Caldwell Eastern Standard Cakewalk (Box of 24)

Eastern Standard is Caldwell’s morning cigar, and the wrapper is what makes it: a hybrid of Connecticut Shade and Brazilian Mata Fina, two leaves rarely asked to share a cigar.

Underneath sit aged Criollo ’98 and Corojo ligero from the Dominican Republic with Nicaraguan Habano, bound in Dominican Habano. Creamier than a straight Connecticut, and carrying more pepper and spice than its pale colour suggests. The Cakewalk is the 6×50 toro, the middle of the range. Boxes of 24.