Updated Review: Winston Churchill – Lancaster

I have recently smoked a couple of these cigars that have been sitting in my humidor for a few months, resting in the humidor has made a considerable difference.
All the flavours and taste is still there, but it is considerably smoother, and less bitter, this takes the whole experience up a notch.  So my advice is when you get these sticks get them out of the cellophane wrappers and straight into the humidor, you wont regret it.

Because of how well these cigars have responded to being in the humidor, I have had to increase the total summary for this cigar to…

Summary 8.5/10

Review: Winston Churchill Lancaster

When its cold outside as it is in the UK at the moment, you really don’t want to be standing outside for 1-2 hours trying to enjoy a cigar whilst freezing. Even if you can smoke inside opening a window or door will make your entire house cold.

With this in mind I have been looking for a 25-35 minute smoke, something relaxing and enjoyable that can be finished before you turn into a brass monkey.

I had not come across this brand of cigars before, although they are from Davidoff, so I thought  I would give it a try, and it did surprise me somewhat.

Appearance 7.5/10

The wrapper is a lovely medium brown, and for the price is very well constructed, with only a few veins. The shape is Belicoso,  and once the cellophane is removed (I do hate cellophane on cigars), looks remarkably sophisticated for the price.  The cigar does not have much of an aroma before you light it.

Construction & Draw 7.5/10

Construction is good, this is a slightly soft cigar, but it is well packed with tobacco,the draw is even and not too light. The burn is surprisingly good, with an even edge and about 3/4 of an inch before the ash dropped.

Flavour 7.5/10

This is a cigar of two half’s, or rather the first quarter and the rest. Initially this stick had quite a strong ammonia taste, and I was pretty sure that I was not going to get on with this cigar. Once I was past the first quarter a more subtle floral tone came through, and then as I smoked further down the cigar the strength increased, and there was a lovely woody, earthy taste with a hint of chocolate. This flavour remained all the way to the end of the cigar.

Value 8.5/10

This is a sophisticated, well constructed cigar for not a lot of money, and I think represents excellent value.

Summary 8.0/10

This cigar really surprised me, at first I was sure I was not going to like it, the initial slight ammonia taste put me off. But after the first few puffs the ammonia disappears and you start to get a really nicely balance smoke, the further through the cigar you go the richer and stronger it gets, the last half of the cigar is excellent.

For the price of around six pounds this is a good smoke, and I suspect these will get better the longer they are in the humidor, I will be buying more.