Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Brings Back Sobremesa Brûlée Wagashi as a National Release

A collaboration between Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust and online cigar blog Cigar Dojo is getting a second release that will be available at retailers around the country.

The Sobremesa Brûlée Blue Wagashi is a 6 x 50 toro made with an Ecuadorian Connecticut-seed wrapper covering a Mexican San Andrés negro binder and filler tobaccos grown in Nicaragua. The cigar was first released last November as an exclusive for Smoke Inn, the South Florida retailer, as part of a collaboration with Cigar Dojo.

Each cigar will have an MSRP of $17.95 per cigar—the same as the Smoke Inn release—and is packaged in 13-count boxes. While the Smoke Inn release was a limited edition, Wagashi is now an “ongoing limited production” according to Steve Saka, founder of Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust.

Like the rest of the Sobremesa line, Wagashi is made at Fábrica de Tabacos Joya de Nicaragua S.A. factory.

The name Wagashi refers to a type of Japanese dessert; the best-known example in the Western world is probably mochi.

“This moniker always struck me as a perfect one to describe this tweaked version of our limited production Brulée Blue liga,” wrote Saka in a post on his Facebook page. “Not only does its smoke share some common flavor traits with its intricate nuttiness, creamy texture and gentle sweetness, the prensado format of the vitola even takes on the likeness of Yokan, a particular style of Wagashi.”

According to Saka, the Sobremesa Brûlée Blue Wagashi will be shown off during the 2024 PCA Convention & Trade Show taking place on March 22-March 25, and boxes are scheduled to begin shipping to retailers in April.