Montecristo Media Noche ~ Churchill

logan37's review

Smoke: Montecristo Media Noche ~ Churchill
Drink: Yuengling Bock Beer
Tunes: None

Wrapper: Connecticut Maduro
Binder: ???
Filler: Nicaraguan, Dominican, Peruvian
Draw: Medium
Burn: Ok
Misc: 90-120mins

Pre-light: Dark brown. Nice construction. A little veiny, but not too bad. Musky / sweet tobacco scent. Not much prelight flavor until the cap is cut, then there’s a strong leathery chew tobacco flavor.

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Light: Pretty easy. Medium draw.

1st 3rd: Leather and oil right off the bat. Very dense flavor & rich. I give this the chocolaty goodness seal of approval. Medium body, and medium to full flavor. Sweet tobacco notes. Medium draw, but it seems I can’t get a good cloud of smoke outta it right now…

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Ash: Crisp white with some light gray mottled spots. Stacks very nice. Holds on for 1 ½”

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2nd 3rd: Leather & oil again. Sweet ring and oil has a bitter twinge to it now. Starts to develop more into a full body closer to the end of this third.

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3rd 3rd: Still leather, still oil but now more developed an blending well. Getting more smoke out of it too. Very rich sweet tobacco flavors mixed with the above described.

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Overall impression: Nice smoke. Really picked up in the last third, leading me to maybe search for these in a smaller vitola, like Robusto, on cBid.

Thanks Smoked! For this opportunity!

Will

Very nice :smiley20:

It has been a while since I worked my way through one of these. They are enormous. You called it right on the "second third" flavor profile. I have a few of these in the corona size. They seemed to flow a little more smoothly.

Nice photos!

Great review Will, I have one of these in the Robusto size that I will be trying out soon.

-Buzz

I always have the edmundo size(5x55) of these on hand. It's one of my favorite Montes.

I think there's a review somewhere...:smiley2:

http://www.cigarsmokers.com/threads/...ews?highlight=

I am going to look for one of these in a sampler. Nice review Will!

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Originally Posted by logan37

I always have the edmundo size(5x55) of these on hand. It's one of my favorite Montes.

I think there's a review somewhere...:smiley2:

http://www.cigarsmokers.com/threads/...ews?highlight=

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Thanks for the link. When I post these, that statement about the "no others found in review section" is just part of the template, and I usually come back after it's posted, and fill that in....figures I got lazy this time.

Will

Great review as always! I have not tried to get through a Media Noche Churchill, but I enjoy this line for sure.:smiley20:

Just smoked one of these I grabbed up as a single after reading this review, super disappointed. Dunno if I just caught a bum stick or what.

awesome review. thanks.

I was pleasantly surprised by one of these in a smaller vitola in the "review these" pass a while back. Nice review!

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Originally Posted by Tdre977

Just smoked one of these I grabbed up as a single after reading this review, super disappointed. Dunno if I just caught a bum stick or what.

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This dogs lookin one way, this dogs lookin the other way and this guys goin "Hey wadda ya want from me"

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Originally Posted by metipo

This dogs lookin one way, this dogs lookin the other way and this guys goin "Hey wadda ya want from me"

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One of my Fav's. Nice review!