This one was 6.7-7" with a 48-50 ring gauge.
A triple cap, very colorful wrapper with some small veins that seemed a litle darker than
the rest of the leaf. Slightly toothy as well. It smelled like slightly sweet hay, and
the cold draw was nice and easy with a chocolatey flavor.
First third:
Only took 3 matches, and started a little peppery with a slight hoppy bitterness. There is also a
little breadiness with a cocoa flavor, like a deconsructed brownie. Clean, slightly flaky ash from
the start with a burn line that needs to catch up. The retrohale reminds me of a good medium-bodied
beer outside in the middle of summer. There was a nice combination of chocolates, a downplayed bitter
dark and the right parts of milk chocolate.
Second third:
The ash fell at almost exactly this third, and the little it of beer-like bitterness came in with a
little bit of raisin and a hint of nutmeg. The burn line is very clean @ 34 minutes in. Some coffee
with creamer appeared and I believe this might be a medium stick with a touch of cedar, more towards
semi-sweet cocoa.
Final third:
A weird little touch of natural raspberry came in, and the ash fell again @ :51, so I purged it.
There is still mocha coffee with a little bit of roast in it. some dull cedar sowed up and sat with
the cocoa pretty much until the end. The Burn line stayed very clean.
I finished it at 1 hour and 12 minutes, and overall I enjoyed this cigar. I would give this one
a 7-8/10, and I would definitely have one again. I still am pretty sure I haven't had anything similar
to this, so judging by similar stats, measurements and quality I would guess this was a
Romeo y Julieta 1875 Churchill
