Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Sin Compromiso Seleccion No. 4

By Tony Casas | December 21, 2024

Grearing up for the holidays? I know we are here. Kicking it off with a much deserved, long vacation. To start the celebration on the right foot I decided to fire up a Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Sin Compromiso Sleccion No. 4.

The Good Stuff:

Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust’s Sin Compromiso has been a hit right out the gate. Years ago the founder of the brand, Steve Saka created and released the first portfolio line and has never looked back. This year he dropped the Seleccion No. 4. In the most Steve Saka of ways, he states that he was never quite happy with the Robusto format in the blend. He’s a perfectionist in the best/worst kind of ways, as the name Sin Compromiso suggests. This lead to him tweaking the blend a bit in order to achieve the experience he was looking for which in turn, produced the Seleccion No. 4. Offered in a single 5 x 54 prensado format, the blend features a Mexican San Andres negro “Cultivo Tonto” wrapper over an Ecuadorian Habano binder and fillers from Nicaragua. This regular production cigar comes packaged in boxes of 13 running $17.95 per cigar. huge thanks to the Dunbarton team for sending these our way for review.

• Size: 5 x 54
• Wrapper: Mexican San Andres Negro Cultivo Tonto
• Binder: Ecuadorian Habano
• Filler: Nicaraguan
• Body: Full
• Strength: Medium/Full
• Price: $17.95

Prelight:

After removing the cedar sleeve the Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Sin Compromiso Sleccion No. 4 reveals a brilliantly dark, consistent brown wrapper. The wrapper’s texture is very toothy and gritty with only a slight amount of oils coating it. The wrapper feels very dense, thick and hard while the cigar as a whole has some weight to it with no soft spots to be found. There are a few minor veins running their course through the cigar’s body leading up to a round, double-wrapped cap. I absolutely love the soft box-pressed format as it’s so comfortable in both hand and mouth. The cigar is polished off with the standard black and manilla Sin Compromiso crest.

The wrapper on the Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Sin Compromiso Sleccion No. 4 gives off notes of cedar and musk while the foot of the cigar carries some nice spice over lots of natural tobacco aromas. The cap cut clean with a little extra effort due to the density of it. The cold draw produces mostly musky and earthy flavors over some nice tobacco and spice notes.

First Third:

The Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Sin Compromiso Sleccion No. 4 starts out with some very slight pepper which fades instantly allowing the cigar to showcase some deep, dark chocolate flavors over earthiness, slightly charred wood, light coffee, and a bit of pine on the aftertaste. The draw is perfect as each little puff kicks out a massive amount of thick, white smoke that hangs out for a very long time before dissipating while the cigar releases a ton of stationary smoke while it rest in my ashtray. The burn line is dead even and razor thin leaving behind a beautiful trail of tightly compacted white ash which held on for almost an inch before giving way.

Second Third:

Dry chocolate, chocolate, and more chocolate. That’s the dominating flavor in the Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Sin Compromiso Sleccion No. 4. Backed by some nice musk and earthiness, light coffee, cardamom and a light floral aftertaste. The retrohale brings out a little spice that is buried underneath everything else. The cigar is still burning perfectly as I close out the second third with no nicotine hit.

Finish:

Into the final third of the Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Sin Compromiso Sleccion No. 4. and I am still really enjoy this flavor profile. Lots of dark chocolate still over notes of pecan, and earthy tobacco with lighter notes of cedar and pine. It took me an hour and a half to smoke this cigar down to the nub. I experienced no harshness, no heat, and no sap as the cigar burned like a champ from start to finish. I close out with only the lightest of nicotine hits.

Overview:

Let’s just get this out of the way. Steve Saka makes great cigars that I love. Bias? Whatever you want to make of that. I just feel a lot of his brands fit my personal preference very well and in the end, that’s what matters. This is why I liked it: First, the construction and burn was perfect from start to finish. I never had to mess with my torch. Second, the flavor profile was great. It’s not the most complex cigar and it didn’t need to be. I really enjoyed the flavor structure and consistency. Lastly the cigar has a ton of great body, but isn’t overpowered by strength. This mixture makes for a wonderful cigar that I would love to keep in my regular rotation.