Hoyo De Monterey Churchill ISOM

[Tony Bones]

- Veinless, semi-dry wrapper that was light in the hand
- Clipped well
- Nice draw
- Strong pre-light licorice flavors

- Good ignition
- Instant tastes of caramel and milk chocolate, transition to light leather
- Medium bodied w/ plenty of smoke
- Didn't hold much of an ash
- Loooooooong finish

Boy, this thing was just too sweet for me. It had all of the makings of a great cigar (construction, plenty of smoke, etc.) but the sweetness was overwhelming. Two hours after smoking this sucker I felt like I'd drank a pint of maraschino cherry juice. Ugh!

I had a litte trouble w/ tunneling and had to touch her up a couple of times, but I'm sure that was due to my multi-tasking and not paying enough attention to the cigar. Hey, at least my car is clean, my tulips are out, and my lawn is mowed and watered

If you enjoy a sweet smoke, this is the one. I've decided to forego rating smokes by number after a discussion w/ a fellow CP'er. There's simply too many factors to take into account, price being the main one that can really skew things.

All that B.S. said, this is a good stick...if you like sweetness. If not, it's just OK.

 

[moki]

Wow, never had an unflavored cigar that was that sweet. Maybe some juice was spilled on it or something?

I've heard that rollers sometimes use water with sugar in it to wet the wrappers when they are rolling 'em -- maybe some rogue Cubano overdid it?