Sobremesa Tapa Negra Toro (6 x 52) Cigar

Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust is the boutique house of industry veteran Steve Saka, producing meticulously blended cigars at Fabrica de Tabacos Joya de Nicaragua in Esteli, Nicaragua. Sobremesa was the company's debut brand in 2015, named for the Spanish custom of lingering at the table in conversation after a meal. Tapa Negra — "black lid" in Spanish — was unveiled at the 2026 PCA Convention & Trade Show as an offshoot of the Sobremesa line, reviving a segmented-wrapper technique Saka first encountered working alongside Lew Rothman in the 1990s and later shared with Joya de Nicaragua, which used it on its Cabinetta line.

Built on the Sobremesa Brulee liga: an Ecuadorian Connecticut shade G2BW wrapper over a Mexican Matacapan negro de temporal binder, with Nicaraguan long fillers of Condega C-SG, Pueblo Nuevo criollo, La Joya Esteli C-98 and ASP Esteli hybrid ligero. What sets the Tapa Negra apart is its segmented wrapper — the cap and roughly the first inch are finished in a darker Nicaraguan sun-grown leaf, placing that tobacco directly against the smoker's palate. The Toro is a 6 x 52 parejo, rolled at Fabrica de Tabacos Joya de Nicaragua, S.A. in Esteli and packed in boxes of 13.

The dark cap delivers an immediate hit of black pepper and spice on the palate before the cigar settles into the smooth, creamy character the Brulee blend is known for. Reviewers describe a bright, dynamic profile of cedar and citrus sitting alongside espresso and low-level pepper spice, with creaminess on the retrohale. The final third turns darker, leaning toward coffee, espresso and cacao.

Alcoholic: a bold bourbon or an aged rum. Non-Alcoholic: a dark-roast coffee.

A rewarding after-dinner smoke. Allow 60 minutes.