Blackened S84 Corona - Box of 20

Corona is the narrowest, most compact format in the S84 Shade to Black line, a 5 x 43 built from the same core recipe found across the collection, Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade wrapper over Connecticut Broadleaf binder with Nicaraguan and Pennsylvania Broadleaf maduro filler. Despite the slim ring gauge, this remains a genuinely flavor-dense cigar rather than a thinned-out version of the larger vitolas.

Before lighting, the wrapper itself carries aromas of wet hay, earthiness, leather, creamy nuttiness, and barnyard, with a touch of candy-like sweetness, while the foot brings roasted nuttiness, gritty earth, straw, and sweet vanilla bean. The cold draw delivers spicy roasted peanuts, sourdough bread, earth, hay, and cocoa nibs. Once lit, the smoke leans toward dry hay and spicy peanuts as the dominant notes, with gritty earth, sourdough bread, nutmeg, and dark chocolate running underneath, and an occasional vegetal note some detailed reviewers compare to raw broccoli. One genuine, curious quirk documented across multiple detailed reviews: the smoke aroma itself smells distinctly of graham crackers, but that flavor doesn't actually show up in the taste at any point.

It's fair to be direct that the opening third here runs spicier and less balanced than the larger S84 sizes, a lively white pepper and spice presence without quite enough inherent sweetness to fully offset it, at least in the cigar's earlier life. Reviewers who let their final cigar develop further into the smoke noted real promise for more balance as it burns, suggesting this blend may benefit from some rest time in a humidor before smoking a full box. Construction is generally solid, with a smoking time that averages just over an hour, a genuinely practical size for smokers who want the S84 profile in a shorter, more concentrated format.

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Flavor progression:

1. Opening: dry hay and spicy peanuts lead the way, a lively white pepper spice showing with limited sweetness to balance it in the first third
2. Mid-smoke: gritty earth, sourdough bread, and nutmeg develop, dark chocolate building alongside occasional vegetal notes
3. Close: the profile shows more balance and sweetness in the final stretch, dark chocolate and earth carrying through to the last draws

Key Features:

1. Brand: Blackened by Drew Estate
2. Line: S84 Shade to Black
3. Collaboration: James Hetfield (Metallica), Rob Dietrich (Blackened Whiskey), Jonathan Drew
4. Released: March 2024
5. Factory: La Gran Fabrica Drew Estate, Estelí, Nicaragua
6. Country of Origin: Nicaragua
7. Wrapper: Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade
8. Binder: Connecticut Broadleaf
9. Filler: Nicaraguan, Pennsylvania Broadleaf (Maduro)
10. Construction: Handmade
11. Vitola: Corona
12. Size: 5 inches x 43 ring gauge
13. Strength: Medium to Full
14. Flavor Profile: Hay, peanut, earth, sourdough bread, nutmeg, dark chocolate, vanilla bean
15. Smoke Time: Approximately 70 to 75 minutes
16. Box Count: 20 cigars
17. Price per Cigar: approximately $6.45