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StillWell Star Holiday Y2025: flavour profile and cigars like it

StillWell Star Holiday Y2025 is a handmade cigar made in Nicaragua. Its published strength is medium. It has a Connecticut wrapper grown in Ecuador and filler from Nicaragua. Our sources publish no tasting notes for it yet.

If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are A.J. Fernandez Enclave Connecticut and Aganorsa Leaf Aniversario Connecticut.

Published by Breaking Cigars · Editorial contact: Anatolie Clevan · Sources read · Corrected after an independent fact check, · How we built this

StillWell Star Holiday Y2025 cigar
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What does StillWell Star Holiday Y2025 taste like?

No tasting notes in our sources yet, so this cigar has no flavour map. Its matches lean on wrapper, origin and strength.

How strong is it, and what's in it?

WrapperEcuadorian Connecticut
BinderMexican San Andrés
FillerNicaraguan long-fillers and Cornell & Diehl pipe tobaccos
StrengthMedium as published by smokingpipes.com
BodyNot published
Made inNicaragua
Made byDunbarton Tobacco & Trust
BlenderSteve Saka with Jeremy Reeves
FactoryJoya de Nicaragua
SizesRobusto 5×48

Strength here means nicotine, which mostly comes from the filler. Wrapper colour is not a strength guide.

About StillWell Star Holiday Y2025

The line. The fourth Holiday release used the series’ first 5 x 48 format. smokeinn.com

The brand. Dunbarton’s official page credits Steve Saka and Cornell & Diehl’s Jeremy Reeves. The original range preceded the 2026 Dulce refresh. dunbartoncigars.com

Cigars like StillWell Star Holiday Y2025

  1. A.J. Fernandez Enclave ConnecticutClosest matchConnecticut wrapper · MediumSame Connecticut wrapper family, also made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.
  2. Aganorsa Leaf Aniversario ConnecticutAlso fitsConnecticut wrapper · MediumSame Connecticut wrapper family, also made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.
  3. Espinosa Knuckle Sandwich ConnecticutAlso fitsConnecticut wrapper · MediumSame Connecticut wrapper family, also made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.
  4. Micallef ConnecticutAlso fitsConnecticut wrapper · MediumSame Connecticut wrapper family, also made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.
  5. Paradiso EleganciaOne step furtherConnecticut wrapper · MediumSame Connecticut wrapper family, also made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.

Picked by the palate test's own engine, as if you named StillWell Star Holiday Y2025 as a favourite: never more than one strength step above it, plain tobacco only, one cigar per brand.

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