Drew Estate is releasing Undercrown Dark Harvest nationally as a Cigars International exclusive. The cigar is shipping now in Robusto, Toro and Gordo sizes, packed in 20-count boxes and priced from $10.20 to $13.20 per cigar.
Drew Estate calls it the first customer-exclusive line in Undercrown history, and the first Undercrown blend with a Connecticut Corojo Hybrid wrapper. That wrapper, a cross between Corojo 99 and T52 Habano grown in the Connecticut River Valley, comes from the same crop lineage as the leaf on the Liga Privada Unico Serie H99.
The name describes what is inside. Under the wrapper, the factory floor team used a Mexican San Andrés Otapan Negro Último Corte binder, a dark leaf from the último corte, the final cut of the harvest. It holds a filler core of aged Nicaraguan and Dominican tobaccos. Drew Estate describes the result as a dense, velvety smoke built around rich espresso, with aromatic cedar and a balanced finish.
The wrapper provides the contrast. Lighter in color than standard Habano or Corojo leaves, the silky Connecticut Corojo Hybrid adds natural sweetness, subtle spice and rich cedar tones. As Drew Estate puts it, “Light on the outside, dark at the core.”
Undercrown has always belonged to the buncheros and rolleras of La Gran Fabrica Drew Estate. The brand was born when the rolling team was challenged to craft a daily smoke that rivaled the complexity of Liga Privada. With Dark Harvest, the brand now wears a wrapper from Liga Privada’s own crop lineage.
“Undercrown was born on the factory floor, when our rollers set out to build a smoke that could stand next to Liga Privada,” said Jonathan Drew, founder and president of Drew Estate. “Dark Harvest is years in the making, and it’s that same team taking another swing. They took a dark San Andrés binder and aged Nicaraguan and Dominican tobaccos and wrapped them in a Connecticut Corojo leaf from the same lineage as our H99. It looks light and smokes dark: dense, velvety and loaded with espresso. Launching the first-ever Undercrown exclusive with Cigars International is a big moment for this brand and for the people who roll it.”
Undercrown Dark Harvest is available through Cigars International online and at its retail superstores.
Product Details
- Cigar: Undercrown Dark Harvest
- Manufacturer: Drew Estate
- Factory: La Gran Fabrica Drew Estate, Estelí, Nicaragua
- Wrapper: Connecticut Corojo Hybrid (Corojo 99 x T52 Habano), Connecticut River Valley
- Binder: Mexican San Andrés Otapan Negro Último Corte
- Filler: Aged Nicaraguan and Dominican tobaccos
- Flavor: Aromatic cedar, rich espresso, natural sweetness and subtle spice
- Robusto (5 x 54): MSRP $10.20 per cigar, $204.00 per 20-count box
- Toro (6 x 52): MSRP $11.00 per cigar, $220.00 per 20-count box
- Gordo (6 x 60): MSRP $13.20 per cigar, $264.00 per 20-count box
- Availability: Shipping now, exclusive to Cigars International, online and at its retail superstores
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