Undercrown Shade

Drew Estate rollers may have been told to lay off the expensive stuff. They went rogue and built their own legendary daily smoke—the Undercrown Shade Gran Toro 6 x 52—which takes that exact working-class defiance and wraps it in a silk tuxedo. Master blender Willy Herrera broke the rules here, taking a golden-blond Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper and draping it over an intense Sumatra binder and robust Nicaraguan and Dominican long-fillers. It looks innocent, but it punches like a champ. Instead of a boring, paper-dry shade smoke, your palate gets hit with a savvy, medium-bodied avalanche of sweet cream, toasted nuts, warm honey, and a sneaky, playful crackle of spice. It’s smooth enough for sunrise, but bold enough to hold its own at midnight. Grab your convenient pack of 5 at JR Cigars today.