Romeo Y Julieta Churchill Tubo

[Dr.G]

Hi all,

This is the last of the cigars my sister brought me back from Cuba in January this year. A 2007 RYJ Churchill tubo.

Setting: nice Summer Saturday afternoon, watching the cricket (that's like baseball for non-Aussies! ). Accompanied by a Boag's St. George beer.

Construction: beautiful Churchill, a bit veiny though, no lumps detected.

Aroma at cold: clean tobacco, some tea leaves and a hint of cedar (likely due to the tube)

Pre-light draw: very good draw, spicy and a little cocoa.

Opening: gob fulls of smoke, herby, full of nuts and cream. Very promising. Even our new 'hound', Lucy the Whippet came to inspect. Maybe it was the peanut butter-smell of the smoke luring her to the Man Room.

First 1/3: nutty flavours, I think hazelnuts? with hints of cedar. Enjoyable; medium body.

Second 1/3: more muted, some cream more so than nuts, some leather undertones coming through

Final 1/3: nuts return, draw tightening up, developing some espresso notes but way too little too late, some tannins as well.

Overall: a bit disappointing. The burn was pretty good, only requiring one touch up, but the ash was very friable. It started out really promising, but didn't deliver a great journey that one hopes for from longer vitolas; it didn't blow my frock up. Maybe low to mid 80s.

Cheers,

George

[WYPirate]

Very, very nice review George! And "Friable" is not a word I have heard associated with cigars before, and a good choice at that!

[Fatshotbud]

Thanks for the review - I have some of these tucked away but don't know code/yr.

With the exception of Short Churchills, I am not a big RyJ fan anyway just like to keep a few in stock.

The only other large RyJ I have smoked were the Hermosos 1&2 and they took their time getting ripe so, I will cross my fingers for these to improve too.

PS - nice pics and nice looking pup!

[crasmith]

Thanks for the nice review.