Southern Draw: Jacobs Ladder Brimstone Un Presidente Cigars

The inspiration behind the name of Southern Draw's Jacobs Ladder cigar is threefold: First, it fits into the company's convention of naming cigars for beautiful flowering plants; second, it honors founders Robert and Sharon Holt's son, Ethan Jacob Holt, who also works in sales and technical support for Southern Draw; and third, it alludes to the Biblical story of Jacob dreaming of a ladder connecting heaven and earth. As a cigar, the Jacobs Ladder is among Southern Draw's strongest and most full-bodied blends, featuring a wrapper of Pennsylvanian Broadleaf, an Ecuadorian Maduro binder, and Nicaraguan fillers including two types of ligero from Estelí. A bold, premium cigar, the Jacobs Ladder delights with notes of espresso, nuts, stone fruits, and pepper. This Brimstone version is a special reinterpretation of the original Jacobs Ladder blend, featuring three different types of ligero in the filler blend and adding Dominican tobacco alongside the Nicaraguan leaf. It's an even more robust smoke and is offered here in the 9" x 48 Un Presidente size — a homage to the traditional Cuban "A" vitola.