Team Review Recap: Stoic Equanimity Wisdom

Hello, everyone, welcome to Developing Palates.

I'm Aaron Loomis, coming to you from the Drew Estate studio.

With me today from the Vastais studio is John McTavish.

How you doing, John?

Good.

It is a classic non-blind twofer today.

That's right.

It's exciting.

That's right.

And, uh, we're actually revisiting a cigar that we smoked, uh, as the full team-

Mm-hmm

... towards the second half of last year.

Uh, but this is in a different vitola, so checking it out.

Uh, and that cigar is the Stoic Equanimity Wisdom, and the Wisdom is a Churchill, so 7 by 48, and it comes out of the Kilner Scarface factory in the Dominican Republic.

Uh, wrapper is Ecuadorian Criollo.

Uh, binder is Dominican Criollo 98.

Filler is Ecuador, Dominican Republic, USA, and an undisclosed tobacco that we know, but we can't tell you what it is.

Can't tell you what it is.

That's right.

Uh, it is blend-

But we guessed it 'cause we're very smart.

[laughs] That's right.

Uh, it is blended by Vance Taylor.

Uh, price point is $14, and the cigar was released in August of 2025.

So with all that out of the way, John, what was your overall experience like with this cigar?

Now, the, the, the other thing I'll say is, uh, I'm pretty sure Vance said this, this is his favorite, uh, vitola as well.

Yes, this is his favorite vitola.

Hello, everyone, welcome to Developing Palates.

I'm Aaron Loomis, coming to you from the Drew Estate studio.

With me today from the Vastais studio is John McTavish.

How you doing, John?

Good.

It is a classic non-blind twofer today.

That's right.

It's exciting.

That's right.

And, uh, we're actually revisiting a cigar that we smoked, uh, as the full team-

Mm-hmm

... towards the second half of last year.

Uh, but this is in a different vitola, so checking it out.

Uh, and that cigar is the Stoic Equanimity Wisdom, and the Wisdom is a Churchill, so 7 by 48, and it comes out of the Kilner Scarface factory in the Dominican Republic.

Uh, wrapper is Ecuadorian Criollo.

Uh, binder is Dominican Criollo 98.

Filler is Ecuador, Dominican Republic, USA, and an undisclosed tobacco that we know, but we can't tell you what it is.

Can't tell you what it is.

That's right.

Uh, it is blend-

But we guessed it 'cause we're very smart.

[laughs] That's right.

Uh, it is blended by Vance Taylor.

Uh, price point is $14, and the cigar was released in August of 2025.

So with all that out of the way, John, what was your overall experience like with this cigar?

Now, the, the, the other thing I'll say is, uh, I'm pretty sure Vance said this, this is his favorite, uh, vitola as well.

Yes, this is his favorite vitola.