1098. Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Year of the Duque 2025

Bought from Sir Louis Cigars, USA.

Location: This review was made in a cigar lounge.

Information:
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Rosado
Binder: Mexican San Andrés Negro
Filler: Nicaragua & USA Pennsylvania
Origin: Nicaragua

Factory: Fábrica de Tabacos Joya de Nicaragua S.A. (Nicaragua)
Box: Sold in 14 count boxes.
Release: 2025
Availability: Limited Edition of 2000 boxes of 14 cigars.

Size: 5×48, Robusto.

Wrapper: Chestnut brown, oily and smooth texture with small veins.

Construction: Fairly firm and a little uneven feel when lightly squeezed.

Cold draw: Cedarwood.

1st third: Starts with buttered roasted chestnuts, nutmeg, ginger spice and cedarwood.

2nd third: Unchanged.

Burn: Burns fairly sharp with a firm and stable white ash.

Smoke: Voluminous smoke with a cool feeling on the tongue with a light draw.

3rd third: Keeps steady inline from start to end.

Duration: 16:55-17:45, 50min.

Conclusion: A mild bodied cigar with a medium strength profile. It’s good but nothing special.

Result: In my book this is a 89 point cigar.

/Cigar Reviewer André