Drew Estate Undercrown Shade Gran Toro Review

This time around the team has been aided by drew estate s new master blender willy herrera.

Drew estate undercrown shade gran toro review. Described by drew estate as an inverse liga privada undercrown s blend consists of many of the same tobaccos found in drew estate s popular liga privada no. Drew estate undercrown shade gran toro the underlying char provides a burnt taste to some developing coffee. The company describes this as stronger than the regular production version. And i realize an important factor to any good cigar is missing.

If the liga privada is a fine steak undercrown is a perfectly cooked hamburger. The drew estate undercrown shade robusto is just another 6 00 cigar. Nice points here and there but nothing unusual. It comes in boxes of 5 that sell for 47 99.

I ve smoked several sizes in the line and right now the gran toro seems to be the best representation of this blend. Overall i have found the undercrown shade gran toro to be a very nice offering by drew estate. 9 and t52 lines but with a twist. To make a medium bodied cigar that s perfect for every palate the expert blenders at drew estate employ a silky golden brown ecuador connecticut shade wrapper to tone down the strength.

Undercrown sun grown is being introduced in the same basic vitolas found in the other undercrown cigars including the famed flying pig size with plans to expand the lineup in the future such as the addition of a 4 x 32 tin packaged petit size as seen with the other undercrown cigars at ipcpr 2017 and although drew estate quoted the uc sun grown widespread launch as being a week after. For lighter smoke when you don t want your head to spin or feel tackling a big boy the shade gran toro was a nice smooth earthy tone with a hint of sweetness for me anyways. And a good burger is certainly nothing to sneeze at. 4 39 176 reviews undercrown shade cigars are a smoother version of drew estate s enormously popular undercrown line.

Due to the lack of complexity the drew estate undercrown shade robusto seems to be lumbering along. As with the original undercrown cigar which saw its introduction in 2011 the new shade offering has been blended by the drew estate factory workers the very same rolling team responsible for the original undercrown blend as a matter of fact. That s why the undercrown gran toro earns four stogies out of five. The blend is an ecuadorian connecticut shade wrapper sumatran binder and dominican criollo 98 nicaraguan corojo and nicaragua criollo fillers.

As i said it is not going to fit the stereotypical mold of a connecticut shade cigar. As the story goes the torcedores in the drew estate cigar factory were smoking too many liga privadas depleting the inventory of connecticut wrapper. Highly recommend the undercrown shade. I think drew estate has another fine cigar on its hands here though perhaps not quite as exquisite as the original liga blend.