Best Cigars to Gift for Valentine's Day
When the love of your life is a cigar lover, surprising your main squeeze with fine cigars on Valentine’s Day is better than a box of chocolates. For many who want to buy cigars as gifts, navigating all the brands and blends out there can be daunting. Cigar samplers make the best gifts because they include an assortment of different cigars.
Instead of scrolling over your smartphone for hours trying to decide what cigars to get for Valentine’s Day, swipe one of our bestselling samplers into the cart, and get back to booking your dinner reservations before all the fancy bistros fill up and you’re stuck sitting at a candlelit buffet. Fire up the heart-shaped hot-tub and hand your honey a premium handmade from our list of the best Valentine’s Day cigars money can buy.
1. Ashton 5-Cigar Assortment
Five of the best Dominican cigars make up the Ashton 5-Cigar Assortment in a world-renowned collection blended by legendary cigarmaker Carlito Fuente. Mild, medium, and full-bodied masterpieces include the 94-rated Ashton VSG, 95-rated Ashton Heritage, 92-rated Ashton Aged Maduro, 94-rated Ashton Cabinet, and the iconic Ashton Classic. Silky, creamy, and succulent tasting notes resonate in one of the most popular cigar samplers in the world. Show how much you love your favorite aficionado with the Ashton 10-Cigar Sampler if you want to get even more cigars.
2. La Aroma de Cuba Noblesse 4-Cigar + ST Dupont Gift Set
La Aroma de Cuba Noblesse cigars hail from Nicaragua, where they’re blended and produced by world-renowned cigarmakers Pepin and Jaime Garcia. A toothsome San Andrés Oscuro wrapper leaf surrounds the rarest and oldest long-filler tobaccos grown on Garcia family estates in Estelí, Jalapa, and Namanji. This gorgeous sampler features four flawless sizes of Noblesse with a limited-edition ST Dupont Maxi Jet Torch Lighter in a matching lavender finish. Tasting notes of dark chocolate lava cake, espresso bean, and Turkish fig mingle with hints of salt and pepper. Impress your significant other with this coveted gift set from one of today’s most popular Cuban-heritage brands.
3. Arturo Fuente ‘Variety’ Sampler
The Arturo Fuente ‘Variety’ Sampler is home to ten classic Dominican cigars, including Arturo Fuente Hemingway, Don Carlos, Chateau Series Natural, Chateau Series Sun Grown, and the old-school Montesino brand. Carlito Fuente is one of today’s most celebrated cigarmakers, carrying on a deep family tradition in the footsteps of his legendary father, Carlos Fuente Sr. These iconic cigars layer the palate with notes of cedar, leather, cocoa, chestnut, cashew, and spice. The finest Arturo Fuente cigars never disappoint when you’re looking for the perfect gift for your sweetheart.
4. Oliva ‘Celebration’ Sampler
The best Oliva cigars populate the Oliva ‘Celebration’ Sampler for an amazing everyday discount. Saving some dough and surprising your cigar lover make this sampler an easy choice with critically acclaimed Oliva cigars, like the 96-rated Serie V Melanio, 95-rated Serie V, 92-rated Master Blends 3, the ultra-rare Oliva Monticello, and more, in an elite 20-cigar assortment. Oliva cigars are handcrafted by seasoned cigar rollers in Nicaragua in a wide variety of flavor profiles that include spicy notes of cayenne, cinnamon, mesquite, dark chocolate, coffee, hickory, and pepper. Your cigar lover will smile ear to ear opening this unrivaled collection.
5. San Cristobal 60-Ring Assortment
Does your cigar lover like to smoke fat cigars? The San Cristobal 60-Ring Assortment makes perfect sense when you need the best cigar gift for a big-ring fanatic. This 6-cigar sampler includes three bestselling Nicaraguan blends (2 each) created by Jose ‘Pepin’ Garcia in Estelí, Nicaragua. Three different wrapper varietals grown in Ecuador include Sumatra, Connecticut, and Cuban-seed tobaccos, and inside each cigar is a vintage core of premium Nicaraguan long-fillers blended to deliver profiles that are mild and nutty, peppery and sweet, and earthy and intense.
6. Padrón 1964 Anniversary Natural Sampler
The Padrón 1964 Anniversary blend is mentioned in any discussion of the best Padrón cigars, and you can smoke five original box-pressed sizes in the 1964 Anniversary Natural Sampler, including the 97-rated Torpedo, which the critics in Cigar Aficionado awarded their prestigious ‘#1 Cigar of the Year’ title for 2021. Padrón cigars regularly receive the industry’s top ratings and rankings, and you’re bound to make your connoisseur blush with any Padrón
7. Perdomo Award-Winning Connoisseur Collection
The Perdomo Award-Winning Connoisseur Collection includes several of the best Perdomo cigars you can buy today. This 12-cigar assortment features six bestselling blends (2 each), including the 30th Anniversary Connecticut, 10th Anniversary Champagne, 20th Anniversary Sun Grown, Double Aged Vintage Maduro, Habano Maduro, and Lot 23. Brand founder Nick Perdomo is well known for producing some of the best value cigars in the industry because he owns his own farms and factory and is able to keep his costs low by overseeing every cigar he makes from seed to smoke. Your aficionado will gladly savor the meticulous flavor and consistency of these spicy, creamy, and thick Epicures. Tasting notes of almond, white pepper, cocoa, hickory, and cedar mingle throughout this comprehensive sampler.
Check Out More Cigar Gifts
In addition to our recommendations above, we’ve got even more great cigar gifts to consider, including Holt’s Gift Cards, if you want to let your aficionado pick out their own cigars, and a subscription to our Holt’s Cigar of the Month Club. We carry the best cigar accessories, too, including lighters, cutters, humidors, carry cases, and more. We guarantee we’ve got what you’re looking for this Valentine’s Day.
