Dunbarton Cigars Mi Querida Gorila Gordo in Review

BRAND: Dunbarton T&T
BLEND: Mi Querida Gorila Gordo

WRAPPER: Connecticut Broadleaf
BINDER: Nicaraguan
FILLER: Nicaraguan

FORMAT: Gordo (660) 109 Bullet Head
ORIGIN: Nicaragua
INTENSITY: Medium-full
SPICE: 2.5/5

NOTES:
Root Beer Barrel hard candies, rolled in brewer's yeast. Then, how Black Baccara roses might taste (for all I know) in moist, heavily fertilized top-soil. Back-end shows a slight metallic, quite cleansing addition. 'Tween is a slice of toasted dark rye with caraway seeds, spread thinly with a tart orange marmalade. Allspice and clove hints. Green peppercorn. Capers and a lavender latte?

Softly contoured Belicoso. Softly contoured palate. Huddled quite-closely in on itself. Pre-dawn fog. Consistent, balanced. A lot of not each enough at times; but far more meditative than boring. That, mainly in light of some surprising notes. The most interesting fellow in a crowded room, lingering in a corner by himself. Slowly rehearsing his avant-garde poetry set as the act before wraps up.

TASTE: A-
DRAW: A-
BURN: B+
BUILD: B+

FINAL GRADE: A-
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79

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Kaplowitz Media. Cigars of the Month for November 2025

Kaplowitz Media.
Cigars of the Month
for November 2025

(listed in alphabetical order)
(names are links to full reviews)

Don Doroteo El Legado 1936
Dunbarton Umbagog Bronzeback Robusto
Room101 Namakubi Chingon Ltd 2024

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Dunbarton Cigars Umbagog Bronzeback Robusto in Review

BRAND: Dunbarton T&T
BLEND: Umbagog Bronzeback

WRAPPER: American Connecticut Broadleaf
BINDER: Nicaraguan
FILLER: Nicaraguan

FORMAT: Robusto (552)
ORIGIN: Nicaragua
INTENSITY: Medium
SPICE: 3/5

NOTES:
Dessert spice | Cedar | White pepper

Sweet not sharp pale dessert spices. Obviously solid, deceptively smooth. Malty textbook pages. Animalic depths. Caramel. Praline. White pepper. Sweet bread. Cozy cedar. A clean underneath of salted minerality; floral cotton fabric overneath. Richly-densely nuanced, a warm evolution.

Carefree and intense, a smokeable juxtaposition.

As to the nuts & bolts of the combustion & construction; Excellent draw and burn (see below). Smoke out-put is sans complaint. Ash grows solid, long. Burn-rate is moderate to slow, evenly-so. Build takes a ding (see belower) as pack does tend to soften some on-down.

TASTE: A
DRAW: A-
BURN: A-
BUILD: B+

FINAL GRADE: A-
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79

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Don Doroteo Cigars El Vencedor 1942 21 Anos in Review

BRAND: Don Doroteo
BLEND: El Vencedor 1942

WRAPPER: Ecuadorian Corojo
BINDER: Dominican
FILLER: Dominican, Nicaraguan

FORMAT: Toro (5.5x54)
ORIGIN: Dominican Republic (La Aurora)
INTENSITY: Medium
SPICE: 2.5/5

NOTES:
Leather | Dr. Pepper | Amaretto

Starts in reverse-order of italics above. Settles into as noted outside of onset. Starts on a jagged-burn, almost evens out at about that same time. Smokes quick throughout. Chicken coop, barnyard. Seams loosen, don't open. Draw is a tick-towards airy. Fuzzy sweet malt, spiced apricot. Transitional; mildly not wildly.

TASTE: A-
DRAW: B+
BURN: B
BUILD: B+

FINAL GRADE: B+
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79

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