Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Cigars Sin Compromiso Intrepido in Review

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Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Cigars Sin Compromiso Intrepido in Review

WRAPPER: San Andres Negro
BINDER: Ecuadorian Habano
FILLER: Nicaraguan

FORMAT: Intrepido (5.63x46) Box Press Pig-tail
ORIGIN: Joya de Nicaragua
INTENSITY: Medium-full

NOTES:

Wood array | Dried peppers | Leather

Smoky charred notes. Hard notes. Dry notes. Hickory, chicory, toasted almond slices, Italian roasted coffee beans. Not a dry profile, though. A stiff leather note sweats out oils and an umami sauce akin to Worcestershire flits about. Back to dry--red seasonings, black pepper, a tick cayenne &/or red pepper flake (they take turns). Oak, a scorched barrel, structures in steadfast fashion. A lock-step march of a delivery on heavily tamped composted earth. Anise goes in and out like Mama's squeezebox (unintended erotica). Balance is a little tilted by smoky-char-scorch. 

There are small easy complexities of "oh." These are typically little deviations in the march. A quick turn of the head to the side, say. Just to catch an interesting glimpse. Nuances are lacking on account of the aforementioned heavy tamping not allowing for entrenching. Picture skipping stones across a dried-out lake. Still, a pleasing and sating profile that sits comfortably hearty in your breadbasket. Toasted grains. Barley and buckwheat, not lighter cereal stuffs. Something like holding a slab of beef jerky in your mouth for a few minutes sidles in at the second-half. Amaretto.

As to construction, combustion, and the like: quite aerated ash dumps fairly frequently and is of a swarthy complexion. The burn-line wobbles only slightly but on a somewhat wide mascara. Draws hesitantly at times. Thems the dings. All else is rolled and performs well. A moderate-only smoke out-put seems against the grain of the DT&T portfolio but the aroma and room-note are each their own selling points. Complex bittersweet savory meanderings linger long with the addition of tropical floral notes that eventually flow lightly onto the palate.

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

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

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