Between October 2014 and March 2015, Crowned Heads = released three different cigars made exclusively for a singular state, each sans a traditional band and each with the same blend. The first release was the Tennessee-exclusive Tennessee Waltz, a 5 1/2 x 52 toro extra, while the second cigar was the Hawaii-exclusive Paniolo Especial 2015 released in February 2015 in a 5 5/8 x 46 corona gorda vitola. The third cigar in the series was Yellow Rose, a 6 1/4 x 54 box-pressed torpedo produced solely for the state of Texas. As with the other two cigars above, the blend consists of a Connecticut broadleaf wrapper covering a binder and filler tobaccos sourced from Nicaragua, and the cigar was produced at My Father Cigars S.A. in Estelí, Nicaragua. The Yellow Rose retails for $9.50, with boxes of 20 selling for $190, and the has continue to be made in batches since it debuted. The marketing materials for the Yellow Rose release have this to say about the background of the name: “The Yellow Rose of Texas” is a traditional folk song that dates back to circa 1836. The song became popular among Confederate soldiers in the Texas Brigade during the American Civil War. General John Bell Hood introduced it as ...
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