Drew Estate – Deadwood Tobacco Co. Buenas Noches Dominicana

By Tony Casas | July 20, 2026

This week’s lineup is a fun one. It’s been a while since I’ve had a Deadwood Tobacco Co. cigar so I’m excited to dig into this Dominicana Buenas Noches.

The Good Stuff:

The Dominicana Buenas Noches is the newest release by Drew Estate’s Deadwood Tobacco Co. which is marketed as a darker and richer version of the Dominicana. This new blend features a Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper over a Mexican San Andres binder and fillers stated as  a “Dominican Foward” mixture. The cigar is offered in three sizes: Robusto (5 x 54), the Toro (6 x 50), and the Gordo (6 x 60). All come packaged in boxes of 10 ranging between $11.90 and $13.65 per cigar. 

• Size: 6 x 50
• Wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf
• Binder: Mexican San Andres
• Filler: Dominican (and possibly others)
• Body: Medium
• Strength: Medium
• Price: $12.65

Prelight:

The Deadwood Tobacco Co. Dominicana Buenas Noches starts out with a very deep, dark brown wrapper that’s mostly consistent in color with a handful of darker splotched areas scattered throughout the cigar’s body. The wrapper’s texture is very gritty and toothy with almost no oils coating it. The wrapper’s texture is very thick and hard while the cigar as a whole is very heavy and packed tightly. There are a few smaller veins running through the cigar’s body up to its round, double-wrapped cap. The cigar sports a large primary band with the Deadwood Tobacco dia de Los muertos style woman on it with the “Dominicana” moniker under her. There is also a secondary red back with the “Buenas Noches” right under that. As well as a third band in the foot that states “Deadwood Tobacco Co. by Drew Estate”.

The wrapper on the Dominicana Buenas Noches gifts off nothing more than raisin and earthy aromas while the foot of the cigar is even more earthy with moss and mostly natural tobacco. The cap cut clean and easily. The cold draw caught me off guard as I was immediately greeting with a sweetened cap that has this crazy little spice-like burn after that keeps my lips tingling. All before I even light up the cigar. The rest of the cold draw produces notes of earth, moss and leather over natural tobacco.

First Third:

While the sweetened cap was almost too much during the cold draw, it has a nice balance once I finally lit up the Dominicana Buenas Noches. The sweet and spice flavor was the bolder flavor over the more traditional earthiness, leather, moss and oak found in the cigar. There is also this cayenne style spice that comes in the finish of the smoke, however it actually balances with the flavors really well, almost elevating them. The draw is perfect and each little puff kicks out loads of thick, dark smoke which dissipates quickly while the cigar releases very little stationary smoke while it rests in my ashtray. The burning is dead even and razor thin leaving behind a trail of tightly compacted white ash that held on for an inch before falling into my ashtray. 

Second Third:

Into the second third of the Deadwood Tobacco Co. Dominicana Buenas Noches and the flavors are mostly the same, but the spice has completely dropped out. The cigars still has that lingering sweetness from the sweetened cap, bold oak and earthiness over moss and natural tobacco. The retrohale brings that socie right back out and I don’t find myself doing it too often. The cigar is still burning perfectly and I close out the second third with no nicotine kick. 

Finish:

I’m shocked that the sweetness from the cap is still as prominent as it is in the final third of the Dominicana Buenas Noches. The flavor profile is still about there same, there are very little changes through the entire experience. The profile is still heavy on the oak and earthiness with leather and moss underneath. It took me a little over an hour to take this cigar down the nub. There was zero harshness, no extended heat, and I never once had to touch up or relight the cigar a single time. I close out with a very minor nicotine kick. 

Overview:

The Deadwood Tobacco Co. Dominicana Buenas Nochas initially caught me off guard with the flavored cap, but I quite I enjoyed the unique experience once I settled in. The cigar is straight forward with very little change ups. That could be good or bad depending how you look at it. Personally I’d enjoy it more with a bit more character, however it was a great cigar to just sit back, relax, and enjoy without having to think much about. While this one falls a bit outside of my personal palate, I could see myself coming back to it when I want something different.