Dunhill Signed Range cigars

[Fatshotbud]

:imconfused:
While shopping around for these on-line; I found out they have been in production for a while but with a different blend.
The new version that was highly rated in CA:

Strength: Medium Full
Wrapper: Nicaraguan
Binder: Cameroon
Filler: Nic, Dom Rep
Origin: Nicaragua

AND/OR (older version)

Strength: Medium, Very Smooth
Wrapper: Ecuadorian
Binder: Dominican
Filler: South America, Dominican
Origin: Dominican Republic

Just wondering if anyone has tried both (thoughts)
Do they come in different type presentations bands/boxes)
Is there noticable difference in wrapper color/texture?
Basically how can you differenciate between the two with out smoking them?

TIA - BUD

[brightpaths]

We'll just have to go out and buy some of those sticks to find out.

I hope you have a fine Sunday,
Don

[Fatshotbud]

Originally Posted by brightpaths

We'll just have to go out and buy some of those sticks to find out.

I hope you have a fine Sunday,
Don

Thanks Don - you have a good one too.

I did find out from a BOTL on another board that the bands are different.
The wording on Nicaraguan is in caps and older Dominican isn't.

BUD

[Maduro PiPs]

Originally Posted by Fatshotbud

Thanks Don - you have a good one too.

I did find out from a BOTL on another board that the bands are different.
The wording on Nicaraguan is in caps and older Dominican isn't.

BUD

Never tried these sticks, although I heard alot of good things about them. I cannot remember where I read an article about the 2 lines. They definitely are 2 different blends and have 2 different bands on them. I will try to remember where I was reading about them.

[chinomalo]

I had a signed range awhile back (maybe almost a year now, I think).. I used to smoke their cigarettes and cigars back in the 80's, thats what got me thinking of the brand.

The earlier cigars I tried from them were very good (for what I liked in cigars). The newer signed range I picked up from a lounge here in LA.

It was a med-full, not as much flavor as I like, but had loads of smoke (sorry, not much of a review). I know I wrote down somethings about this, but it didn't make me want to go back and pick some up.. IMHO..

[Fatshotbud]

Guess Don's suggestion swayed me - Got fivers of Dominicans (older version) in Robusto, Toro, Torp and Churchill -- Found a BOTL who will trade some Nicaraguan. Looks like it's coming together.

[Bigfoot]

The Old Dominican Signed range is no longer in production. The new Signed Range is being made by the Torano Factory and was the #10 cigar in the top 25 last year.

The New Signed Ranges is made with all Nic. Tobacco and utilizing a Cameroon leaf as a binder. BAT (British American Tobacco) has hired a person from Habanos SA to blend this cigar and now you have a person with Tobacco experience blending Dunhill rather than a cigarette company attempting to make a premium smoke.

The new Signed Range is a Med. bodied cigar that is loaded with flavour. The nuttiness of that cameroon binder really comes thru.

[hayward_tenney]

Nice, I'm intrigued to hear from someone who has smoked both. I've had the Dominican, and I have to say that it was so smooth, I almost couldn't detect any flavor. I'd personally call it mild instead of medium, but I guess that's a subjective matter.