StillWell Star Holiday Y2025 (5 x 48) Cigar

Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust is the boutique house of industry veteran Steve Saka, producing meticulously blended cigars in Nicaragua. StillWell Star, launched in 2021, is Saka's collaboration with Jeremy Reeves of pipe tobacco house Cornell & Diehl — billed as the world's first luxury pipe tobacco cigar, blending Cornell & Diehl pipe leaf into premium cigar tobacco at Fabrica de Tabacos Joya de Nicaragua S.A. in Esteli. The limited-edition Holiday series debuted in 2022 and has returned annually since; the Y2025 is the fourth consecutive release, limited to 1,500 boxes of 13 cigars and described by Saka as "a Christmas Miracle."

An Ecuadorian Connecticut-seed wrapper over a Mexican San Andres negro binder, with a filler of Nicaraguan long leaf blended with select pipe tobaccos from Cornell & Diehl. The Holiday Y2025 is the first StillWell Star released in a smaller format — a 5 x 48 parejo rather than the line's customary 6 x 52 toro. Hand rolled at Fabrica de Tabacos Joya de Nicaragua S.A. and packed in boxes of 13, limited to 1,500 boxes.

A warm, comforting seasonal profile with notes of buttered crackers, baking spice and sugar plums. The smoke is dense and creamy with an added perceived sweetness and clear aromatic character from the pipe tobacco, while natural cigar flavor stays in the foreground. Saka built the 5 x 48 size to showcase the sweet aromatic blend without ever becoming cloying.

Alcoholic: a bourbon, an aged rum, or a coffee stout. Non-Alcoholic: a café au lait or medium-roast coffee.

A satisfying, refined smoke. Allow ~45–75 minutes.