Dunbarton LecheBurra Cigars Daily Edition Toro Review

2026-08-12  Five-Pack · 3/4 My Money · by Eric

Filed under: Ash Management · Box-Pressed · Nicaragua · Retrohale · San Andrés · Strength vs Body

Verdict: Five-Pack (3/4). Creamy, bready, and lightly sweet from the first draw to the nub, with flawless construction the whole way — my draw tool and my lighter sat lonely the entire time. At $19.45 a stick, the price and a profile that stays in roughly the same lane keep it out of Box Buy territory, but this is a solid five-pack and one I'd tell you to go try even at that number.

This is the first-ever Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust collaboration with Cigars Daily, exclusive to CigarsDaily.com. Steve Saka put a Mexican San Andrés Negro "Cultivo Tonto" wrapper over a Brazilian Mata Fina binder and a four-leaf Nicaraguan filler blend. The name, the way they described it, stands for donkey's milk — I guess there's a candy down in Nicaragua somewhere — and it turns out to be a really good description of the cigar. I bought mine as a pre-release: they sold those as a bundle of ten or nothing at all, so I took a chance on the bundle. The full release just launched in boxes this week, and the blend is the same as what I smoked, so eight and a half months on from that gamble felt like the right time to review it.

The Setup

• Cigar: Dunbarton LecheBurra Cigars Daily Edition Toro (6 x 52), a semi-box press with a single cap and a pigtail. Mexican San Andrés Negro "Cultivo Tonto" wrapper, Brazilian Mata Fina binder, four-leaf Nicaraguan filler. Made in Nicaragua.
• Street price: $19.45 for a single at CigarsDaily.com — it's their exclusive, so that's the only place to get it. $194.50 for a box of ten at MSRP.
• What I paid: ~$12 a stick, my own money. The pre-release bundle of ten listed at $194.50; between a discount and a pile of rewards points I'd banked, it came to $120.52 out the door back in November.
• Storage: Herf-a-Dor at 69% RH, where it's been since it arrived — about eight and a half months of rest.
• When/where: 7:20 at night on my back deck. 82°F, felt like 84°, 70% humidity, no wind at all.
• Food beforehand: lunch at 12:30 — ham and turkey on whole wheat with mayo — and nothing since except a black coffee and a San Pellegrino. So essentially an empty stomach, roughly seven hours out.
• First cigar of the day, paired with water.

Light Up and First Third

Cold, the wrap looked good — not overly veiny, not toothy at all, that nice milk-chocolate color with a nice foot. Straight cut, and the cold draw was darn near perfect, with a nice mild tobacco sweetness off it and a tingle when you retrohale it. I was looking forward to the light.

Light up and there's a very nice bread flavor right away, a light creaminess, and a nuttiness behind it, plus a mild tobacco sweetness. The retrohale is where the intensity lives at this point — a little baking spice plus more intense versions of everything, more than you get blowing the draw out of your mouth. It opened milder than I expected from the color of that wrapper.

A quarter inch in, the baking spice on the retro was still there but very mild, and the draw settled into that really nice breadiness, general tobacco sweetness, and a nuttiness — nothing really lingering on the palate between draws yet. By a half inch it was bread, light cream, light nuttiness, light tobacco sweetness, very mild baking spice on the retro, and slightly more intense flavors across the board. The ash was compact and stacking well, the burn slightly wavy but nothing I'd even consider touching up. The thought that kept coming to mind: this would be a great cigar first thing in the morning with a cup of black coffee — black is how I drink it anyway.

By the end of the first third, that bready creaminess, light sweetness, and light nuttiness had held on through the whole thing. The baking spice came back on the retro — never strong, but it adds a nice sweetness and enhances everything. The creaminess now lightly lingers on the palate between draws, and there's a very light, mild leather that lingers right along with it — not bitter, just another layer that stays and hangs out for a bit. The ash stayed tight except for maybe a couple of tiny flyers, stacked well, and came off very clean when I tapped it.

Second Third

Because I was dumb enough to try it, about halfway through this third I retrohaled an entire draw. Very intense baking spice — didn't make me sneeze, but my eyes were watering. What it gave me was super sweet and baking-spice forward, then creaminess and a pretty strong nuttiness, and no leather at all.

There was also this minerality that came and went in the second third — it usually only showed up on a single draw, there for a fleeting moment and then gone.

By the end of the second third it was still that creamy, lightly nutty, light-tobacco-sweetness profile with light leather, and the retro gave a super nice baking spice, a medium tobacco sweetness, leather in the background, and a nuttiness so mild it was almost not even perceivable before fading quickly. The draw — which I hadn't even talked about because it gave me nothing to talk about — was flawless the entire smoke. The burn was great, maybe a tiny bit wavy, not razor sharp but very close.

The ash held on great here — and basically right after I took that picture, I took another draw and it just let go, fell all over my shirt, then hit the ground and mostly stayed together after bouncing. Great construction on the ash; I just let it go a touch too long.

Final Third

Right at the start of the final third, without the ash there to protect the ember, the leather moved to the forefront — not super far ahead, but ahead — with the creaminess just behind it, a very light nuttiness behind that, and a very light sweetness behind that. On the retro: very light baking spice, a lingering creaminess right behind it, leather underneath, and no nuttiness at all that I could perceive. Smoke production had been very good the entire smoke, and there'd been no touch-ups needed at all — even going from third to third after ashing, where a lot of cigars need a little help, there was none of that.

About a half inch in, the retro is where this thing shines: baking spice, a lightly roasted nuttiness, cream, and just a touch of super-light leather. Very enjoyable. Burn still really good, ash stacking well again, no dip in flavor so far.

At the halfway mark of the final third, the leather was the prominent note, with the creaminess and light nuttiness as the secondary layer and that mild sweetness riding along. This is also where the strength finally ramped past mild — somewhere between mild and medium, and I'm not sure I'd even call it a full medium at that point. Retrohale it, though, and it's a different experience: mild-to-medium baking spice, heavy cream, a very light nuttiness, and leather at the bottom. And here's the thing I realized — between draws, that leather fades away quickly, and what actually lingers on your palate is the cream and the sweetness. Halfway into the final third, that's pretty unique.

The band came off completely clean — it was glued really well, but to itself, not to the cigar at all. No issues, nothing underneath. On a single draw after that, you get more nuttiness and cream and almost no leather at all.

With maybe a quarter inch left in the third, the ash let go again — bounced off my shirt, hit the ground, and mostly stayed together there too. It had been holding on great and stacking well; there was a good inch and a quarter-ish on both ashes before they fell. After that second drop, with no ash protecting the ember, there was a big shift from leather to a light minerality, with the cream way in the background, a hint of nuttiness that came and went quickly, and a very light spice lingering on the palate. The retro was still baking spice — it never once changed over to black or even white pepper — with nuttiness, creaminess, and leather behind it. Two totally different experiences depending on whether you blow the draw out of your mouth or retrohale it.

With about three quarters of an inch left, there was zero heat on the draw — nothing on the lips or tongue. Phenomenal construction. Even after that second ash fell, the burn line stayed only a touch wavy, nothing I'd think about correcting.

One more thing I noticed late: I was drinking water the whole time, but this cigar does not dry your palate out at all. It's actually the opposite — several times I had excess moisture in my mouth. And I'd put the strength at maybe, barely, a medium by the last half inch. I finished at 9:00 on the nose — an hour and forty minutes — and despite going about eight hours without real food by the end, it never gave me a hint of queasiness.

The final draws were still that baking spice, creaminess, barely perceivable nuttiness, and a light leather that just lingers. I put it down with a touch over half an inch left, and only because I couldn't hold it in my fingers and draw at the same time. Even the last draw, blown into the mouth, gave a little leather, creaminess, and light nuttiness.

Construction

• Wrapper: milk-chocolate San Andrés, not overly veiny, not toothy at all. Looked good cold and behaved the entire smoke.
• Draw: darn near perfect from the cold draw and flawless the whole way through. My draw tool sat lonely.
• Burn: zero touch-ups, zero relights. A touch wavy at times — not razor sharp, but very close — and I only rotated it a tiny bit here and there when one side hinted at burning slower. Even from third to third after ashing, it never needed help.
• Ash: tight, compact, stacked well the entire smoke, with a good inch and a quarter-ish on it both times it fell. Both drops were on me for letting it ride too long — off my shirt, onto the ground, and mostly intact even then. Came off clean when I actually tapped it.
• Smoke output: very good through the entire smoke.
• Band: came off completely clean at the final third — glued well, but to itself, not to the cigar.

Bottom Line

LecheBurra — donkey's milk — is a really good description of this cigar. It was super creamy the entire way through, riding on bread, a light nuttiness, and a background sweetness that never turned it into a sweet cigar, with a baking-spice retrohale that never once shifted to pepper. The construction didn't give me a single thing to do for an hour and forty minutes: perfect draw, no touch-ups, great smoke, stacking ash. What it doesn't have is a lot of transitions — the profile shifts its weight around between cream, leather, and nut, but it stays in the same lane from light to nub. There also wasn't the big final-third drop-off you get on so many cigars; it's just enjoyable start to finish, a cigar you don't have to mess with or think about. That, and $19.45 is a lot of money for a cigar.

Would I smoke it again? Yes — Five-Pack (3/4). Judged at the $19.45 street price, the cost and the mostly-steady profile keep it from a Box Buy, but I'd happily go buy five of these in a heartbeat and keep them in the humidor. Worth noting: I paid about $12 a stick on the pre-release bundle, and at that number I'd buy a box for sure and be very happy. If you're looking for a mild-to-medium smoke and you don't want a Connecticut, this would absolutely be one I'd grab — even though it's not a Connecticut, I'd happily reach for it first thing in the morning with a black coffee.

Best for: morning smokes with black coffee, anyone who wants a creamy mild-to-medium cigar that requires zero attention, and retrohalers — the retro is where this one shines. Empty stomach friendly, too.

My rating scale, one question only... would I spend my own money on this again? 4 Box Buy (box on hand, always) / 3 Five-Pack (yes, a few live in the humidor) / 2 Hand-Me-One (wouldn't buy it, wouldn't turn one down) / 1 Not Even Free (I'd rather smoke nothing).

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