The Connecticut Broadleaf Maduro is such a oily tasty wrapper, although it is often very thick, course, and frequently filled with veins. It is my favorite. The thickness is a plus - if you chew the end while you smoke, and the oily wrapper is better to chew. The other thinner Connecticut wrappers just melts with saliva and teeth. The cigars are often sturdier due to the wrapper, and are also sturdy when it is used as a binder. It makes a terrific binder! A sturdy cigar is a must for a smoke while working around the yard, or other active times. The CBLM wrapper is also sweet, and that is a fine addition to most cigars. The Habano wrapper and the Corojo are also denser that others, but not as dense as the CBLM. They are often a bit spicy/tart, and that doesn't serve as well if they are chewed. I am partial to the Connecticut grown CBLM. Some are actually grown in Ecuador now, but haven't found them to be as dense and tasty as the American grown ones.
Trinidad is an interesting name for a cigar. Habanos (Cuban) has a line by this name, so does Altadis. The Altadis had a natural (Dominican) wrapper, then they added the CBLM line, which has Domincan, Nicaraguan, and Peruvian fillers. The Trinidad Maduro Churchill is a 7x58 behemoth, imbued with the CBLM wrapper.
The box I selected from had at least 1 year of aging in the humidor. I found it to be spongy in terms of construction, and really burned too fast for the size. The construction was otherwise good and burned well, except for the decreased density.The taste was pleasant, but hard to appreciate due to the rapid burn (probably due to too fast a draw!). One could call it medium strength. It was smooth, and not bitter!
I purchased mine on clearance, but wouldn't buy another box at regular price (due to the density). I will have to try another size... would expect more density in the smaller cigars. That seems to be my enduring complaint against Churchills, as I have been gradually evolving to smaller cigars (i.e. the denser toro/belicoso/torpedo or robusto sizes). It is hard to find a good dense Churchill with a good draw, as they seem to be too spongy or too dense.
Remarkable News! Walter Kendall and Gwendolyn Myers have been caught in their bitterness spying for the Cubans. Maybe they were trying to steal seeds from this CBLM leaf for the Cubans? As this cigar has a Cuban alternative, I dedicate it in honor of their criminal prosecutors! The CBLM is not bitter!
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