Black Label Trading Company: BLK WKS Studio S&R 2020 Corona Gorda Cigars

Black Works Studio cigars are the tangible realization of the talent, technique, tobacco, and artistic expression behind Black Label Trading Company's boutique cigar factory, Fábrica Oveja Negra, in Estelí, Nicaragua and the creative, innovative mind of founder James Brown. First released in 2018, the S&R cigar (which stands for "Serpents & Rainbows" — the technicolor, graffitied, avant-garde snake head on the box clearly embodying the moniker) checks off a couple of firsts for BLK WKS Studio. Firstly, S&R is their first stick to incorporate a blend of Nicaraguan and Dominican fillers. Secondly, it's also the first to feature a Sumatran wrapper. The results are as delicious and enticing as the box and band are impressive, offering a medium-bodied smoke defined by notes of hay, spice, and graham cracker, all atop a backdrop of white pepper.