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CigarOfTheYear.com
The official scoring system for Cigar of the Year evaluations — separate from the 100-point palate test and never converted between systems.
The 30-point system remains the official Ashology™ scoring framework used exclusively on CigarOfTheYear.com for:
Nothing on CigarOfTheYear.com is changed or converted to a 100-point scale. When a cigar test displays an official 30-point tournament score alongside the 100-point palate-test score, both values are clearly labeled so participants understand the distinction.
The 30-point score reflects tournament and ranking context. The 100-point score reflects the interactive palate comparison on Ashologist.com. They serve different purposes and must never overwrite one another.
Tournament scoring on CigarOfTheYear.com is optimized for competitive comparison across hundreds of cigars. The 100-point palate test on Ashologist.com gives individual participants finer granularity — helping them understand where their judgment aligns with or diverges from the Ashologist across eight distinct categories.