Blackened Cigars By Drew Estate M81 Robusto

Blackened M81 is a passion project uniting three veteran cigar enthusiasts—Jonathan Drew (Drew Estate founder), James Hetfield (Metallica co-founder, vocalist and guitarist), and Rob Dietrich (Master Distiller of BLACKENED American Whiskey).

It’s an all-maduro blend that opens with a thick, oily wrapper from Mexico’s San Andrés Valley, paired with a Connecticut Broadleaf binder and a bold mix of Nicaraguan and Pennsylvania Broadleaf fillers, including some of the strongest ligero in Drew Estate’s collection.

The result is a dark, full-bodied smoke with deep, rich character and notes of espresso, leather, and dark chocolate.

• Size: 5"
• Ring Gauge: 50
• Strength: Full
• Country: Nicaragua 
• Wrapper: Mexican San Andres
• Filler: Pensylvania & Nicaragua
• Binder: Connecticut Broadfeaf

Drew Estate cigars

Drew Estate was at first set up to fail, with little to know money or backing Jonathan Drew and Marvin Samel started a 16 square foot retail Kiosk in the World Trade Center in New York city. Not to take anything cautiously in 1998 Jonathan Drew took a leap of face and moved to Esteli in Nicaragua. Here he had hopes of reinvigorating the cigar world. With a handful of rollers and distinct lack of Capital. In NY Marvin was hard at work begging for finance from every source open to him; Parents, cousins, friends even shady people. Over time there began a trickle of new cigar blends from Esteli made there way to the Kiosk in NY and when these strange unknown cigars began appearing in the hands of influential business man and celebrities the brand jumped in popularity. Today the roll some of The finest non Cuban cigars made and posses the grandest Cigar factory in Central America.