Drew Estate Undercrown Shade Review

Blend within the undercrown portfolio.

Drew estate undercrown shade review. The final blend is medium bodied lush and ultra smooth flavors that only a shade grown wrapper can deliver. This is a drew diplomat retail exclusive and was shown off at ipcpr 2019. It s not a secret that i m a big fan of the drew estate undercrown lines especially the shade version as i m a big fan of connecticut wrappers. Overall i have found the undercrown shade gran toro to be a very nice offering by drew estate.

This time around the team has been aided by drew estate s new master blender willy herrera. 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. The cigar advisor video review panel is back and today we re putting drew estate s newest offering to the test in this undercrown shade cigar review. They did not know what they were smoking beforehand.

The undercrown maduro gives you the richness of the liga privada line and the undercrown shade gives you a creamy connecticut with some body to it for a cheaper price than the liga privada. Undercrown shade marks the first release blended by drew estate master blender willy herrera not to fall under the herrera estelí brand family reads a july 13 press release. This cigar was reviewed blind no bands by a panel of at least 4 reviewers. They did not know what they were smoking beforehand.

From the drew estate press release. As the original cigars utilized a mexican maduro style blend and the undercrown shade offered the more mild tendencies of connecticut shade the gap in the lineup became quickly apparent and fans wondered when drew estate would showcase a more traditional natural shade habano etc. I very much enjoyed the drew estate undercrown shade robusto. Back in june of last year drew estate announced a new limited edition size of it s undercrown shade line undercrown shade suprema.

Formulated by drew estate s master blender willy herrera this marks the first cigar to be released during his tenure that isn t part of a line with the herrera name on it. I ve smoked several sizes in the line and right now the gran toro seems to be the best representation of this blend. The new undercrown shade brand was displayed in drew estate s booth at the 2015 ipcpr tradeshow in new orleans louisiana. This cigar was reviewed blind no bands by a panel of at least 4 reviewers.