One of the better things 5 Vegas has made, and unusual for using a Costa Rican maduro wrapper — a leaf very few blenders work with.
Dark, toothy and oily, with an almost chocolatey richness over a three-country filler core. Full-flavoured without being punishing. Five vitolas including a box-pressed Apex and a belicoso.
Wrapper: Costa Rican maduro
Binder: Nicaraguan
Filler: Nicaraguan, Honduran and Dominican long-filler
Strength: Medium to full
Sizes: Anomaly (4.5" x 44), Artisan (5.0" x 52), Archetype (6.0" x 50), Apex (Box-Press) (6.5" x 52), Alpha (Belicoso) (6.0" x 52), Apostle (7.0" x 50), Apocalypse (6.0" x 58)
The box-pressed Apex is the pick. Costa Rican maduro is worth trying on its own merits.