A pair of sizes in Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust’s Umbagog line are going away, as Steve Saka has announced that he stopped production of the Short & Fat and Churchill vitolas earlier this year.
Umbagog debuted in early 2017, getting its name from Saka’s favorite fishing lake. The blend uses a Nicaraguan binder and filler underneath a Connecticut broadleaf wrapper that had been designated as too ugly to be used on the Mi Querida line, which is a more premium offering. As such, Umbagog was positioned as a budget-friendly cigar, coming in paper-wrapped 10-count bundles with pricing in the $7 range when the line debuted.
The move will bring the Umbagog line to four vitolas:
- Umbagog Corona Gorda (6 x 48)
- Umbagog Robusto Plus (5 x 52)
- Umbagog Toro Toro (6 x 52)
- Umbagog Gordo Gordo (6 x 56)
While Saka announced that two vitolas are going away, he also announced that he will be adding a new vitola to the line in 2023.
Umbagog is produced at Nicaraguan American Cigars S.A. (NACSA) in Estelí, Nicaragua.