Crowned Heads is adding a new brand to its portfolio. The company has announced the upcoming release of Belgian Blue LE 2024, named after a breed of cattle from Belgium known for its strength and lean, hyper-sculpted muscular physique. This body type is known as double-muscling, a genetic phenomenon that produces increased muscle fibers known as hyperplasia.
Available in a limited edition format, the Crowned Heads Belgium Blue LE 2024 is presented as a 6 x 54 box-pressed cigar comprised of a “muscular” blend of Nicaraguan and Dominican tobaccos. The Belgian Blue LE 2024 has an Ecuadorian binder and is topped with a dark Mexican San Andrés wrapper.
“Many modern-era cigars are intentionally blended to be strong, but Belgian Blue was blended to be full in flavor first, full in body second, and the resulting intensity and strength were a by-product of the blend. I’d classify the profile as intense in terms of spice, especially in the retrohale, and strong in terms of body, but not in a nicotine-nausea-inducing sort of manner,” Jon Huber, Crowned Heads’s co-founder, explains. “The blend is comprised of 75% ligero with a textured base, meaning that the base leaves selected have more thickness and texture, resulting in more strength and better combustion. The profile is simultaneously strong and smooth.”
The Belgian Blue LE 2024’s profile is said to be spice-forward yet balanced. It retains a raw and robust character while maintaining a refined elegance that exudes layers of pepper, leather, oak, and molasses notes.
Available in 12-count boxes, the Belgian Blue LE 2024 will have a suggested retail price of $12.95 per cigar. It is being handcrafted in Estelí, Nicaragua, at TacaNicsa and is expected to ship in early November.