Dunbarton’s Master Ligador, Steve Saka, while known for being one of the world’s foremost cigar experts has also been a pipe smoker for over three decades. For many years he has casually crafted handmade cigars incorporating some of his favorite pipe tobaccos into blends for his own personal consumption. While he would typically use “English” style blends, he would also mix it up with a few Aromatics, Orientals and others. While he enjoys his pipe smoking, cigars remain his first love and doing this allowed him to combine the flavors and aromas only a pipe could offer into his beloved puros.
When he told this practice to Jeremy Reeves, the head blender of the famed pipe tobacco maker Cornell & Diehl, who himself is also a cigar smoker, everyone’s wheels began spinning at the possibilities. Earnest work began to create a unique, refined smoking experience combining our shared passions.
StillWell Star is the world’s first luxury pipe tobacco cigar.
Cigars incorporating pipe tobaccos into their mix are not new, but almost universally they are unbearably sweet, utilize marginal pipe and cigar tobaccos and are rather simple, heavy handed blends that afford the smoker little sophistication or balance. In short, not the type of cigars that meet Saka’s exacting standards.
StillWell Star is a totally different approach.
All of the cigar and pipe tobaccos used are amongst the finest available, no expenses spared. Each of the pipe tobacco recipes is meticulously crafted in small batches by Reeves utilizing only the best tobaccos and techniques. And each of the cigar ligas was carefully tailored by Saka to specifically showcase and enhance the nuances that each of the pipe blends add to the cigar.
The end result is a truly mesmerizing smoking experience. Four unique cigars each with its own personality, deftly blended to afford the smoker the nuances of the flavors and aromas of the pipe blends, yet working in concert with the black cigar tobaccos. Balance, measured, refined and elegant are all hallmarks of StillWell Star.
STILLWELL STAR AROMATIC NO.1 TASTING & TOBACCO NOTES
The finest of aromatic Black Cavendish, Golden Virginia and Burley pipe tobaccos added to a mild, Nicaraguan puro to provide a delightfully smooth and exceptionally room pleasing note making it not only a joy for the smoker, but for those around them.
Each cigar is delicately finished with a cabeza dulce.
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano
Binder: San Andres Negro Cultivo Tonto
Filler: Various (Including Cornell & Diehl Aromatic Tobacco)
Body: Mild / Medium
Flavor: Medium
STILLWELL STAR ENGLISH NO. 27 TASTING & TOBACCO NOTES
A quintessential mix of Burley and Turkish leaf with a generous portion of Cypriot Latakia pressed cake paired with Nicaraguan cigar tobaccos.
Rich and decadent while not being overpowering, this is a Latakia-Lover’s puro worthy of being smoked in an English Manor House beside the fire.
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano
Binder: San Andres Negro Cultivo Tonto
Filler: Various (Including Cornell & Diehl English Tobacco)
Body: Medium
Flavor: Medium
STILLWELL STAR BAYOU NO. 32 TASTING & TOBACCO NOTES
A combination of Bright and Red Virginia leaf with the most select St. James Parish Perique pipe tobacco added to a medium-bodied Nicaraguan puro. Perique styled tobacco, like another Louisiana icon, Tabasco Sauce, is best added to a blend as an accent, rather then as the main component.
This liga begins the mildest of all, but the Perique really kicks up in the end with a spicy finish. It rewards the smoker with that classic “VaPer” combination of zest and umami that is entrancing for the discerning palate.
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano
Binder: San Andres Negro Cultivo Tonto
Filler: Various (Including Cornell & Diehl Virginia / Perique Blend Tobacco)
Body: Medium / Full
Flavor: Medium / Full
STILLWELL STAR NAVY NO. 1056 TASTING & TOBACCO NOTES
A crumble cake of stoved Red and Golden Virginia tobaccos with a touch of “Naval Rations” sometimes known as Rum) combined with Orientals and Latakia expertly blended with dark air-cured black cigar leaf.
This puro rewards the smoker with a unique, medium bodied aromatic indulgence.
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano
Binder: San Andres Negro Cultivo Tonto
Filler: Various (Including Cornell & Diehl Navy Style Tobacco)
Body: Medium
Flavor: Mild / Medium
