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(Description taken from Cigar-coop.com website)
Throughout his career at both Drew Estate and now Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust, Steve Saka has been known to take one of his existing blends, make some tweaks to it, and get another profile. At this year’s Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust will release an offshoot of its Sin Compromiso line. It’s called Sin Compromiso Paladin de Saka.
Saka started working on this blend shortly after Sin Compromiso. The goal with the Paladin de Saka was to give the cigar a little more robustness and still keep the smoothness. To do this, some Pennsylvania Seedleaf, a leaf used as a ligero substitute, was incorporated into the blend. Sometimes Pennsylvania Seedleaf can be on the bitter side, so to offset this, the cigar was given a full box-press as opposed to the softer box-press used on the rest of the Sin Compromiso line.
The Sin Compromiso will come in one size – a 7 x 52 box-press. The cigars will be priced at $28.75 each and presented in 13-count boxes. The cigars are rolled at the Joya de Nicaragua factory with the rest of the Sin Compromiso line.
The plan was to release the Sin Compromiso Paladin de Saka in 2020, but that was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so the cigars rolled have a year of age. Saka says the production of Paladin de Saka will be an ongoing limited production.
Blend and Origin
Wrapper: San Andrés Negro “Cultivo Tonto”
Binder: Hybridized Ecuador Habano “Thin Ligero”
Filler: Independent Plantation Grown Nicaraguan, Pennsylvania Seedleaf
Country of Origin: Nicaragua
Factory: Fábrica de Tabacos Joya de Nicaragua, S.A.
Vitolas Offered
Paladin de Saka: 7 x 52
The cigar is very well made and quite dark. It has a nice feel in the hand.
The test draw was a bit firm so I used the PerfecDraw to open the draw. The initial flavors at light up were sweet peach, nutmeg, unsweetened dark chocolate, and leather. There was black pepper rated at 7 to 7 1/2.
At the first third (29 minutes) I had the same basic flavors; sweet peach, creamy nutmeg, a slightly lesser amount of unsweetened dark chocolate, and leather. The black pepper seems to have increased. The finish is peach and creamy nutmeg with good lingering black pepper. The cigar has some good dark notes and the peach has a lot of sweetness. The cigar is medium bodied. I rated the first third 94.
As I moved through the second third (59 minutes) the unsweetened dark chocolate has really come out. The peach notes suffered as a result and there are now light citrus peel notes. There is still nutmeg and the leather is slightly elevated. The cigar is medium to full bodied. The finish is dark chocolate with hints of peach with very good lingering black pepper. I rated the second third 93.
The cigar lasted 1 hour 30 minutes. In the final third the cigar bounced back to the way it was in the first third. The nice sweet peach notes were back to their full amount. The nutmeg was again creamy and the unsweetened dark chocolate and leather returned to their nice amount. The cigar is full bodied. The finish is peach with a minimal amount of leather and very good lingering black pepper. The black pepper continued to rise over the course of the cigar. The cigar is very dark noted but it has nice sweetness. I rated the final third 94.
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