Quick Smoke: Drew Estate Undercrown Corona Doble

Each Saturday and Sunday we’ll post a Quick Smoke: not quite a full review, just our brief verdict on a single cigar of “buy,” “hold,” or “sell.”

I was in New Hampshire for work this week and, at the end of a long day of meetings, I had the opportunity to duck into a tobacconist and catch up on some emails. While the shop had a nice selection of cigars, I was ultimately drawn to an old favorite: Undercrown by Drew Estate. The large Corona Doble (7 x 54) was just what I needed to plow through a few hours in front of the laptop. I prefer Undercrown in the smaller Corona ¡Viva! format, but the Corona Doble performed well with rich notes of nut, creamy sweetness, espresso, and black pepper spice. Something about the combination of the Otapan Negro Último Corte wrapper with the T52 Habano stalk-cut binder just hits me the right way. I paid $8.50 for the Corona Doble and found it to be a wise investment.

Verdict = Buy.

–Patrick A

photo credit: Stogie Guys