Cigar Preview: Mi Querida by Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust

mi-queridaVitola: Muy Gordo Grande
Size: 6″ x 56 ring gauge
Price $9.95 MSRP
IPCPR Show Sample

Background

I know the show was over a couple months ago, but my life has been a little crazy recently so I’m just getting to some of the samples I was given from there.  However I haven’t seen this in the shop so it wouldn’t have mattered anyway, lol.  Dave has had them at his shop and was able to write a good review of this cigar here.  This was my first experience with this cigar.

Prelight

The wrapper was a very dark brown color, similar to a lot of the other CT Broadleaf cigars out there.  I also noticed some golden highlights surrounding some of the veins.  Like a good broadleaf should it exhibited a lot of tooth and oils.  The simple band is easy to read, although it doesn’t give a clue who the maker is.  When I gave it a squeeze it was fairly firm without soft spots.  Putting my nose to the wrapper I got the aroma of wood and leather, with cocoa coming from the foot.  After clipping it and taking a cold draw on it I got a good draw with the flavor of dry cocoa powder.

Flavor

It starts off with the flavors of cocoa, wood, leather with spice on the tongue and retrohale.  The cocoa/chocolate flavors built until they almost overwhelmed the rest as I progressed through this third.  It started off at the upper end of medium strength.  The flavors changed slightly as I moved into the second third to cinnamon, cocoa, wood and leather.  The strength stayed the same.  Once I got into the final third the flavors were pretty consistent; chocolate, leather, earth, spice and a sweet finish.  It moved the bottom end of full strength during the final third, with me getting a slight nicotine hit from it.

Construction

The draw was pretty good throughout, while it could be have been a little more open for my taste.  The burn was pretty good but it needed a correction or two.

Value

I’m very glad to see a new cigar priced under $10.  It seems to be priced right in between it’s main competitor’s value line and premium line.

Conclusions

Like Dave I was a little unimpressed with this larger size, seeing that there could be something there in a different size.  I will definitely be giving the smaller ring gauge sizes a try, whenever they show up at my local shop.

Keith Hollar

Keith has been a cigar enthusiast since 2003 and it's rumored that he remembers details about every single cigar he's ever smoked. He wrote for Tiki Bar Online for four years before co-founding Leaf Enthusiast. Twitter: @Keith1911

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