In Latter-day Saint temples, the endowment is one of the most sacred ceremonies in the faith. Apostate Cigars named a cigar after it. Founded in 2012 by Brandon Oveson and Kendrick Woolstenhulme, two Utah natives raised in the church, the brand takes its name from what lighting a cigar means where they come from: a deliberate act of rebellion.
The wrapper is the headline — Connecticut-seed Desflorado, grown in Ecuador. Desflorado means the flower buds are cut just before they bloom, so the sugars that would have fed the flower feed the leaf instead. Slow, expensive farming, and it yields a sweeter, richer wrapper than Connecticut seed has any right to give. Underneath sits a U.S. Connecticut Broadleaf binder and filler from the Dominican Republic, Mexico and Pennsylvania, rolled at Tabacalera Palma under Jochy Blanco — the man who made desflorado famous. Buttery notes, roasted nuts and cedar on the open; cinnamon, soft cocoa and a touch of leather through the mid; a long, creamy, elegant close. Proof that medium-bodied doesn't mean simple.
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Connecticut-Seed Desflorado
Binder: U.S. Connecticut Broadleaf
Filler: Dominican Republic, Mexico & Pennsylvania
Size: Toro (6 × 52)
Strength: Medium
Factory: Tabacalera Palma, Tamboril, Dominican Republic
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