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The Padilla Before Night Falls Churchill is a 7 x 50 Churchill with a Corojo-seed wrapper and Nicaraguan filler from Estelí and Jalapa, made by Ernesto Padilla with Yaxel Ortiz at Best Cigars S.A. in Nicaragua. It is the longest size in the 2025 Before Night Falls line, and we sell it as singles.
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Description
The Padilla Before Night Falls Churchill is a 7 x 50 Churchill from Ernesto Padilla, rolled in Nicaragua under a Corojo-seed wrapper with Nicaraguan filler grown in Estelí and Jalapa. It is the longest size in Before Night Falls, a 2025 project Padilla made with cigar maker Yaxel Ortiz.
What It Tastes Like
As of October 2026 we found no dated independent review of any Before Night Falls size, so we quote no tasting notes or scores. Padilla’s own product copy calls the Cuban-seed Corojo wrapper bold and the Jalapa and Estelí filler intense; that is the maker’s pitch, not a review. Our listed strength of medium-full is a store rating, not a review finding.
Who It’s For
- Padilla followers curious about his collaboration with Yaxel Ortiz.
- Fans of Corojo-wrapped Nicaraguan cigars who want Estelí and Jalapa leaf in the filler.
- Anyone with a long evening ahead for a 7-inch smoke.
Pros and Cons
Pros
- Made by Yaxel Ortiz’s Best Cigars S.A. factory in Nicaragua
- Filler drawn from two Nicaraguan growing regions, Estelí and Jalapa
Cons
- No independent ratings yet to guide you
- Sources do not agree on the binder or on where the wrapper leaf was grown
About Before Night Falls
Padilla showed the line at the 2025 PCA trade show, his first booth there in nearly a decade, and halfwheel listed a summer 2025 release in Robusto, Toro, Churchill and Gordo sizes. The title borrows from Reinaldo Arenas’s 1992 memoir, which traces the Cuban writer’s path from prison to his 1980 escape to the United States.
Compare Similar Cigars
- Padilla Before Night Falls Toro: the same blend in a shorter 6 x 52 format.
- Padilla Before Night Falls Robusto: the shortest size in the line, listed by halfwheel at 5 x 52.
- Padilla Before Night Falls Double Toro: the thickest of the four at 6 x 60 (halfwheel calls this size the Gordo).
- H. Upmann Nicaragua Sunrise Churchill By AJF: another 7 x 50 Churchill from Nicaragua, listed in our store with an Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper.
Padilla Before Night Falls Churchill FAQ
How big is the Padilla Before Night Falls Churchill?
halfwheel lists the Churchill at 7 x 50, the longest of the four sizes it reported at launch.
Who makes Before Night Falls?
Ernesto Padilla created it with Yaxel Ortiz, and halfwheel reports it is rolled at Ortiz’s Best Cigars S.A. factory in Nicaragua.
What tobacco is in the Churchill?
A Corojo-seed wrapper over filler from Estelí and Jalapa in Nicaragua. Our listing shows a Nicaraguan binder, while halfwheel’s trade show report lists the binder as undisclosed; halfwheel’s two reports also differ on the wrapper’s country (undisclosed in one, Ecuador in the other).
Where does the name Before Night Falls come from?
halfwheel says the line takes its name from Before Night Falls, the 1992 autobiography of Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas.
Ernesto Padilla’s other blends we stock are gathered on our Padilla cigars page.
Additional information
| Packaging Type | Single |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Strength | Medium-Full |
| Wrapper | Corojo |
| Binder | Nicaraguan |
| Filler | Nicaraguan |
| Length | 7" |
| Gauge | 50 |
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