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The Leon Jimenes Prestige Churchill is the reblending of the classic Leon Jimenes brand which was first released in the 1970s. The cigars come protected in aluminum tubes for maximum freshness. The wrapper is a Corojo leaf with Dominican binder and Domincan and Nicaraguan fillers.
Wrapper: Dominican Corojo
Binder: Dominican
Filler: Dominican and Nicaraguan
Made in the La Aurora factory.
The cigar is a medium brown and has an average feel in the hand for a churchill of this size.
The test draw after cutting the cap was very good. The initial flavors were an obvious sweet white chocolate. You also have a tangy citrus/dry cedar combination, brown sugar, and a light black coffee base. There was black pepper rated at a 6 1/2 to 7. The cigar comes across as very mild, but flavorful.
About 2 inches in (22 minutes) I got the addition of caramel notes. I did not have as much dry cedar but still had the orange citrus notes which were quite sweet. I still had plenty of white chocolate and brown sugar. So, with the addition of the caramel notes the cigar maintained, or increased it's sweetness. The black coffee base was elevated. It was more noticeable. The pepper is slowly increasing on the front end. The finish is a sweet cream with some caramel notes and a light amount of lingering black pepper. The cigar is still mild bodied. The flavors are very nice in this cigar but it has no power to speak of. This type of cigar has a place in the rotation for me but only at selective times. Due to the nice, sweet flavors I am giving the first third a score of 87.
At the midpoint (44 minutes) the nice, sweet orange citrus is no longer there and the dry cedar notes are back. The white chocolate is very elevated. You cannot miss it. The caramel notes are secondary and elevated as well. There is still a light amount of brown sugar. The coffee is still maintaining the base. The pepper is unchanged, as well as the strength; mild. The finish is now one of cream and white chocolate. The lingering black pepper is slowly moving up. The flavors in this cigar are still very nice but due to the lack of any strength it is causing the cigar to be somewhat boring. For that reason I am lowering the midpoint score to an 86.
The cigar lasted 1 hour 21 minutes. In the final third the tangy citrus and dry cedar combination made a slight resurgence. The white chocolate decreased somewhat, as did the brown sugar and caramel notes. The pepper was still good and seemed to keep increasing slightly. The finish was a cream and caramel combination. The cigar eventually reached a mild to medium strength. This is a mild cigar for the most part. Every experienced cigar smoke has a mild or two in their arsenal. Perhaps this could be that cigar. If you gravitate toward milder cigars with flavor this would be a great cigar for you. 
Overall Score: 86
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