The Charatan London Maduro Half Churchill draws on Charatan’s 160-year history that began with a London tobacconist in 1863 and now unfolds in Nicaragua’s cigar-making tradition. Its Mexican San Andrés Maduro wrapper and Nicaraguan binder and filler create a medium-to-full profile with dark chocolate, roasted coffee and earthy spice across its shorter Half Churchill format, offering depth in a compact smoke. It smokes well alongside coffee, aged rum or a rich stout, each complementing the Maduro’s cocoa and roast character.
Length: 3 ½"
Ring Gauge: 46
Strength: Medium-to-Full
Vitola: Half Churchill
Smoking Time: ~25–40 min
Wrapper: Mexican San Andrés Maduro
Binder: Nicaraguan
Filler: Nicaraguan
Charatan:
Charatan is a British tobacco brand with roots stretching back to 1863, when Frederick Charatan opened a small tobacco and pipe shop on Mansell Street in London. The company built its reputation through traditional craftsmanship in pipe making, eventually becoming well regarded among aficionados across the UK and beyond. Over the decades the business changed hands, including ownership by Dunhill Tobacco of London. In the 1990s, Charatan cigars were introduced under the Dunhill umbrella and quickly became the best-selling Nicaraguan premium cigar in the UK.
Today Charatan sits at the intersection of British heritage and Nicaraguan cigar craftsmanship, with its cigars hand-rolled in Nicaragua and blending that long legacy with contemporary design and tobacco expertise.
