Blackened S84 Corona Doble - Box of 20

Corona Doble is the longest format in the S84 Shade to Black line, and it's consistently the size independent reviewers point to when they want to showcase what this blend can actually do. The same Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade wrapper and Connecticut Broadleaf binder found across the S84 collection cover Nicaraguan and Pennsylvania Broadleaf maduro filler, but the extended 7-inch length gives that core tobacco considerably more room to develop across the smoke than the shorter Robusto or Toro allow.

The cold draw brings bread, fruit, nuts, and an earthy funk, genuinely complex before the cigar is even lit, and once underway the profile opens with lightly toasted bread, rich fruit, tobacco, and a hint of barnyard. From there, the flavor moves through coffee, nuts, graham cracker, and wood, with pepper, spice, and citrus threading throughout, described by one detailed reviewer as nothing short of great rather than the muted, cardboard-like character some milder Connecticut cigars fall into. Body ramps up steadily as the smoke progresses, and the texture itself transitions from a drier opening into a creamier back half, charred wood and an herbaceous note joining good, non-bitter dark chocolate in the final third without ever tipping into a straight pepper bomb.

Construction earns some of the strongest marks across the entire Blackened catalog at this size, a near-flawless burn with a razor-sharp line through the first two-thirds that only turns slightly wavy near the end, and customer reviews consistently echo that same reliability, good draw, good burn, good flavor, box after box. If you want to experience the S84 blend at its most fully realized, this is the size reviewers most often recommend reaching for.

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Flavor progression:

1. Opening: lightly toasted bread, rich fruit, and tobacco lead the way, a hint of barnyard developing alongside coffee and nuts
2. Mid-smoke: graham cracker and wood build steadily, pepper, spice, and citrus threading through as the body ramps up and the texture turns creamier
3. Close: charred wood and an herbaceous note join good, non-bitter dark chocolate, the smoke reaching full body without becoming a pepper bomb

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 Doble (Churchill)
12. Size: 7 inches x 50 ring gauge
13. Strength: Medium to Medium-Full
14. Flavor Profile: Coffee, bread, graham cracker, wood, citrus, pepper, dark chocolate
15. Smoke Time: Approximately 90 minutes to 2 hours
16. Box Count: 20 cigars
17. Price per Cigar: approximately $11.00