Wednesday, June 17, 2020

Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Umbagog in Review "An Immersive Experience"

“Have you Kaplowitz’d to-day?”

Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Umbagog

WRAPPER: Connecticut Broadleaf
BINDER: Nicaraguan
FILLER: Nicaraguan

FORMAT: Toro
ORIGIN: NACSA, Nicaragua
INTENSITY: Medium-Full

WEBSITE: www.dunbartoncigars.com

NOTES:
Earth | Anise | Mocha

Quite umami, mouthwateringly-so. Worchestchire sauce, fully. Smoked meat, thinly. Earthen to its earthen core. Earthy af, dig? To recap: earthy, savory. Aspects of that are on-ahead anise & weightily lingering almost loitering mocha. <<< There are your primaries. Undertones are a green peppercorn, mesquite wood, separate from mocha Dutch Process cocoa. Spices are cinnamon, nutmeg, a clove hint.

Complex, yeah? Sure. You can't have a laundry list of flavor notes then say a thing lacks in complexity (fellow reviewers take note). Nuanced nicely into some roasted orange depths. Underbelly has a bit of dark sweet rye, molasses... pumpernickel. As far as delivery, even-keeled if not smooth & straight-forward, mainly. A sating blue-collar meal which would bust your desk jockey calorie count.

Operates flawlessly. Excellent pacing, even line, smooth draw, tight ash. Smoke out-put is hefty hefty hefty not wimpy wimpy wimpy. Leathery aroma, oily & rich. Sweetly-spiced. That's the long-legged finish too. An immersive experience, then. No nonsense but not of a glum manner. As easy-peasy as it is substantial, not breezy.

FINAL GRADE: B+
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79 D 60-69 F 0-59

::: very :::