La Galana Churchill LIVE

La Galana Churchill tasted LIVE. When? Where? I tasted the Churchill during my LIVE cigar consultation on the blog. The cigar consultation takes place every Monday from 19:00 to 19:45; this will continue until 17.05.21 and then again from November. Between the participants and their questions, I always had a few minutes to take notes on the taste of this La Galana Churchill. Would you like to be part of the cigar consultation LIVE and ask questions about cigars? Click here to find out all about it.

A cigar test is subjective

Note: How the cigar tastes is influenced by personal taste preferences, taste memories, the shape of the day, what you have eaten or drunk before. Even the lighting mood in the room has an influence on the experienced taste. The notes described here therefore do not have to match your own impressions.

Fact Sheet La Galana Churchill

• Format: Churchill (length: 178 / ring size: 49)
• Tobacco:
  • Wrapper: Honduras
  • Wrapper: Honduras
  • Filler: Honduras
• Price: Status April 2021
  • CHF 11.70 / box of 25 CHF 269.10
  • EUR 10.00 / box of 25 EUR 250.00 / Other packs possible depending on supplier
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Personal impressions of enjoying this Curchill

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First half

• Tongue, palate: Cocoa and acidity / the acidity decreases after a few minutes / very nutty
• Retronasalvery nutty
• R+ ZiZo vacuum technology: Brutal roasted aromas of wood and forest floor
• Umami: juicy / slightly spicy / roasted
• Strength 2/5

Second half

• Some earth / lots of nuts / roasted aromas / wonderful...

What is "retronasal"?

Retronasal cigar enjoyment enhances the taste. What it is and, why it works and how to do it please read here. Especially look at the ZiZo vacuum technology. Incredible increase in the enjoyment of the cigar!

What is the "R+ ZiZo vacuum technology"?

This is the consummate pleasure of a cigar. Hard to describe. I'll try. Here's an example: a baby sucking on a pacifier. Try this technique with a cigar. Very little smoke enters the mouth. But this passes over the tongue and goes right through the nose. I tried it on about 10 cigars before I mastered it. Please be very careful with this technique when practicing: the smoke got to the back of my larynx several times when I did this. It was really bad. But now that I can do it, it's an accomplished technique for enjoying a cigar.

What is umami?

This means "savory", "spicy", "essence", "meaty". This blending of taste sensations is perceived in the middle of the tongue. You can find a good article about it on Wikipedia. 

Non Cuba cigars and the important acclimatization

Acclimatization recommendation: 1 week in the humidor with cellophane.

The fact is: You don't know when the cigar was imported and how long its resting period was at the importer. You also do not know how long the resting phase was at the dealer. The cigars have a shock after their transport from the tropics to us in Europe. They have to acclimatize first. The industry is sales-oriented. The cigars have to get to the retail market quickly. Therefore, it can happen that they do not taste as they should.

If you buy single copies

Place the cigar with the cellophane in the humidor. If your cigar does not have cellophane: Put them in tubos and then in the humidor. Or you can put the single cigar in a Zippo bag and put a small Boveda in it. Then you put it closed in the humidor. Cigars that are stored open without cellophane or a box lose their flavor very quickly. This is proven in this article with experiments.

Cigars ZEN with Annette Meisl

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Conclusion La Galana Churchill

The La Galana Churchill is light in strength and has a lot of aroma. I like this classic and elegant format. Even an ageing period of just under a year gives this cigar even more flavor and aroma. Great. Of course, it is already delicious after purchase. The nutty and cocoa flavors strongly dominated this one. I checked my other notes on this cigar. In the others, cocoa, sweetness and acidity predominated.

You can see how the personal form of the day plays an important role. But my LIVE advice via ZOOM played a role in this tasting. Because I answered the participants' many questions about cigars. Of course, I was also distracted.

Would you like to be part of the cigar consultation LIVE and ask questions about cigars? Click here to find out all about it.

Buy recommendation: Oh yes, definitely! Because the price is also top, as is the quality of this cigar!