Dunbarton Sobremesa Brûlée Robusto

The Dunbarton Sobremesa Brûlée Robusto is a significant milestone in the Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust story: it was Steve Saka's first cigar to use a Connecticut wrapper. After establishing the Mi Querida family on Connecticut Broadleaf (the dark, maduro version of the leaf) and the core Sobremesa on Ecuadorian Habano Rosado, the Brûlée takes a deliberate turn toward the lighter end of the spectrum with an Ecuadorian-grown Connecticut Shade wrapper.

The name "Brûlée" evokes the caramelized sugar crust of a crème brûlée dessert — and the Connecticut Shade wrapper delivers exactly that character: silky, sweet, creamy, with a gentle toasty note that runs from light to start. The four-tobacco filler (the same Nicaraguan Condega, Pueblo Nuevo, La Joya Estelí, and ASP Estelí blend from the core line, but without the Pennsylvania Broadleaf ligero) keeps the body structure of the Sobremesa family present without pushing strength into medium territory.

At mild-medium strength, the Brûlée Robusto is one of the most accessible cigars in Saka's portfolio — and one of the most refined entry points into premium Nicaraguan-core cigars for smokers who find full-bodied maduros too assertive. The 5¼×52 robusto format is a comfortable 60–75 minute smoke, giving the Connecticut Shade's character time to develop across a proper two-thirds transition.

Construction is handled at Joya de Nicaragua in Estelí, matching the exacting standards of the core Sobremesa line. If you're new to the light-wrapper world, explore the differences in our Connecticut vs. Maduro guide. For all-Nicaraguan core cigars in the same strength range, check the Nicaraguan cigar primer. Log your Brûlée on Casa DNC.