In the cigar smoking world, sometimes the strength of a product can become part of its gimmick. However, blending cigars specifically for strength, like increasing the alcohol content of your favorite wine or spirit, can sometimes alter the flavor or interrupt the marriage of its ingredients. That’s why smokers have gotten behind the Belgian Blue, the latest release from the esteemed Crowned Heads brand.
The 6x54 Box Pressed toro features a lineup of Mexican San Andres wrapper, Ecuadorian binder and filler from both the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua. However, the filler tobacco itself is almost exclusively made up of ligero priming. For the uninitiated, the ligero priming is the highest leaf on the top of the tobacco plant. Because it takes in more direct sunlight, the ligero priming has a higher mineral content, a unique taste and helps facilitate a stronger-bodied cigar naturally.
That’s what makes the Belgian Blue so special. It’s crafted with high quality leaf that tastes incredible and, as a byproduct of that, caters to those who love a stronger and more vibrant cigar.
Said Jon Huber, the company’s co-founder in a press release: “I’d classify the profile as intense in terms of spice, especially in the retrohale, and strong in terms of body but not in a nicotine-nausea-inducing sort of manner. The blend is comprised of 75 percent ligero with a textured base, meaning that the base leaves selected have more thickness and texture, resulting in more strength and better combustion. The profile is simultaneously strong and smooth.”
Flavors of pepper, molasses, oak and leather burst from this beautifully handrolled cigar, named for a specific breed of cattle known for its unusually muscular build. Known as a double-muscled cattle, the Belgian Blue is the perfect monicker for a cigar that will be known as both strong and elegant; an important distinction at a time when smokers normally have to choose one or the other. Get yours from Cigars.com today.