Crowned Heads Moonflower – Corona Gorda (6 x 46)
The Particulars
| wdt_created_by | cigarkey | brand | cigarname | vitola | strength | wrapper | binder | filler | infused | sweettip | origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mcclossm | Crowned Heads Moonflower - Corona Gorda (6 x 46) | Crowned Heads | Moonflower | Corona Gorda - 6.00" x 46 | Medium - Full | Nicaraguan Namanji Corojo, Natural | Nicaragua (Estelí, Jalapa) | Nicaragua (Condega, Estelí, Jalapa) | No | No | My Father Cigars S.A., Nicaragua |
| COMPANY / BRAND: | Crowned Heads |
| CIGAR: | Moonflower |
| VITOLA: | Corona Gorda - 6.00" x 46 |
| STRENGTH: | Medium - Full |
| WRAPPER: | Nicaraguan Namanji Corojo, Natural |
| BINDER: | Nicaragua (Estelí, Jalapa) |
| FILLER: | Nicaragua (Condega, Estelí, Jalapa) |
| INFUSED: | No |
| SWEET TIP: | No |
| ORIGIN: | My Father Cigars S.A., Nicaragua |
Prolegomenon and Other Random Thoughts
The Moonflower is a Nicaraguan puro made at the My Father factory using tobacco grown at the Garcia family farms, and it marks Crowned Heads’ first regular production cigar with My Father in over a decade. It’s been described as a riff on the Las Mareas—a cigar made by My Father for Crowned Heads over a decade ago that has since been discontinued. The Las Mareas used a similar Corojo leaf grown by the Garcia family at their Namanji farm, just as the Moonflower does.
Jon Huber says this cigar represents a celebration of his partnership with My Father, but it is also a love letter to his wife, whom he refers to as his muse. This inspired the name Moonflower, as she planted and grew them, introducing Jon to the flower that only blooms at night—a symbol for overcoming dark periods in your life. To say Jon embraced the Moonflower as a symbol for his relationship with his wife would be an understatement, as he has two moonflowers and his wife’s name tattooed on the back of his left hand.
This leads me to a thought I have about the people in this industry. Some people are ingrained in the industry because they grew up in it; they live and breathe the full cycle from the farms to the finished cigars. Others discovered the cigar industry, making it part of their career path and livelihood, with some embracing the culture more than others to become good stewards of the leaf. But I have noticed one other group… the artists. These are the people who distill their creativity and passion, injecting it into every aspect of their lives. The culture and process of cigar-making is something that supercharges the artistic part of their soul, and they’re drawn to it like a moth to a flame. Jon strikes me as one of the true artists in the industry. When you listen to him wax poetic about releases like the Moonflower and look at the creativity and passion he puts into every aspect of Crowned Heads, it’s hard not to feel inspired. You see the passion and artistry that it awakens in him. Cheers to that; we need more of that in this world.
You might be wondering why I went with the Corona Gorda. I’ve personally found that in many cigars, this expression represents a fantastic balance of wrapper, binder, and filler leaf. Quite simply, well-blended cigars absolutely shine in this vitola. Jon Huber mentioned it’s his favorite vitola for the Moonflower, though not the best-selling, because people do love Toros. But when the artist identifies their favorite creation, that’s the one you need to try!
| Journaling Date | Cigar | Appearance | Draw | Burn | Flavors | Overall Experience | Burnable? | Base Rating | Final Score | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-09 | Crowned Heads Moonflower - Corona Gorda (6 x 46) | Good | Good | Great | Excellent | Excellent | Signs point to yes (recommended) | 5.00 | 9.50 | |
| 2026-07-09 | Crowned Heads Moonflower - Corona Gorda (6 x 46) | Good | Good | Great | Excellent | Excellent | Without a doubt (box worthy) | 5.00 | 10.00 |
The Review
This review for the Crowned Heads Moonflower - Corona Gorda (6 x 46) is based on the journal entry dated 2026-07-09
Appearance & Construction (0-3): Good (3)
This is one of those rare cigars where I wish I could give extra credit for appearance. The whole presentation just comes together beautifully here. You have the warm, orangey-brown Corojo wrapper that has a nice sheen, a little bit of tooth, some small but visible veins, and really nice mottling and color variation across the light and dark areas. It’s a wrapper with character. Construction looks good with tight seams, a clean triple cap, nice firmness, and good density.
But the bands… as I bite my knuckle, they’re just fucking gorgeous. Intricately detailed and embossed with the Crowned Heads logos, images of Moonflowers, and “CYOP” (Carve Your Own Path). The combination of a light baby blue, cornflower blue, and royal blue metallic just pops. They complement the natural orange hues of the wrapper perfectly. Usually, I’d be disappointed to see so much paper covering a wrapper, but these are just first-rate. Catch the light correctly and you’ll see the holographic-style overlay sparkle, which was a first for Vrijdag, who printed the labels.
Draw (0-3) & Burn (0-4): Good (3) / Great (4)
The draw is spot-on with the punch, and the burn starts beautifully. The ash is a light gray, speckled with similarly colored oil crystals blending in. The striations and crack spacing are both tight, and the ash holds nearly to the second band. The burn line is crisp and even with just a bit of a wave to it, but it is very nicely controlled. The occasional waviness flattens out perfectly.
Flavor Profile (0-5): Excellent (5)
Immediate honey sweetness and a dark molasses breadiness hit my palate first. I then start to pick up dark cocoa, earth, and bits of savory roasted cashew. About halfway into the first inch, a strong dose of sweet red and black pepper hits, along with some baking spice. There are some subtle oak and leathery notes that start to pull back the dark bready component that kicked off the cigar, slowly replacing and augmenting it. The cigar is full-bodied with a thick, rich smoke and a nice creaminess on the finish.
The second third sees the cigar return to more of that dark breadiness as the pepper intensity pulls back. Dark molasses bread, bits of charred oak, a nice rich earthiness, and bits of dark cocoa and espresso—it’s a full and dark profile on the base notes. The pepper intensity is dialed back to medium, so it’s more sweet red pepper on the tongue with less black pepper at the back of the throat. The sweetness started with more honey, but it’s turned more citrusy with a lemon zest and a bit of saltiness from the wrapper. Then, just past the midpoint, the pepper intensity ramps up again. When the pepper hits, it fucking hits. 🌶️💣🥵 But the majority of that intensity is going to hit your tongue and not the throat; my tongue and lips are burning, but I’m not getting any harshness from the cigar.
The final third calms back down to a medium pepper intensity and brings back more charred oak and mesquite flavors, losing some of the bready and sweet notes. It might be that the pepper blast is numbing my senses a little, but the cigar definitely feels a little ramped down—but that’s okay. Like a well-done love story, this cigar has a narrative arc that features a proper exposition, inciting incident, rising action, climax, falling action, and denouement. At this point, it’s charred oak, medium red pepper, leather, baking spice, rich earth, dark cocoa, and espresso. But it never loses that thick, chewy body and creamy finish. If this cigar was a woman, it’d be a fiery and passionate one with curves and hips you hold onto.
Overall Experience (0-5): Excellent (5)
Jon Huber did say his wife was his muse for this blend, and it reminded me of my own wife. Complex, dark, full-bodied, and highly nuanced with bouts of fiery intensity. Sometimes it’s a bit much, but the complexity and transitions are what make it so engaging and interesting. This is a really well-done blend and a beautiful way for Crowned Heads to return to a regular production cigar with the My Father factory. Definitely one to check out.
Review Base Rating (0-5):
5.00
Is it Burnable?
Signs point to yes (recommended)
Review Final Score (0-10):
9.50
Overall Score and Individual Journal Entries
While the review is based off one instance of journaling this cigar; there’s a number of reasons you can have different experiences smoking the same cigar multiple times. A blend can evolve with age (for better or worse), palates evolves, preferences change, and sometimes you just get a bad example! This section captures the ratings from each journal entry and the related journal photo. Below you’ll find an aggregate score based on every time the cigar has been journaled. Unless it was a gift or on-off smoke, this section will be updated every time I journal this cigar!
| Times Journaled | Base Rating | Burnable? | Final Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 5.00 | Signs point to yes (recommended) | 9.75 |
| Journaling Date | Cigar | Appearance | Draw | Burn | Flavors | Overall Experience | Burnable? | Base Rating | Final Score | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-09 | Crowned Heads Moonflower - Corona Gorda (6 x 46) | Good | Good | Great | Excellent | Excellent | Signs point to yes (recommended) | 5.00 | 9.50 | |
| 2026-07-09 | Crowned Heads Moonflower - Corona Gorda (6 x 46) | Good | Good | Great | Excellent | Excellent | Without a doubt (box worthy) | 5.00 | 10.00 |
Journaling Photos
The Flavor Wheel
| Category | Strength |
|---|---|
| Baking Spice | 2.00 |
| Pepper | 3.00 |
| Coffee / Espresso | 1.00 |
| Anise / Licorice | 0.00 |
| Sweet | 3.00 |
| Chocolate | 2.00 |
| Bready / Toasty | 2.50 |
| Woody / Charred | 2.50 |
| Grass / Hay | 0.00 |
| Earth | 1.50 |
| Leather | 1.00 |
| Floral / Aromatic | 1.00 |
| Fruity | 2.00 |
| Nutty | 1.00 |
| Salty / Mineral | 1.00 |
| Creamy | 3.00 |
| Musty / Barnyard | 0.00 |
| Bitter | 0.00 |
| Smooth | 2.50 |
| Harsh | 0.00 |
With every cigar I journal, I capture simple ratings of the basic flavor categories that I experience. These are more generalized than what you would see in a review, but a distinct profile can still be built out. When multiple instances of the same cigar have been journaled, the scores are averaged out in an attempt to build a reliable flavor profile based on my palate.
The values entered for the strength of each flavor range from 0 to 3.
- 0: No flavor detected
- 1: Mild flavor
- 2: Medium flavor
- 3: Strong flavor
Note: desktop / large screens will see a flavor wheel while mobile / small screens will see a bar chart.
With every cigar I journal, I capture simple ratings of the basic flavor categories that I experience. These are more generalized than what you would see in a review, but a distinct profile can still be built out. When multiple instances of the same cigar have been journaled, the scores are averaged out in an attempt to build a reliable flavor profile based on my palate.
The values entered for the strength of each flavor range from 0 to 3.
- 0: No flavor detected
- 1: Mild flavor
- 2: Medium flavor
- 3: Strong flavor
Note: desktop / large screens will see a flavor wheel while mobile / small screens will see a bar chart.
| Category | Strength |
|---|---|
| Baking Spice | 2.00 |
| Pepper | 3.00 |
| Coffee / Espresso | 1.00 |
| Anise / Licorice | 0.00 |
| Sweet | 3.00 |
| Chocolate | 2.00 |
| Bready / Toasty | 2.50 |
| Woody / Charred | 2.50 |
| Grass / Hay | 0.00 |
| Earth | 1.50 |
| Leather | 1.00 |
| Floral / Aromatic | 1.00 |
| Fruity | 2.00 |
| Nutty | 1.00 |
| Salty / Mineral | 1.00 |
| Creamy | 3.00 |
| Musty / Barnyard | 0.00 |
| Bitter | 0.00 |
| Smooth | 2.50 |
| Harsh | 0.00 |
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