Habano wrapper · Medium-full to full
Winston Churchill The Late Hour: flavour profile and cigars like it
Winston Churchill The Late Hour is a handmade cigar made in the Dominican Republic. Its published strength is medium-full to full. It has a Oscuro Habano wrapper grown in Ecuador and filler from the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua. The tasting notes in our sources point to cedar and earth.
If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are A. Flores Gran Reserva Sun Grown and Flor de Antillas Maduro.
What does Winston Churchill The Late Hour taste like?
- cedar and wood
- earth and leather
How strong is it, and what's in it?
| Wrapper | Ecuadorian Habano Marrón Oscuro |
|---|---|
| Binder | Mexican Negro San Andrés |
| Filler | Dominican Republic and Nicaragua |
| Strength | Medium-full to full as published by davidofflondon.com |
| Body | Not published |
| Made in | Dominican Republic |
| Made by | Oettinger Davidoff |
| Factory | Oettinger Davidoff manufacturing site, Villa González, Santiago |
| Sizes | Robusto 5×52 · Toro 6×54 · Churchill 7×48 |
Strength here means nicotine, which mostly comes from the filler. Wrapper colour is not a strength guide.
What reviewers say
- cigaraficionado.com: 85 points, Toro, 6 x 54 (2018)In our words: The tasting note found earth and wood. Damp and musty qualities dominated.
- cigaraficionado.com: 89 points, Toro, 6 x 54 (2020)In our words: The source lists a later Toro score. Its current page does not show that review's full note.
Scores as published by the magazine or retailer, for the size named. Notes are our summary of the review, not quotes. We don't score cigars ourselves.
About Winston Churchill The Late Hour
The line. The line appeared in 2017. It uses filler tobacco aged in Scotch single-malt casks. hespokestyle.com
The brand. Oettinger Davidoff acquired exclusive Winston Churchill cigar rights in 2007. The brand launched worldwide in 2008. Oettinger Davidoff controls production, marketing, and sale under the Winston Churchill name. oettingerdavidoff.com
Cigars like Winston Churchill The Late Hour
- A. Flores Gran Reserva Sun GrownClosest matchHabano wrapper · Medium to medium-fullSame Habano wrapper family, also made in the Dominican Republic, a step milder.
- Flor de Antillas MaduroAlso fitsHabano wrapper · FullSame Habano wrapper family, about the same strength.
- Gurkha Ghost MaduroAlso fitsBrazilian wrapper · Medium to fullAlso made in the Dominican Republic, about the same strength.
- PDR El CriollitoAlso fitsCriollo wrapper · MediumAlso made in the Dominican Republic, a step milder.
- Omar Ortez OriginalsOne step furtherWrapper style not published · Medium-full to fullMore cocoa and coffee, about the same strength.
Picked by the palate test's own engine, as if you named Winston Churchill The Late Hour as a favourite: never more than one strength step above it, plain tobacco only, one cigar per brand.