to five years, resulting in a rich profile of cedar, espresso bean, black pepper, leather, and earth. Experience this classic blend in a vertical tasting comprised of five bestselling sizes and taste the way a cigar’s shape influences its flavor.
7. La Aroma de Cuba/San Cristobal ’93-95’ Rated Collection
Five bestselling La Aroma de Cuba and San Cristobal cigars come together in one convenient collection. World-famous cigarmakers Pepin and Jaime Garcia blend both brands, and you’re getting top-rated blends from each, including the 95-rated La Aroma de Cuba Mi Amor, 94-rated Reserva, and 94-rated Edición Especial with the 95-rated San Cristobal Quintessence and 93-rated Monumento. This delicious sampler is guaranteed to impress your gift recipient for a great value.
8. Rocky Patel Mulligans ‘Albatross’ Collection
Rocky Patel Mulligans ‘Albatross’ Collection includes 20 bestselling cigars from the hottest bundle brand in America. Renowned cigarmaker Rocky Patel has built a massive audience for his golf-themed Mulligans brand over the past decade. The ‘Albatross Collection’ features 10 unique blends, each presented in a pair of 7-by-50 Churchills, perfect for enjoying on the golf course. This stunning assortment includes multiple wrapper varietals with Connecticut Shade, Ecuador Habano, San Andrés, Broadleaf, and Candela blends. And you simply can’t beat the value and the savings Rocky offers when you want to get a top-quality sampler loaded with dynamic cigars for your favorite cigar lover this year.
9. Oliva 8-Cigar Assortment
Price and prestige converge in the Oliva 8-Cigar Assortment. The brand’s most popular blends include Oliva Masters Blends 3, Oliva Serie V, and Oliva Serie V Maduro. Each is represented, plus four more in a collection that reveals sweet and spicy tasting notes of dark chocolate, black pepper, cayenne, wood, and leather. Impress your favorite connoisseur with an award-winning brand for an unbeatable value.
10. Perdomo Award-Winning Connoisseur Collection
Perdomo’s Award-Winning Connoisseur Collection includes 12 popular Perdomo cigars, two Epicures each in six unique blends. This unbridled tour of Perdomo’s finest cigars features the bestselling Perdomo 10th Anniversary Champagne, 20th Anniversary Sun Grown, 30th Anniversary Connecticut, Double Aged Vintage Maduro, Habano Maduro, and Lot 23 for an unbeatable value. Notes of white pepper, leather, earth, dark chocolate, espresso bean, and spice characterize this collection. Brand founder Nick Perdomo is well-known for his meticulous quality control standards, and here you can taste the differences in his best blends.
Cigar Accessories
Cigar accessories make ideal gifts because aficionados love to have the latest cutters and lighters for their gear arsenals. We’ve also got a great selection of humidors, ashtrays, cigar cases, and more. Here are some of our top recommendations when you need a quick gift.
Cigar Lighters
Shop for the hottest new cigar lighters from our inventory. We carry the most popular models, like the ST Dupont Maxi Jet and Xikar HP3 Triple Torch. If your aficionado has a man cave where he smokes with his buddies, we’ve got oversized tabletop lighters like the Brizard Triple Jet Table Lighter and the La Aroma de Cuba Pasión Triple Lighter, which are perfect for passing around. Some lighters come with a built-in cigar cutter and a window for monitoring the fuel level. A sporty, reliable new cigar lighter is an easy gift choice.
Cigar Cutters
A razor-sharp cigar cutter is just as critical as a good lighter. Xikar makes several of the best cigar cutters you can buy. We’ve got plenty of models from Brizard, Les Fines Lames, and Lotus too. Shop our collection of straight cutters, punch cutters, V-cutters, and even the collapsible MTX Scissors.
Ashtrays
No man cave is complete without a good ashtray. We’ve got an excellent selection, including branded ashtrays from all the biggest cigar brands, including Ashton, Arturo Fuente, La Aroma de Cuba, Romeo y Julieta, and more. We’ve got glass, ceramic, crystal, and easy-to-clean melamine finishes that work great indoors and outdoors. Pick out an ashtray in your aficionado’s favorite color.
Cigar Carry Cases
Cigars are at risk of getting damaged if they’re not protected, even if you’re just heading to the golf course. A good cigar case is often an overlooked accessory. We’ve got several attractive cases from Brizard and Project Carbon, as well as a Xikar Travel Humidor for the guy who takes his cigars on rugged excursions like camping, hiking, and fishing.
Humidors
When you love cigars, you can never have too much space to store them and keep them fresh. That’s why humidors make great gifts. We carry a full range of options, from inexpensive beginner humidors to high-end boxes from Elie Bleu, which are made in Paris, and everything in between. We’ve got plenty of traditional and exotic finishes to consider.
Cigar Gear
If you still can’t find the right gift for the connoisseur who’s already got it all, check out our menu of Man Cave Essentials. Here you’ll find colorful and eclectic items like cigar hats and T-shirts, metal cigar signs, cigar bobbleheads, rocks glasses, and more cigar accessories. We’ve got some awesome last-minute stocking stuffers for you.
Need More Help?
If you’re craving a little more personal assistance, you can always contact us via email, chat, or on the phone during business hours to speak with a member of our call center or retail shop. We’ll guide you to the perfect cigar gift this season!
