This 7 x 50 Churchill by Victor Sinclair is completely made out of Dominican corojo tobacco and has a strong hay & wood aroma. The cigar isn't straight, it's a bit crooked. The wrapper is spotted and has a big ft vein running over it. The only thing that looks good on this cigar is the nice gold & purple band around the foot. The cigar feels very hard but the predraw is fine and leaves me a raisin flavor on the palate.

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I get a full hay flavor with my first few puffs and I also notice a bit of wood. The texture of the flavors is very dry. After a centimeter the flavors get a little musty and there isn't a lot going on. Musty hay, that's it.

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Halfway the hay gets more grassy and spicier, but also harsh. At the end I can taste some leather, also spicy. After the ash broke off, I had to correct the burn

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There is a lot of built up of nicotine, I had to purge the cigar a couple of times and each time I got a big ass flame.

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The smoke is poor and the draw is just a bit too hard, I had to use a poker to make it better. The ash is dark but firm. This full bodied mild to medium flavored cigar becomes boring very quickly and because it is a churchill, the boredom takes forever. If it wasn't for a review I would have tossed this cigar pretty quickly.

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Would I buy this cigar again? Simple answer: NO!

Appearance: 4 / 10
Construction: 6 / 10
Draw: 6 / 10
Burn: 7 / 10
Smoke & ash: 6 / 10
Aroma first part: 6 / 10
Aroma second part: 6 / 10
Aroma third part: 6 / 10
Aroma third part: 6 / 10
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I like the torpedo version of this cigar, and I'm not the biggest churchill fan. That said, I'm surprised that this cigar didn't do better for you. Thanks for the review!
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Nice review. I haven't tried the Churchill, but I really like these in robusto, especially with a little rest.
Just one question:
Ass flame? How exactly do you purge your cigars? :-)
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:-)
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I had one of these last week and thought it was ok. Nice review.
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I was thinking about grabbing a box of these for daily smokes because of their price point but this review may have me reconsidering, thanks for the review
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I think your ratings were a bit generous. This cigar barely merits 40/100. I've only had one but that was more than enough to convince me I didnt need to have a second. Boring and one dimensional, mind numbing. :-)
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Thanks for the review Ferdie. I have never had a VS cigar that was really good.
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Thanks for the review:-)
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Not a big fan of the VS line . In my opinion you can find better smokes in same price range. Nice review though.
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Nice review Ferdie.
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I was always hearing about VS Triple Corojo being the only good one of their many lines but I always figured it was better than terrible at best. I smoked one and I agree with bobarian the rating was a bit generous consider I thought of the cigar much like you did in the review
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Still haven't had any Victor Sinclairs; anyone know of a mild VS they'd recommend?
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Not the best smokes in the world at all, but if you want a mild VS, I would try the Connecticut Yankee or the Vintage Select. I'm not a big fan of either, but I would smoke these over Gurkhas and Puros Indios.
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Cool, I'll look for these, though not in a big hurry, as you said.
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Vintage Select are on sale today, but who wants to smoke that giant? http://www.joecigar.com/index.asp
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I disagree with the whole "generous" remarks (ofcourse). The flavors aren't bad enough to flunk the cigars, and anything below a 6 is flunking. But a 6 also isn't high enough to make it a good cigar that I recommend or want to smoke again.
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Smoked one of these not too long ago as I received a few Victor Sinclairs in different blends through a contest and it was one of the worst smokes I ever had. No, I think it was the worst smoke I ever had. Put off smoking them as long as I could as most reviews have been horrible but I figured I would try one and see for myself. I hated it. Even the aroma it gave off was acidic. I made it about a 1/4 of the way in before I pitched it because I couldn't take it any more as my smoking opportunities are far and few in the winter and didn't want to waste the opportunity on a stick I wasn't enjoying. I still have a few and thought about sending them along in a package to the troops but would almost feel guilty sending them to someone who is fighting for our country.
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send them to the taliban :-)
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:-):-)
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