Stallone Midnight Ride Exclusive Wins OGT Cigar Of The Year 2024!

Stallone Cigars has continually put out amazing blends year after year. Partnering with Tony Barrios of Stallone, we have had several exclusive projects that have turned out to be absolute BANGERS! Last year, his aged Stallone OGT Aniversario IV took cigar of the year, and now he is back for the second time! Each year, our cigar community votes on the cigars that are their favorites, and by adding up all votes, we get our top ten cigars. The Stallone Midnight Ride exclusive was voted #1 Cigar of the Year 2024 by popular vote. Originally released as a Cigar Society exclusive, this fantastic blend is now available at Oak Glen Tobacconist. What makes this cigar so special?

The Stallone Midnight Ride boasts textured and rustic-looking Nicaraguan Broadleaf; this special tobacco is found at AJ Fernandez’s factory in Esteli. The Stallone Cigars has another blend somewhat similar called the Clydesdale, a massive cigar measuring 6.5×60. I wanted to bring the gauge and length down and bump up the fullness. While this year has brought us exceptional blends from varying tobaccos, this is a heavy-hitting Maduro. I am incredibly happy with the way this cigar turned out. The blend is a 5.5×54 box pressed brush foot. The first half inch of the cigar is binder and filler tobacco. You get to experience the transition of the inner tobacco coming together with the wrapper leaf. But don’t let that fool you; from light up this cigar is intense. The richness of the Nicaraguan broadleaf, in conjunction with the double binder and fillers, a decent amount of ligero, from Nicaragua just brings something extra special.

In terms of flavor notes, there is a blast of pepper, cedar, earth, sandalwood, and sweetness from light up, which transitions into a wave of dried fruits, caramel, leather, and maple-like molasses, followed by more sweetness and cocoa beans. As the cigar burns, it transitions into more dried fruit, cocoa, espresso, roasted almonds, and leather. This Stallone Cigar lands in the full flavored, medium to full strength, and full body for me. All in all, I seriously cannot stop smoking this gem.

Congratulations to Tony Barrios of Stallone Cigars for taking Cigar Of The Year for the second time, and a big shout out for creating this masterpiece. Thank you to our OGT Cigar Society members for all the support and for joining our OGT Cigar Community! Check out the Stallone Midnight Ride Cigar, voted #1 of 2024, and experience the cigar that took the top slot.