Interestingly enough, I find the flavor profile of this Southern Draw Rose of Sharon Salomon to be quite similar to the Desert Rose with its velvety and buttery nature. It's interesting because they are obviously entirely different shapes but hey, the palate tastes what it tastes. You can't go wrong with these. Just make sure you give yourself 2.5 hours to kick back and enjoy.
The Southern Draw Decennium started out with some interesting and medium-full bodied flavor combinations through the first third. As the cigar progressed, the flavor profile remained pleasant and consistently over the medium mark, but it wasn't as engaging for me as the start. It's difficult to determine whether the draw performance impacted the overall flavor performance, but I think I'd want to revisit the cigar to see if a Decennium with a good draw imparted more complex flavors for the final two thirds.
The Southern Draw Cigars family has been working late into the evening for years with the AJ Fernandez Cigar Co. to add a new maduro core blend to the family of brands. A warm, dark cocoa colored wrapper of Mexico’s finest San Andrés tobacco adorns this deep blend.
The Southern Draw Jacobs Ladder The Ascension started well in the first third with rich and detailed flavors. This fell off in the second third as the flavors weren't as dynamic and maintained this level the rest of the way. The cigar just lost steam as it went along, which was a bummer as the profile from the first third had a nice, full body. I don't see this rendition as a step up and would likely go back to the original vitolas in the line before I came back to this one.
Southern Draw Cigars is HONORED to announce three additions to its Fall Release 2022 schedule with the fourth and fifth installments of the IGNITE some good charitable campaign as it joins forces with Warriors on the Fly and the United States Border Patrol Fallen Officers Scholarship Fund to share their respective missions via the release of these entirely new cigars, available in a specially designed IGNITE DRAWpak samplers.
Southern Draw Cigars, the family-owned premium cigar brand announced two new line extensions for the DESERT ROSE cigar blend and one new size in the Jacobs Ladder Brimstone cigar blend, and an exciting new size in the newest core blend, Manzanita, all are full regular available for general distribution.
Southern Draw has decided to offer the PECCADILLOES, 10,000 of four blend mazos or bundles, each cigar enclosed is a classic 6x42 corona size produced by hand at Tabacalera AJ Fernandez de Nicaragua, SA, located in the heart of tobacco country in Estelí, Nicaragua.
Southern Draw Cigars will release a special size of its award-winning Kudzu Lustrum, a Lonsdale 6x44 size that has been expertly box pressed. The release will be featured at the Cigars International Hamburg Block Party by CIGARfest on Saturday October 16 and Sunday October 17, 2021.
The Southern Draw Manzanita Toro started out promising in the first third with a dessert like flavor experience. The profile changed significantly moving into the second and last thirds, losing my attention through the review. I find almost everything from Southern Draw to be enjoyable for my palate, so I think I will return to the Manzanita in a few months to see if it evolves over time.
The Southern Draw Jacobs Ladder Brimstone Un Presidente is one of the better large format cigars that I've ever reviewed. Even though large format cigars aren't usually my preferred format, the flavors here are interesting enough to keep me engaged for the first two thirds, but not so intense that my palate was burned out from the intensity.