Alec Bradley Chunk Shade
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Connecticut Shade

Alec Bradley Chunk Shade

Sweet Toast, Cream and Light Cedar

Alec Bradley

About Alec Bradley Chunk Shade

Chunk Shade takes the Chunk format and wraps it in Honduran Connecticut‑seed over an American Broadleaf binder with Dominican, Honduran and Nicaraguan long fillers. Launched in 2016 and offered in very wide vitolas, the line is mellow in body and commonly registers sweet toast, cream, hay or tea and light cedar. These are quick, smoke‑forward sticks built for short, concentrated sessions rather than long spice evolutions.

  • Made in Honduras
  • Mellow
  • Honduran Connecticut Seed
  • Sweet toast, cream, hay/tea, light cedar/earth

Shade‑Grown Chunk

Alec Bradley Chunk Shade

Chunk Shade wraps a Honduran Connecticut‑seed leaf over an American Broadleaf binder with Dominican, Honduran and Nicaraguan fillers. Presented as a mellow counterpart to Chunk Maduro, it delivers cream, sweet toast and light hay in three stout vitolas.

Sizes

  • XL — (4.0" x 60)
  • 3XL — (4.0" x 66)
  • 4XL — (4.0" x 80)

Strength

Mellow

Country of Origin

Honduras

Wrapper

Honduran Connecticut Seed

Binder

American Broadleaf

Filler

Dominican, Honduran, and Nicaraguan long‑fillers

Year Released

2016

Flavor Profile

Sweet toast, cream, hay/tea, light cedar/earth

Chunk Shade is the mellow sibling in the Chunk family—same squat silhouette but a softer, cleaner surface leaf. The Honduran Connecticut‑seed wrapper sits over an American Broadleaf binder and a filler mix from the Dominican Republic, Honduras and Nicaragua, producing a gentle, approachable profile. Flavor leans to sweet toast and cream up front, a dry hay or tea note undercurrent, and a short, clean finish with just a whisper of dry cedar or light earth. The stubby ring gauges yield broad, voluminous draws and concentrate flavor into a short session; the line is offered in three ultra‑thick vitolas that favor quick satisfaction over lengthy evolution.

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Chunk Shade uses a Honduran Connecticut‑seed wrapper over an American Broadleaf binder with long fillers from the Dominican Republic, Honduras and Nicaragua. The official product description frames the cigar as mellow with notes of sweet toast, cream and hay/tea.