Crowned Heads: Headley Grange Chamuco LE 2019

The inspiration for Crowned Heads' Headley Grange started back in 2011 when the company was still finalizing their first release, Four Kicks. Crowned Heads wanted to create a cigar that captured the thick, heavy-pounding drums of Led Zeppelin's "When the Levee Breaks." That cigar was and is Headley Grange, which officially debuted in 2013.

Aptly named, Headley Grange shares its moniker with a former English poorhouse in Headley, Hampshire. While the house is now a private residence, it's best known for having been used as a recording and rehearsal space for iconic bands in the '60s and '70s — Led Zeppelin, Genesis, and Fleetwood Mac, to name a few. In the limited edition Chamuco 2019 version, Crowned Heads draws inspiration from the namesake Mexican pit bull. This special Headley Grange blend trades the original's Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper for a thematically appropriate one of Mexican San Andrés leaf, while keeping the same binder and fillers from Nicaragua. Presenting a flavor profile marked by complexity and increasing spice and strength, this Headley Grange cigar is a steady crescendo of percussive boldness, and it's the third dog-inspired Headley Grange version, following the Black Dog in 2017 and Black Lab in 2018.