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Corona, Connecticut wrapper, Basco y Vargas band
Corona · Connecticut wrapper · ring 42
Cigars · 01

Corona

Corona · Ring 42 · 5½ in / 140 mm
Strength
Time35 min
WrapperConnecticut

The one you start with. Light wrapper, thirty-five minutes, any hour of the day.

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WRAPPEREcuador Connecticut BINDERIsabela FILLERIsabela and Cagayanaged 18 months
The leaf

Three leaves,
two provinces

  • WrapperEcuador Connecticut. A pale, silky wrapper that lets the Isabela leaf speak first.
  • BinderIsabela. A strong, elastic leaf that holds the bunch.
  • FillerIsabela and Cagayan, three primings, aged eighteen months in the pilón and the cellar.
Tasting notes

Cream, toasted bread,
hay, a touch of pepper

First third
CreamToastPepper

Cream and toasted bread, a soft start with a little white pepper on the tongue.

Second third
HayCedar

Hay and cedar, the smoke stays light and the draw stays cool.

Last third
NutClean finish

A gentle nuttiness and a short, clean finish. Thirty-five minutes, done.

PairingsEspresso, a young rum, a fino sherry.
The craft in this cigar

Hand-rolled by Marissa, Laguna

Film · 30 s
The rolling of this vitola: bunching, the wrapper laid on the bias, the triple cap.
Macro
The triple cap
Macro
The foot

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What the makers say

“A corona shows every mistake. There is nowhere to hide a bad wrapper on a thin cigar.”

Marissa · roller · 15 years at the bench

What smokers say

This block appears once three verified verbatims are collected at tastings, with first name and city. Nothing is invented, nothing shown before then.
The box

Cedar for twenty-five,
molave and capiz for ten

Photo
Box of 25 in Spanish cedar, open, the seal branded on the lid.

Box of 25 · Spanish cedar

240 × 165 × 60 mm · branded seal · ships with a Boveda 69 %

An open Basco y Vargas box of ten cigars, lithograph inside the lid

Gift box of 10 · molave and capiz

Reclaimed molave from Paete, capiz lid, brass plate struck with the seal · Boveda 69 % · photo: study, capiz lid to come

Technical sheet

Corona

VitolaCorona
Ring gauge42
Length5½ in / 140 mm
WrapperEcuador Connecticut
BinderIsabela
FillerIsabela and Cagayan, aged 18 months
Strength2 / 5, mild to medium
Smoking time35 min
PackagingBox of 25 (cedar) · gift box of 10 (molave and capiz)
ReferenceBYV-CO-42
Ships with a Boveda 69 %. Recommended retail prices by market on the page, once a market is selected.