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Review Notes:
Now, THIS is a churchill that I would put up against most any other. Okay, maybe a good Esplendido or Sir Winston, but they're a different kind of good, you know? I had never smoked one of these, and since Bolivar is one of my very favorite habanos, I was very pleasantly surprised when my wife gave me a cab of 50 from MAR-06. I didn't wait to let a handful rest out of the box for a few days or anything, just lit one up as soon as I opened them up. I was and am in love with these now, and what a treat that is...to smoke a cigar you've yet to try, and it ends up so good that it jumps right up near the top of your "best of the best" list. I even was lucky enough to find a second cab from the same batch so I can sit on them. I have smoked over 25 out of the first cab, had one damaged stick that was unsmokable, and had nothing but pleasure from the rest. Full flavored with that highly identifiable Bolivar tang, they are earthy and woody as well as spicey, which I don't usually come across in the same smoke. For being 18 months old, I'm very pleased...I am really getting into the churchill format, It could just be me, but I seem to find a very noticable difference in aging time with this ring gauge. Nothing worse than staring at a box of Sublimes that, due to the 54 ring gauge still have some green-ness to the taste even though they're over 3 years old! If you have not tried this smoke, please do...a box of 50 outstanding churchills for just under 10.00 a stick, to me, is great value. I've nubbed many of these, and what bitterness I could detect came at almost the finger burning length, so I am looking forward to them in 12 months!! BTW, I have smoked these from both the cab and a dress box, and there is a noticable difference in the burn as well as the taste, but the both are due to the packaging. If you can get a cab, I swear you won't be sorry.
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