Gellis Family Cigars Marevas (5 1/8 x 43)

Video review HERE.

(Description taken from Halfwheel.com website)

A year ago, Kyle Gellis, the founder of Warped, began posting about a new brand on social media: Gellis Cigars. A year later, that project is now in stores, albeit with a slightly different name.

The name is now Gellis Family Cigars, though the concept appears to be quite similar: a brand from the Warped founder that isn’t branded as Warped. The first cigars from Gellis Family Cigars began shipping to stores last month: Marevas, which is debuting in a single 5 1/8 x 43 size. The company declined to talk blend details to halfwheel, though DROP Cigar Club—a retail store and membership club operated by Kyle Gellis—lists the blend as a habano 2000 rosada wrapper over a Nicaraguan binder and fillers from the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua.

Marevas has an MSRP of $11 per cigar and is sold in boxes of 25. It is a regular production item.

The cigar is rather thin and well made. The foot is closed. It has an average feel in the hand.

The test draw after cutting the cap was good considering it has a closed foot The initial flavors at light up were apple, brown sugar, cinnamon, a dash of citrus peel, and black coffee. There was black pepper rated at 7 1/2. Pretty good start.

At the first third (22 minutes) I had pretty much the same notes but the black coffee has risen quite a bit. It's hurting the nice sweet notes. The cigar is medium bodied. The finish is black coffee and good lingering black pepper. The cigar has lost ground since the light up. I would have rated the light up 94 but here at the first third I rated it 92.

Moving through the second third (40 minutes) the black pepper has hit warp speed. I still had most of the sweet notes and now there's some roasted pecan but the black coffee overshadows those. The cigar is now medium to full bodied. The finish is still black coffee but the lingering black pepper is now very good. There's too much black coffee at this point. I rated the second third 87.

The cigar lasted 59 minutes. In what could only be described as a spectacular turn-around the cigar got back those nice apple, brown sugar, and cinnamon notes, plus the roasted pecans are still there. But the black coffee pulled way back. The notes got back to the way they were in the first third. The cigar is medium to full bodied and the finish is unchanged. I like the turn-around and rated the final third 92. The second third did no justice to this cigar but that's the way it was blended.

Overall Score: 90.33