WRAPPER: Ecuadorian Sumatra
BINDER: Nicaraguan
FILLER: Nicaraguan, Dominican
FORMAT: Churchill (749)
ORIGIN: Honduras (HATSA)
INTENSITY: Medium/Med.-Full
NOTES:
Mocha latte | Baking spices | Savory oils
Big, round, overlapping notes. A Venn diagram on a blackboard. Easy, like a Reader's Digest Large Print edition. Nothing to get one's dander up. Lanolin.
TASTE: A-
DRAW: B+
BURN: A-
BUILD: B+
FINAL GRADE: B+
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79
This blend, in its Robusto iteration, was named the number nine Kaplowitz Media. Cigar of the Year 2021-22. I found that Robusto to have better focus and more oomph, more character. Although this Churchill is somewhat of an easier less braggadocious and still quite enjoyable smoke.
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