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Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Sobremesa Brûlée Blue Unicorn: flavour profile and cigars like it

Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Sobremesa Brûlée Blue Unicorn is a handmade cigar made in Nicaragua. Its published strength is mild to medium. It has a Claro Connecticut wrapper grown in Ecuador and filler from Nicaragua. The tasting notes in our sources point to cream and cedar.

If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are Southern Draw Rose of Sharon and Carlos Toraño Casa Toraño.

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

Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Sobremesa Brûlée Blue Unicorn cigar
Cigar or packaging. Size not confirmed. Photo: dunbartoncigars.com. Framing by Breaking Cigars.

What does Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Sobremesa Brûlée Blue Unicorn taste like?

CreamCedarEarthPepperCocoaSweetFruitHerbal
Our flavour map: the eight flavour families named in the tasting notes we cite.
  • cream and nuts
  • cedar and wood

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

WrapperEcuador Connecticut Shade, Grade A++
BinderCultivo Tonto San Andrés Negro
FillerExtra Select Nicaraguan tobaccos
StrengthMild to medium as published by dunbartoncigars.com
BodyMild-to-medium through two thirds
Made inNicaragua
Made byDunbarton Tobacco & Trust
BlenderSteve Saka
FactoryFábrica de Tabacos Joya de Nicaragua, S.A.
SizesDiadema 6.25×60

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

What reviewers say

  • cigar-coop.com: 90 points, Diadema Deluxe, 6.25 x 60 (2024)In our words: The reviewer found cream, butterscotch, bread, and cedar. Touch-ups were needed.

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 Sobremesa Brûlée Blue Unicorn

The line. The 2023 release adapted Brûlée Blue to the Unicorn Diadema format. cigar-coop.com

The brand. Steve Saka established Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust in 2015. Dunbarton says its marcas are crafted at Joya and NACSA in Estelí. dunbartoncigars.com

Cigars like Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Sobremesa Brûlée Blue Unicorn

  1. Southern Draw Rose of SharonClosest matchConnecticut wrapper · Mild to mediumSame Connecticut wrapper family, also made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.
  2. Carlos Toraño Casa TorañoAlso fitsConnecticut wrapper · Mild to mediumSame Connecticut wrapper family, about the same strength.
  3. My Father ConnecticutAlso fitsConnecticut wrapper · Mild to mediumSame Connecticut wrapper family, also made in Nicaragua, more pepper and spice, about the same strength.
  4. A.J. Fernandez New World ConnecticutAlso fitsConnecticut wrapper · Mild to mediumSame Connecticut wrapper family, also made in Nicaragua, more cocoa and coffee, about the same strength.
  5. Esteban Carreras White LabelOne step furtherConnecticut wrapper · Mild to mediumSame Connecticut wrapper family, also made in Nicaragua, more fruit and floral, about the same strength.

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

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