Twelve non-Cuban cigars worth your attention in 2026, led by the Arturo Fuente OpusX Fuente Fuente and taking in Davidoff's limited editions, Nicaraguan heavyweights from Oliva and Plasencia, and Honduran corojo from Aladino and Camacho. Includes the best value buys and how New World blends now compare with Habanos.

Opus X is the famous chapter. The wider Arturo Fuente story — fires, exile, family — is the one that explains why the brand is what it is.

It took Carlos Fuente Jr. seventeen years of agricultural failure to grow the wrapper that made OpusX. The result is the most coveted cigar made outside Cuba.