Crowned Heads Headley Grange

This is the second cigar line from Crowned Heads, a boutique cigar manufacturer based in Nashville, USA. The four founders were former employees of CAO Cigars who left their employer in 2011 to start their own venture. The Hedley Grange line was introduced to the US market between 2012 and 2013 and was named after a building in London where the rock band Led Zeppelin recorded a significant portion of their album IV. One of the tracks on this album is "When the Levee Breaks," which particularly caught the attention of CEO Jon Huber due to the drum solo at the beginning.

Another anecdote related to this series is that Crowned Heads was sued by a US agricultural association called the National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry. According to Huber, the matter was settled in 2013, without him going into details. This is evident by the fact that we welcomed this reintroduction in Germany in January 2018, right?

Now, let's get to the actual objects of desire. The Headley Grange cigars are stronger than the previously introduced Four Kicks cigars. The wrapper is a Sumatra from Ecuador, while the binder and filler are entirely Nicaraguan. These vitolas are produced in the Dominican Republic by Ernesto Perez Carillo (EPC) at his Tabacalera La Alianza. They are complex cigars that change dominant flavors multiple times during the smoking experience and become noticeably stronger towards the end. They are meant to be smoked with care and attention!