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(Description taken from Halfwheel.com and cigar-coop.com websites)
This year, Davidoff decided to bring barrel aging to the Winston Churchill line, combining these two popular lines in a way, into a new cigar called Davidoff Winston Churchill The Late Hour.
Like the Camacho American Barrel-Aged, which uses Honduran corojo aged in bourbon barrels, Late Hour uses a viso from Condega, Nicaragua that was aged for six months in Speyside scotch barrels. Around that Nicaraguan leaf are three Dominican tobaccos—olor viso, piloto seco and San Vicente mejorado viso—and a viso from Estelí, Nicaragua. On top of that is a Mexican San Andrés negro binder and an Ecuadorian habano marron oscuro wrapper.
As for the name The Late Hour, Randolph Churchill, the great-grandson of Winston Churchill (which the Davidoff Winston Churchill brand pays homage to) explained it at the time of the release of the Davidoff Winston Churchill Late Hour:
“The late hours into the early morning was the time when Churchill would gather all those resources together and commit himself to working, whether it was on his books with his research advisors or with his military people deciding the course of action. So, the late hours and the dark hours were when Churchill was his most productive in life. And he was never without a cigar.”
Country of Origin: Dominican Republic
Factory: Cigars Davidoff
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Oscuro Marron
Binder: Mexican San Andrés Negro
Filler: Dominican Republic (Olor, Piloto, San Vicente) & Nicaragua (Condega, Estelí)
Price: $21 each
The cigar is quite nice looking and very well made. It is a dark brown and has a nice feel in the hand.
The test draw after cutting the cap was very good. The initial flavors at light up were citrus peel, peach, brown sugar, leather, and a lot of a earthy black coffee. There was nice black pepper rated at 7. An earthy, dark noted, sweet start.
At the first third (44 minutes) the flavor notes are much like they started but now there are also cinnamon notes. The leather notes are quite manageable. They are probably the second or third flavor you'll notice. The cigar is a low grade medium to full bodied. The peach notes are very nice. The cigar remains fairly dark noted but it has ample sweetness. The finish is primarily peach with a touch of brown sugar and very nice lingering black pepper. I rated the first third 94.
Moving through the second third (1 hour 15 minutes) I had the nice peach notes but the citrus peel is pretty much gone. I also had brown sugar, touch of cinnamon, plenty of leather, and plenty of earthy black coffee. The cigar is medium to full bodied. The finish is still heavy on the peach with a touch of black coffee and the lingering black pepper is still very good. I rated the second third 93.
The cigar lasted 1 hour 43 minutes. A very good burn time. I still had the peach notes, light brown sugar, and now...nutmeg. There are also leather and earthy black coffee notes. The cigar is now full bodied. The finish now is peach, nutmeg, and black coffee. The lingering black pepper is still very good. Although you still get the peach notes initially you quickly get the nutmeg, leather, and black coffee immediately after them. So, I would not call the peach notes the dominant flavor any more. Although this cigar is on the pricey side I would suggest you try it. I rated the final third 92.
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