If you know, you know: Corojo is king.
The Corojo Kings Sampler brings together five cigars built around one of the most celebrated leaves in cigar history. Corojo is known for its sweet spice, red-pepper bite and classic Cuban-style character, and each cigar in this lineup shows a different side of it. You get Corojo wrappers grown in Ecuador, Nicaragua and Honduras, from makers who know exactly what to do with it. At Creekside, we're always chasing cigars that knock it out of the park with this wrapper. These five do.
What's inside:
Avowed Hallowed Hands Box Pressed Robusto (5 3/4 x 50): Avowed's first box press. A dark Ecuadorian Corojo wrapper over an Ecuadorian Habano binder, with a filler of Corojo 99, San Vicente, Piloto Cubano, Criollo 98 and Pennsylvania Broadleaf. This size gets extra Broadleaf for a little more depth. One dedicated pair of rollers at Kelner Cigars in the Dominican Republic makes every one.
Warped Maestro del Tiempo 6102R (5 1/4 x 48): A limited return of a cult favorite, capped at 400 cabinets. An all-Nicaraguan puro from Aganorsa Leaf with a Jalapa Corojo 99 wrapper, a Condega binder, and a filler of Corojo 99, Criollo 98 and rare medio tiempo. Medium-plus, creamy and layered.
Serino Wayfarer Robusto (5 x 52): An oily Ecuadorian Corojo '99 wrapper over a Jalapa Corojo '99 binder and Nicaraguan filler from Jalapa and Estelí. Rolled at La Corona in Estelí and finished with a traditional Perilla cap. Expect pecan, leather, cinnamon, cayenne and milk chocolate.
Lure Corojo Oscuro "The Fat Tony" (5 x 54): A double-fermented Corojo Oscuro wrapper over a Nicaraguan binder, with filler from Estelí, Jalapa and Ometepe. Medium-plus, with leather, baking spice, dried fruit, café con leche and a touch of orange peel.
Casa Cuevas Patrimonio Toro (6 x 52): A tribute to the Cuevas family's five-generation tobacco legacy. A reddish Honduran Corojo wrapper over an Ecuadorian Habano binder, with Dominican, Nicaraguan and Peruvian filler. Handmade at Tabacalera Las Lavas. Cream, cedar and white pepper open into baking spice, earth and coffee.
How to smoke it: Start with the Wayfarer, move through the Maestro del Tiempo and Hallowed Hands, and finish with the Fat Tony and Patrimonio as the fullest of the five.
