Cheap Stick Shootout 5: Oro Cubano Toro vs. Famous Dominican 4000 Churchill
Cheap Stick Shootout 5: Oro Cubano Churchill vs. Famous Dominican 4000 Churchill
This is a showdown between two very similar sticks, the Oro Cubano Toro featuring a dark brown splotchy wrapper with imperfections, stretch marks, a lumpy appearance, lifting seams, sloppy cap extremely light pack and mild tobacco aroma. Likewise the Famous Dominican Selection 4000 Churchill has flawed construction but has a red hue and slightly lighter shade. Starting with the Oro, first light reveals: a good draw with minimal smoke output showing mild-medium flavors of a sweet raw tobacco taste and short finish. The first third drops the sweetness just going to a smooth mild plain tobacco, the ash only holding for 1/2 inch at a time. 25 minutes in at the 1/2 way point – surprise – no changes! I ended this one at 40 minutes where the last couple inches got very hot an d soggy, leaving a nasty dirty ashtray lingering aftertaste.
The Famous Dominican 4000 Toro starts off with a good draw with plentiful smoke output showing medium-full body flavors of a smooth bitter grass and a finish of the same plus a bit of cinnamon. Performing much like the first contender, this goes to a mild-medium tobacco body but retains a bit more sweetness with the faint cinnamon hanging around on the longer finish. The 2nd third has quite a wok burn while flavors drop the bit of spice leaving the sweetness to a deep caramel, pushing the body to a solid medium. Ending at 40 minutes where it completely went out with 1.5″ remaining, the only change to the last third was the strength ramping up a bit matching the body at medium.
Thank you to viewer Steve Christopher for sending in the Oro! I apologize in advance, I lost the note from the bag the Famous was in – sender, please shoot me your name so I can add it in!
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Well done.
thanx B
MmmmMmmmm. Nothing better than a few cheap sticks to destroy one’s taste buds
Keep the reviews coming. Best entertainment there is while on the patio smoking a stick and watching reviews!
I won’t be happy until I see a Ron Mexico review!
You are going to be a miserable little man lol
Hey Bryan,
here’s a contest idea. fill a jar with cigar bands, take a picture, then everyone gets one guess at how many are in there, person to guess or closest guess wins.
Already did. Twice. Then gave away all the bands!
oh…it must of been a bit ago…i guess i haven’t been here long enough for those
You have to admit that sometimes the aroma of a backwoods when you’ve been drinking a bit is quite pleasing all at the same time makes you respect a well blended cigar.
i saw the video for the band giveaway. What ended up being the really cool idea that won?
Search is your friend: http://cigarobsession.com/2012/12/16/cigar-band-giveaway-the-vote/
Great review. The shootouts are among my favorite posts. Would you consider doing a vitola shoot-out? For example a Padron Londres side by side with a Padron 4000? I think your audience would enjoy your insights, if only for a tutorial on how flavor profiles change as wrapper to filler ratios change.
I love when you toss the stick out of disgust lol
So I just smoked an Oro Cubano and from the start it looked offer loosest packed cigar i’ve ever seen. looked like every bit of tobacco could fall out at anytime. I smoked it because today’s weather is awful in Wise, VA snowy and windy and I didn’t want to waste one of my premium cigars as I was really wanting to smoke not caring how bad it was but I actually kind of enjoyed the first 1/3 and half of the 2/3 but then the cigar literally fell completely apart I would never actually pay money for this. I got it as a gift…. some gift ha…ha
offer is awful* lol