The new Romeo y Julieta Petit Royale, which was introducing in 2017 as a brand new half-Churchill vitola from Habanos, is a superb offering of a Cuban short-smoke entr’acto, offering both rich and changing flavor in an excellent full-bodied little package. Some kinky, gnarly veins riddle the wrapper of this short Robusto, but it smokes evenly. Initial herbal, floral and woody notes intensify to show a graham cracker sweetness and a coffee-like mocha finish. It’s fitting that the Petit Royale, a half-Churchill in the Romeo y Julieta line, as RyJ is a historic Cuban cigar marque that the real Winston Churchill himself often favored!