Head to Head, Pick one of these Churchills

[El Presidente]

 I need to settle a bet 

Scenario

You are over at my place and we have a few hours to catch up and smoke a cigar. 

I offer you a choice of two cigars. 

H. Upmann Sir Winston  2018. 

Cohiba Esplendido          2018

Which are you reaching for?  

[Puros Y Vino]

Love both but I'm taking the Espy. It's my favourite Cohiba and IMO its' true flagship cigar. 

[NSXCIGAR]

2018, that's a coin flip for me. I might go with the SW. 

2014 I'm taking the Esplendidos every time. Cohiba just hasn't been that impressive in the last 10 years for me to put it above another quality cigar, especially in the 2017-2022 range. 

[Li Bai]

I would need to see them and smell them first 🤔

[gormag38]

I chose the Espy mainly due to the fact that it's a 2018. If both had say 10+ years down I'd probably go with SW, but it'd be a damn close call. 

[Chibearsv]

Tremendous bias on my part toward Espy.  Whether I factor year into it or factory code, doesn't matter...Espy wins.  After a long time smoking Monte 2 and RyJ Churchills, my first Espy was a mind blowing experience and every one I've had has reminded me of that...whether the experience is the same or not.

[Grimlock]

I voted Espy because I've never had one. That being said, SW is in my top 3 CC so if it were any other Churchill or DC it would be SW. 

[Monterey]

Sir Winston is one fine cigar, top 10 for sure. It is also the most over hyped cigar.I swear people think it is some 'god-like' cigar willing to pay crazy amounts for it. Seriously, Winston over an Espy??

[LLC]

Love the Winnie but taking the Espy.


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[chasy]

Haven’t had the privilege - would gladly accept either!

[JoeyBones777]

The Sir Winston! I haven't had many Cohibas but the ones I have had weren't very impressive to me. The Esplendido is one of the better Cohibas I had but not nearly as good as the Sir Winston.

[JohnS]

I quite like the H.Upmann Sir Winston, but I'd still take the Cohiba Esplendidos.

[cigaraholic]

I don’t believe there were Sir Winston’s made in 2018.

[Chas.Alpha]

Espy, and I’m not a Cohiba guy. 🤔

[Monterey]

On 7/16/2024 at 11:26 AM, cigaraholic said:

I don’t believe there were Sir Winston’s made in 2018.

They made a ton of them in 2018. Available online often and were in Havana 3 of the 4 times I went from mid 2018 thru mid 2019. All 2018 dates.

[Jaks93]

I would be happy with either of them but the Esplendido would probably take the crown.

[Ford2112]

I picked Sir Winston just to spite Cohiba. But really I'd take either one equally.

[loose_axle]

Would go the Esplendidos. Haven't had the SW but H.Upmann whilst nice, isn't a favourite, so I'll go with what's familiar. 

[NSXCIGAR]

5 hours ago, cigaraholic said:

I don’t believe there were Sir Winston’s made in 2018.

[NSXCIGAR]

6 hours ago, JoeyBones777 said:

The Sir Winston! I haven't had many Cohibas but the ones I have had weren't very impressive to me. The Esplendido is one of the better Cohibas I had but not nearly as good as the Sir Winston.

The problem is that Cohiba's ceiling is always very high. Most other cigars just can't reach it. If both are at their best of course I go with Esplendidos but my experience with 17-21 Cohiba is very disappointing. I think the SW is more reliable in that date range.

[JoeyBones777]

6 hours ago, NSXCIGAR said:

The problem is that Cohiba's ceiling is always very high. Most other cigars just can't reach it. If both are at their best of course I go with Esplendidos but my experience with 17-21 Cohiba is very disappointing. I think the SW is more reliable in that date range.

I can see that. The one Cohiba I've had that I enjoyed was a fresh CoRo and it was a top 5 experience. I can imagine if an Espy was on and aged it would likely be top 3.

[Chitmo]

If I have to pay for them I’m not smoking either! 🤣 

[joeypots]

I’m a Cohiba whore. Espy all day long and I’ve smoked a lot more Winnies than Espys.

[Gamehawker]

Sir Winnie because H Upmann is my favorite line of Cuban cigars and I am a whore for them. 

[jazzboypro]

I've had many Esplendido but only 2 Sir Winston so I think I would go for the Sir Winston.