Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Sobremesa Solita Short Churchill
📌 Brand: Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust
📌 Line: Sobremesa Solita
📌 Size: Short Churchill (4 3/4" × 48)
📌 Weight: 12.7 g
📌 Age: 2 years
📌 Origin: Nicaragua
Tasting Notes
Cedar – Elegant and refined throughout
Cream – Smooth, silky texture
Baking Spice – Gentle cinnamon and nutmeg notes
Toasted Nuts – Soft, lingering finish
First Impressions
The Sobremesa Solita Short Churchill is beautifully presented with a silky Ecuadorian wrapper and perfect construction. It feels firm and evenly packed in hand. Pre-light aroma reveals cedar, cream, and subtle spice. The cold draw is ideal, offering sweetness and balance immediately.
Smoking Experience
First Third – Opens smooth and elegant with cedar, cream, and a touch of baking spice. The smoke is rich and refined.
Second Third – Toasted nuts and gentle pepper emerge, adding depth while the cigar maintains perfect balance and construction.
Final Third – The cigar stays smooth and pleasant, but the profile becomes noticeably blander, losing some of the complexity and richness of the earlier sections.
Pairings
Alcohol – Cognac Delamain Pale & Dry XO (France) - Elegant fruit, vanilla, and light oak pair beautifully with the cigar’s refined cedar and cream.
Tea – Taiwan Four Seasons Oolong - Floral sweetness and delicate freshness help maintain interest as the cigar becomes softer toward the end.
Music Pairing
“Chan Chan” – Buena Vista Social Club
Gentle and nostalgic, fitting the cigar’s mellow and slightly subdued finish.
Final Thoughts
DTT Sobremesa Solita Short Churchill is a refined and beautifully made cigar with excellent construction and an elegant mix of cedar, cream, and spice. Only the final third becoming bland keeps it from reaching a higher score.
Final Score: 9/10
Why not a 10?
The final third loses too much of the complexity and richness that make the first two-thirds so enjoyable.
Only cigars that deliver flawless draw, balance, flavour evolution, construction and satisfaction get a 10.