My latest event was an Arturo Fuente Churchill, at a price of $7.25. I found myself with two hours of free time as I saved seating for my family to the Marlborough Labor Day parade, and thought that the large stick (7 1/4 x 48)would help to fill that time.
The first thing to note is the construction of the cigar. I must admit that I am not highly impressed. The cigar did not have any visible cracks, and the color of both the wrapper and the filler was warm and inviting. However, upon cutting the stick, the wrapper started to disappoint. I had to carefully trim down the unraveling wrapper before I could even think of lighting it. This problem magnified at the end of the smoke, as the wrapper became visibly unwrapped with the last 2 inches remaining.
The light was less than satisfying as well. After toasting, the end jumped to a quick canoe. This righted itself by the last third of the smoke, but was unsightly just the same.
The draw was smooth and sufficient. The smoke was very light at first; this added to the wrapper problems made me doubt if this had been a wise purchase. Thankfully this did not last long, as the experience quickly moved to nice tones of leather, wood, and light spice. During the final third of the smoke the spice picked up a bit more, and the finish was pleasant without harshness, less the unfortunate unraveling.
This may be a good smoke on occasion, but lacks the quality of construction to be a staple in the humidor. Given the Arturo Fuente name I definitely expected more.
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