Jericho Hill from Crowned Heads is a box-pressed, Mexican San Andrés–wrapped cigar made in Nicaragua, marking one of the brand’s first full-on ventures outside the Dominican Republic. Its squared shape packs nicely into any humidor and whether or not you buy into the “box-pressed smokes different” debate, it’s a comfortable, classy format.
The line is inspired by Johnny Cash’s “Cocaine Blues,” with vitola names pulled from the song’s characters like “Jack Brown” and “Willy Lee,” giving the blend a dark, Western outlaw vibe before you even light it.
On the palate, Jericho Hill sits in the medium range but feels rich and full of character: earth, leather, wood, and plenty of pepper, layered with sweet spice and the occasional hint of butterscotch, floral sweetness, rum candy, and candied citrus. Retrohaling shifts the pepper from bright and tingly to deeper and punchier as you smoke. Pair it with a dense, syrupy dark rum over ice and you’re in for a seriously satisfying session.
