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Dunhill Signed Range Robusto

Today we’re going to look at something that’s slightly different from our usual Latin or American-based cigar brands and look further eastward–England to be specific. We’ll be reviewing a cigar from Dunhill, one of England’s oldest cigar brands, and a perennial supplier of cigars to notable cigar smokers such as Sir Winston Churchill.

While the Dunhill Signed Range Robusto certainly carries an English name, its origins are unmistakably of various regions. It’s made under the watchful eyes of the Torano family in Nicaragua and is composed mostly of tobaccos grown in the same region as well as Africa and the Carribean.

Quick Details

Size: 4 1/2 x 52

Origin: Nicaragua

Wrapper: Nicaragua

Binder: Cameroon

Filler: Nicaraguan and Dominican blend

Price: around $12.00 per stick

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Construction

I can tell that a generous amount of care was given to the construction of this cigar. the beautiful dark brown wrapper basically has invisible seams and hardly has any big or medium-sized veins. Though the cigar’s wrapper isn’t toothy, it’s certainly oily and adds a touch of refinement to the cigar’s already uniform profile. This stick is heavy on the hand, and hardly a soft spot can be detected on its body. An earthy tobacco scent can be gleaned from the cigar’s surface while a pleasant baking sweetness is present from the foot. The pre-light draw is quite perfect and suggests flavors of hay and fruit-like sweetness.

Flavors

Bitter renditions of earth and coffee greet me upon lighting the cigar. This bitterness isn’t harsh; quite the opposite in fact. The delivery of these flavors is very precise and smooth, giving each puff a short but clean finish. After a few minutes, the finish carries a floral component that, weird as it may sound, actually goes quite well with the bitter flavor base.

A faint hint of citrus also joins in around the second third of the smoking experience, with bitter flavors of coffee and earth still dominating the flavor base. A creamy element of nuts also becomes more evident around this part of the stick especially through the retrohale.

The last third shows off a more subdued version of the bitter flavor notes, allowing a nuanced cinnamon flavor to come through to strengthen the nutty flavor element. However, the overall flavor profile does become a tad bland around this part of the smoking experience. This becomes more noticeable during the last few minutes of the cigar where the nutty flavors disappear, even through the retrohale.

Burn

The cigar’s burn was above average. The burn line was slanted at first, but it did eventually correct itself and provided a worry-free performance. Its moke was delightfully thick and creamy, and while the ash wasn’t exactly strong, it did manage to hold on every inch or so before falling off.

Overall Insights

This cigar was quite honestly enjoyable. I liked the subdued rendition of the bitter flavor as it gives a more luxurious sophistication and refinement. The flavors are also quite complex as a whole, but that slight blandness during the last third keeps on nagging at me. In addition, I’m not sure the $12.00 price tag is worth it. I would have given this cigar a fourth-drawer rating if it was around ten dollars or lower, but unfortunately that price tag pulls this stick down to a third-drawer rating.

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Los Blancos Cigarros Nine Robusto

I have to admit that I didn’t know anything about this cigar until fellow cigar enthusiast offered it up for a trade a few months ago. Knowing nothing about the cigar, my curiosity was obviously piqued; It was all the reason I needed to see what this cigar had to offer.

Quick Details

Size: 5 x 52

Origin: Nicaragua

Wrapper: Nicaragua Corojo Oscuro

Binder: Nicaragua

Filler: Nicaragua

Price: around $6.00 per stick

Construction

This is quite an impressive cigar as far as aesthetics are concerned. Aside from the beautiful double band, the Nine also sports an oily and toothy wrapper similar to the one on the Buena Vista stick we reviewed a while back. In fact, looking at this cigar’s wrapper immediately reminds me of the Buena Vista. While the cap’s seams aren’t exactly tightly applied, the wrapper seams are at least properly glued. The hefty body has minimal veining, and while it was quite solid, there was a nice suppleness to it that can be discerned in certain areas.

The Nine doesn’t have a lot to offer in terms of pre-light scents other than a hint of cedar and pepper from the foot. The body isn’t exactly aromatic, but there is a very faint tobacco scent to it. The same can be said of the perfect draw; it doesn’t have a lot of flavors to suggest other than a faint woody flavor.

Flavors

Coffee. Earth. Wood. Faint Spice. These are the first things that come to mind after a few puffs from the Nine. There’s also a nice orange peel citrus flavor that comes through from time to time, but it’s more present through the retrohale. These flavors open up in a bold fashion but quickly smoothens out before the end of the fist third.

The second third offers up an interesting mixture of citrus, cream and wood as the foundation for the flavor profile. The spice further loses ground around this part of the cigar, but it’s not completely absent.

The last third brings a creamy coffee element to the flavors while pushing the citrus into the background. A pleasant cinnamon element also joins in, leaving the flavor profile dominantly sweet and spicy at the same time.

Burn

The Nine’s burn ( I usually use Vector Thundra Desktop Lighter, a triple flame lighter: one of the best cigar lighter to burn my cigar) line starts out with an impressive even line, only to grow uneven as it progressed towards the second third of the cigar. It does regain its composure however, and by the time it reaches the last third, the same beautiful even burn line becomes ever present but only for a fleeting moment as it gave in to a canoeing issue. I didn’t have any complaints with the cigar’s smoke and ash either, as both were respectively creamy and firm.

Overall Insights

This was an enjoyable cigar from start to finish. I appreciated the complexity of the flavors even though they were a bit on the bold side at first, but the cigar’s sophistication easily and quickly corrected that before it became a big issue for me. The flavor transitions from third to third also strengthens the cigar’s sophisticated qualities, and its aesthetic qualities rival a lot of cigars of the same price point. I do have a slight issue with the burn line, and with that I’m giving it a fourth drawer rating.