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Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Red Meat Lovers: flavour profile and cigars like it

Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Red Meat Lovers is a handmade cigar made in Nicaragua. Its published strength is full. It has a Maduro Broadleaf wrapper and filler from Nicaragua and the United States. The tasting notes in our sources point to pepper and sweetness.

If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are Jaime Garcia Reserva and Perdomo Reserve 10th Anniversary Box-pressed Sungrown.

Published by Breaking Cigars · Editorial contact: Anatolie Clevan · Sources read · Corrected after an independent fact check, · How we built this

Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Red Meat Lovers cigar
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What does Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Red Meat Lovers taste like?

CreamCedarEarthPepperCocoaSweetFruitHerbal
Our flavour map: the eight flavour families named in the tasting notes we cite.
  • pepper and spice
  • natural sweetness

How strong is it, and what's in it?

WrapperConnecticut Broadleaf
BinderSan Andrés Negro
FillerNicaragua and USA tobacco.
StrengthFull as published by neptunecigar.com
BodyFull-bodied
Made inNicaragua
Made byDunbarton Tobacco & Trust; Steve Saka (creator/blender).
FactoryNicaraguan American Cigar, S.A. (NACSA), Estelí.
SizesPorterhouse 6×60 · Ribeye 6×52 · Beef Stick 6×48 · Filet Mignon 5×54 · Fritanga 6×52

Strength here means nicotine, which mostly comes from the filler. Wrapper colour is not a strength guide.

What reviewers say

Scores as published by the magazine or retailer, for the size named. Notes are our summary of the review, not quotes. We don't score cigars ourselves.

About Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Red Meat Lovers

The line. It began for Red Meat Lovers Club charity dinners. It later reached Dunbarton purveyors. dunbartoncigars.com

The brand. Steve Saka established family-held Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust in 2015. Dunbarton says its marcas are handcrafted at Joya de Nicaragua and NACSA. Exact factories remain line-specific. dunbartoncigars.com

Cigars like Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Red Meat Lovers

  1. Jaime Garcia ReservaClosest matchBroadleaf wrapper · Medium to fullSame Broadleaf wrapper family, also made in Nicaragua, a step milder.
  2. Perdomo Reserve 10th Anniversary Box-pressed SungrownAlso fitsWrapper style not published · Medium to fullAlso made in Nicaragua, a step milder.
  3. Illusione GaragisteAlso fitsHabano wrapper · Medium to fullAlso made in Nicaragua, a step milder.
  4. Aganorsa Leaf La Validación CorojoAlso fitsCorojo wrapper · Medium to fullAlso made in Nicaragua, a step milder.
  5. Saint Luis Rey Carenas UltramarOne step furtherHabano wrapper · Medium to fullA step milder.

Picked by the palate test's own engine, as if you named Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Red Meat Lovers as a favourite: never more than one strength step above it, plain tobacco only, one cigar per brand.

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