Jon Huber has built Crowned Heads on small-batch blending and thinking round the outside of the market. Mil Días — a thousand days — is one of the more ambitious results.
Complex and layered, with sweet cedar, cocoa and a peppery depth. An excellent size range including a Topes perfecto and a 6.3-inch double robusto.
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano
Binder: Nicaraguan
Filler: Nicaraguan and Dominican long-filler
Strength: Medium to full
Sizes: Corona Gorda (6.0" x 46), Edmundo (5.3" x 52), Double Robusto (6.3" x 50), Topes (Pig Tail) (4.8" x 56), Sublime (6.0" x 54)
A boutique cigar that rewards slow smoking. Give it the time.