The La Palina El Diario Churchill measures 7x50 with a smooth dark oily wrapper. The cigar has a weird old wood, sweet vinegar aroma to it, one of the most odd smelling cigars, but still good. This stick features a Honduras Corojo wrapper, Honduran binder, and a nicaraguan filler. With those features, this cigar has great potential.
When you get the cigar lit up, you get a mixture of flavors including wood, tobacco, pepper, and sweet earth notes. The flavors are heavy, meaning they stick around in your mouth for a while after every puff. On the finish is where the flavors drop off, except the pepper mixed with a light spice. The cigar has a pretty even burn, a nice draw, and decent smoke output.
The 2/3's point focuses in on the wood flavors, but the other flavors are still lingering. The wood gets really thick and creamy blending nicely with the tobacco/wood flavors that hang out on your palate. The finish still has the pepper notes, but the spice is slowly intensifying. At this point you still have a semi-even burn, nice draw, and relatively good smoke output. A full-bodied smoke.
3/3's to the end doesn't bring many changes. The flavors mellow out, and you're left with a sweet tobacco flavor. The cigar really dries your mouth out because of the thick creamy smoke. It burns slowly, and this was a churchill. If you end up picking up the Churchill, make sure you have a good hour/hour and a half to smoke it. This stick is definitely worth the price (around $11).
Stogie Rite score: 97
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