Umbagog Bronzeback Robusto

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Blog post of review: https://tinytimblog.blogspot.com/2025/11/umbagog-bronzeback-robusto-5-x-52.html

(Description taken from Halfwheel.com website)
Steve Saka, founder of Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust, is known to mention how busy he is with all of his cigar projects, which is understandable. But he is also known to find some time to relax, which occasionally involves fishing, specifically at Umbagog Lake State Park in Errol, N.H., which Saka has called his favorite lake for fishing.

So it should come as little surprise that Saka created a line of cigars named for his favorite fishing hole.

The Umbagog line debuted in early 2017, with Saka calling it “robust and durable, designed to endure the rigors of outside activity with its thick broadleaf capa and easy burning liga. This is a cigar that doesn’t pretend to be special or seek to elicit the ‘oohs or aahs’ of the cigar snobs. It is an honest, hardworking cigar that is meant to be smoked, chewed upon and lit however many times you wish. For me, it is the perfect cigar for mowing the yard, hiking, four wheelin’ and of course, fishing!”

In 2024, Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust would release the Umbagog Bronzeback, a variation on the Umbagog named for the nickname of the smallmouth bass and using a different priming of the wrapper. While both cigars use a Connecticut broadleaf wrapper and a Nicaraguan binder and filler, the original Umbagog uses what’s called a Medium/#1 Dark, the Bronzeback uses a 2LS.

The 2LS, which Saka said is a designation for the leaves typically situated between the 1/3 to 1/2 mark on the stalk, sit beneath what are called the “Mediums.”

“This section of the plant produces wrapper with a different hue and flavor profile,” Saka explained in a Facebook post, adding that they offer a slightly less sweet, but significantly more peppery smoking experience than the classic sweet, earthy and cocoa notes exhibited by broadleaf.

The Umbagog Bronzeback debuted in a lone 5 x 48 Rothschild vitola. Then, in June 2025, the line got its second size, a 5 x 52 robusto, which comes priced at $10.75 per cigar or $107.50 for a 10-count, paper-wrapped bundle. The Umbagog line is made at Nicaragua American Cigars S.A. (NACSA) in Estelí.

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Rating system:
93+ Would buy again
90 would smoke again
85 might smoke again/not buy
Less than 85 would not smoke again

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