The Illusione Haut 10 was rated Halfwheel's Cigar of the Year in 2016, praising the cigar as "A Nicaraguan puro made with a cafe claro AAA grade wrapper and a blend of Nicaraguan criollo 98 and corojo 99 tobaccos from AGANORSA that he called “seco dominant,” Giolito created a cigar that is lush and nuanced, diving almost immediately into a high level of complexity and building from there."