Sensory Blend Profile
Bittersweet chocolate, cherry sweetness and an exotic spice, turning toward espresso with raisin and a little cream.
Roasted coffee and dark-fruit sweetness hold the center as the spice turns to pepper and a nutty note rises.
Coffee returns to the front, with cherry and raisin sweetness, pepper and nut meeting on a cool, smooth finish.
No. 9 is named for the ninth of the private blends Drew Estate built to showcase Connecticut River Valley Broadleaf; the ninth became the favorite, and fans nicknamed it the Broadleaf Bully. Shown in 2006 and on sale from 2007, it is rolled in a dedicated room at La Gran Fabrica in Estelí by the factory's most experienced pairs, from seven dark air-cured leaves under a stalk-cut, stalk-cured Broadleaf wrapper.
Available for private acquisition and sampling inside our physical walk-in humidors. Each vitola is personally curated and maintained under optimal humidity conditions.
Hand-selected and resting at precise humidity in our Ruskin walk-in — not a warehouse three states away. Stop in, or call ahead and we'll have it pulled and ready when you arrive.
