Size: 7 X 50
Wrapper: Blackened Connecticut Broad Leaf
Binder: Nicaraguan
Filler: Dominican, Nicaraguan and Peruvian
On a beautiful day I decided to smoke a Romeo y Julieta 1875
Maduro Reserve Churchill, a dark chocolate well-constructed stick with minimal
veins. I will be drinking a Virgil’s Orange Cream Soda while I smoke this
stick. I pinched the cigar from its wrapper and smell cocoa and hay at the foot
and barnyard on the stick. I clipped the cap and got a very open draw of cocoa
and spice which reminded me of Mexican Hot Chocolate Mouse, a dessert made by a
friend of who owns a dessert company called Bar Dulce. I toast the foot and get
cedar from the first few draws of full smoke.
The first third and the burn was a little uneven and the
smoke was pumping out full. I tasted notes of nuts, salt and caramel. The grey
ash with streaks of black fell about a third of the way in. I noticed a minor crack in the wrapper in this section however it never became a problem.
The second third and the airy ash is a variety of greys and
blacks and the burn is even. I tasted notes of honey, saltiness and nutty
flavors. The ash fell again at the end
of this section of the cigar.
The last third and I took off the band without incident or
tearing and the burn was still burning even as the smoke kicked out full. The
flavors I tasted in this last section was nuts, wood and saltiness. I smoked this
cigar until I couldn’t hold it anymore.
This cigar is another great stick from the makers of Romeo y
Julieta. I would suggest if you haven’t
tried one to pick a couple or few up and add them to your humidor. You won’t be
disappointed. - April 18, 2013
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