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Stolen Throne Yorktown Fleet Torpedo
Written by Cigar Geeks Member: Adwinistrator

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Welcome to another Member sponsored Geek Critique generously sponsored by our member Kman (Kerry). The cigar provided for this round is the Stolen Throne Yorktown Fleet Torpedo.

Stolen Throne cigars debuted in 2019 to great fanfare of cigar enthusiasts. The Yorktown Fleet is now their fourth regular production cigar, and was introduced during the 2023 PCA Convention & Trade Show. Like the other Stolen Throne cigars, the Yorktown Fleet is made at the Rojas Cigar Factory in Estelí, Nicaragua. The name was chosen after Stolen Throne recently opened a new headquarters in Yorktown, Va. According to their website: "The Yorktown Fleet, a cigar built from history and adventure. Carefully hand-rolled to transport you back to a time when smoking was rebellious and a true embodiment of cool."

Stolen Throne Yorktown Fleet Torpedo

Brand:: Stolen Throne
Name:: Yorktown Fleet Torpedo
Length:: 6
Ring Gauge:: 50
Country of Origin:: Nicaragua
Filler:: Nicaragua
Binder:: Nicaragua
Wrapper:: Ecuador
Sumatra
Color:: Maduro
Strength:: Medium-Full
Shape:: Torpedo
Notes:: Box Pressed https://stolenthronecigars.com/our-cigars/ https://www.famous-smoke.com/brand/yorktown-fleet-cigars

This cigar was enjoyed with Coffee

Pre-Light: 8 Points of 10 Possible

A dry dark chocolate mottled wrapper, with a firm box press. Smooth with tight seams, this id a well rolled cigar. Pre-light aroma is a mild coffee and barnyard scent, with a bit of gingerbread sweetness. Very mild pre-light aroma.

Lighting and Burn: 13 Points of 15 Possible

No relights or touch-ups required on this cigar. Nice consistent burn, with a firm ash. Ash was dark, but did not flake or crumble. Not too much smoke volume with this one, it definitely was a bit more airy than I'd have preferred.

Construction: 20 Points of 30 Possible

Made a clean and shallow guillotine cut, but still had to deal with a bit of the wrapper unraveling. The draw was a bit loose even though I chopped high enough that I'd usually need more. I believe this loose filling contributed to some flavor issues due to burning hot.

Flavor and Aroma: 25 Points of 45 Possible

A mild to medium cigar, with very little spice. The Yorktown Fleet started off with a nice, sweet, barnyard tobacco profile. Very little earth/pepper, and just a hint of coffee.

Unfortunately, the profile ended up getting a bit bitter and tart, covering up much of the nuance for the second half of this cigar.

Summary

I can see this being a great addition to the Stolen Throne profile, something smooth and sweet, with a medium profile and little spice. I think the open draw on my example held back this profile from shining through, but I can tell it had a nice base to work from after the start.