About this cigar
Made in the Dominican Republic, the Tortuga 1948 Connecticut Churchill comes in the Churchill format: 178 mm long with a 50 ring gauge (19.8 mm). Tobaccos: wrapper Connecticut Shade, binder Dominican Republic and filler Dominican Republic. Strength: mild to medium; smoking time about 111 minutes. In the 1948 Connecticut line (4 sizes), it is the longest and the one with the smallest ring gauge. Noted flavors: cream, cedar and hazelnut.
Launched by the Honduran house Tortuga, the 1948 Connecticut line offers this Churchill measuring 178 mm with a 50 ring gauge. Its Connecticut Shade wrapper, binder and filler all come from the Dominican Republic. Light to medium in strength, with notes of cream, cedar and hazelnut.
Specifications
- Brand
- Tortuga
- Line
- 1948 Connecticut
- Vitola
- 1948 Connecticut Churchill
- Size
- Churchill
- Length
- 178 mm · 7.01″
- Ring gauge
- 50 · 19.8 mm
- Wrapper
- Connecticut Shade
- Wrapper shade
- Colorado
- Binder
- Dominican Republic
- Filler
- Dominican Republic
- Country of manufacture
- 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
- Smoking time
- About 111 min
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