Davidoff Winston Churchill Limited Edition 2025

Description

Perfection In Every Layer

Sir Winston Churchill was a man of many facets – the world leader’s diverse interests governed his daily routines and complemented one another. One way for Sir Winston to unwind from the rigours of running a country was through his love for art.

A painter of note, it was Sir Winston Churchill’s achievements on the canvas which gave him as much pride as those on the world’s stage. Brush in one hand, cigar in the other, he would apply his artistry layer by layer, blended to a complex masterpiece that would delight those indulging in it. Inspired by this routine, the Davidoff Master Blenders composed this limited-edition cigar with a multi-origin blend that is as layered as Sir Winston and his paintings.

Sir Winston’s Favourite Cigar Format – The Churchill

The Churchill format of the Limited-Edition cigar was not only Sir Winston’s personal favourite; it is also the largest format out of the Davidoff Winston Churchill Limited Editions, allowing aficionados to enjoy the complex multi-origin blend for an extra long time. Enjoying a Churchill format is associated with moments of relaxation, making the Limited Edition the perfect accompaniment when sitting back to admire Sir Winston’s work – even more so since it was named after him.

The Limited Edition 2025 is the fifth limited edition of the Winston Churchill “The Original Series”. The Davidoff Master Blenders crafted the limited cigar with the same multi-origin tobaccos as in The Original Series, but creatively balanced them in different proportions to create an entirely new taste experience.

The Churchill delights with complex flavours of nuts, black coffee and cedar wood. The tobacco from the Dominican Martin Garcia zone, with its high exposure to sunlight and very rich dark soil, adds a unique complexity and sweetness to the cigar. This cigar would have been the perfect companion for one of Sir Winston’s painting sessions. A man of great complexity deserves a cigar of equal depth. Size: Churchill 7 x 48.

• Wrapper: Ecuador
• Binder: Mexico
• Filler: Nicaragua, Dominican Republic

The Churchill Cigar Pairs Exceptionally Well With an Espresso Martini

As you enjoy the different nuances and flavours of the drink, the cigar perfectly enhances the experience with its coffee notes, especially in the second third. In addition, the creaminess of the drink is nicely complemented by the spicy notes of the cigar.

About Davidoff Cigars

Davidoff is a Swiss premium brand of cigars, cigarettes and smoker’s accessories. The Davidoff cigarette brand has been owned by Imperial Brands after purchasing it in 2006. The non-cigarette portion of the Davidoff tobacco brand is owned by Oettinger Davidoff AG, which is based in Basel, Switzerland.

Oettinger Davidoff AG manufactures cigars, cigarillos, pipe tobaccos and smoker’s accessories under the brands Davidoff, Camacho and Zino Platinum. The cigars are produced in the Dominican Republic and Honduras, and tobacco is sourced from the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Brazil, Peru, Mexico, Ecuador, Honduras and the United States of America.

The brand name Davidoff originates from the surname of its Switzerland-Jewish-born founder, Zino Davidoff (born Sussele-Meier Davidoff; 1906, Novhorod-Siverskyi – 1994, Geneva), who ran a tobacco specialist shop in Geneva, Switzerland, from 1926 to 1994. He was known as the “King of Cigars”.

After the Second World War, Zino Davidoff decided to acquire a licence to produce his own series of cigars. As he had discerning international customers, he named the various formats of this “Château” cigar series after famous Bordeaux vineyard estates. The first in the series was the “Château Latour” in 1946.

In 1967, Zino Davidoff was approached by Cubatabaco, Cuba’s state tobacco monopoly, about creating a line of cigars carrying the “Davidoff” name. The cigars were rolled in the newly established El Laguito factory in Havana, which had been established to roll Cuban President Fidel Castro’s own personal cigars, named Cohíba.

In 1968, the first cigars carrying the name “Davidoff” were released. The first formats were the No. 1, the No. 2 and the Ambassadrice. In 1970, Oettinger AG, located in Basel, Switzerland, acquired the rights to the Davidoff trademark.

In 1971, the Davidoff “Mini Cigarillos” (short fillers made of 100% tobacco) and, in 1972, the first Davidoff pipe tobaccos were released. As of 1975, the cigars of the Château series were delivered in cabinets bearing the Davidoff logo.

In 1976, the “Mille Series” and, in 1977, the “Dom Pérignon” cigar, named after the champagne, were released. In 1986, a limited release of “Anniversario” cigars were produced, to celebrate Zino Davidoff’s 80th birthday.

The Zino Davidoff Group was spun out of Davidoff in 1980 to exclusively market non-tobacco luxury goods such as watches, leather goods, pens, fragrances, eyewear, coffee, and cognac. Public health researchers have suggested that this was in order to engage in trademark diversification (also known as “brand stretching”) to promote the tobacco products, because it allows for advertising the brand in the face of restrictions on the direct promotion of tobacco products.

After numerous disputes over quality and ownership rights, Zino Davidoff and Cubatabaco decided to end their relationship. Leading up to this, in August 1989, Zino had publicly burned over one hundred thousand cigars that he had deemed of low quality and unfit to sell. All Davidoff products produced in Cuba were officially discontinued in 1991. An agreement was signed that no more Davidoff cigars from Cuba would be sold.

In 1990, after discontinuing Cuban-made products, Davidoff started to produce cigars in the Dominican Republic. After numerous test runs, Zino Davidoff found a partner in the local producer “Tabadom”, owned by Hendrik Kelner.

In 1991, the first Dominican-made Davidoff cigars were launched, continuing the product lines and cigar formats of their Cuban predecessors. With the move to the Dominican Republic, the Château series was renamed “Grand Cru”, and the individual formats were numbered instead of carrying the names of vineyard estates.

In 1991, the limited release called “Aniversario” became an ongoing cigar series, called the “Aniversario” series. In 1992, the “Special” cigar series was released, with the format “Special R” as the first product. In 1994, the 87-year-old Zino Davidoff died in Geneva, Switzerland.