(Description taken from Cigar-coop.com website)
The 20 Acre Farm gets its name from the 20-acre plot of land in Clermont, Florida where Jeff Borysiewicz grows Florida Sun Grown tobacco. Borysiewicz is best known as the founder of Corona Cigar Company. In 2013 he bought that plot of land with the goal of reviving tobacco growing in the State of Florida which had ended in 1977.
“Florida was once a big tobacco supplier for cigar factories in Tampa and beyond,” commented Borysiewicz in a press release. “The farm that I bought just west of Orlando proved to be the perfect plot of land to resurrect Florida’s cigar tobacco growing heritage. We combined age-old tobacco growing practices along with the most advanced modern agricultural techniques to produce Florida Sun Grown tobacco, which is unique in every aspect of flavor, intensity and aroma.”
While there have been several brands to utilize Borysiewicz’s Florida Sun Grown (FSG) tobacco, this is the second Drew Estate line to utilize it. Blended by Willy Herrera, the 20 Acre Farm consists of an Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade Grown wrapper over a Sun Grown Habano binder, and a filler blend of Nicaraguan tobaccos from Estelí and Jalapa as well as Borysiewicz’s FSG tobacco.
“Jeff’s magnificent farm in Clermont has the feel of being directly transported from Cuba’s famed Vuelta Abajo region, where the best Cuban tobaccos are harvested,” Jonathan Drew, Founder and President of Drew Estate, comments. “While carefully blended into the cigar so it doesn’t overpower the rest of the tobaccos, the Florida Sun Grown tobacco serves as 20 Acre Farm’s backbone, and it leads every aficionado on an exclusive journey thru history, space and time to the gilded years of Cuban cigars.”
Blend and Origin
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Connecticut
Binder: Sun Grown Habano
Filler: Nicaraguan (Jalapa, Estelí), Florida Sun Grown
Country of Origin: Nicaragua
Factory: La Gran Fabrica Drew Estate
Vitolas Offered
Robusto: 5 1/4 x 54 (MSRP $12.40/cigar, $248.00/box)
Toro: 6 x 52 (MSRP $13.40/cigar, $268.00/box) REVIEWED TODAY
Gordito: 6 x 60 (MSRP: $15.40/cigar $308.00/box)
With the lower 4" wrapped in cedar with a red ribbon at the foot the cigar has a nice presentation. The exposed wrapper is a light brown with a fairly basic band. The cigar has a nice feel in the hand.
The test draw after cutting the cap was very good. The initial flavors at light up were a tangy cedar/citrus, brown sugar, cinnamon, and light earthy leather. There was white pepper rated at 7 to 7 1/2. Nice start but rather light.
At the first third (36 minutes) the citrus notes are coming out nicely. There is now cream in the mix. There are also brown sugar, cinnamon, and earthy leather notes. The cigar is medium bodied at best. You may call it mild to medium. It's rather light. The finish is cedar/citrus and light leather with good lingering black pepper. This is a much lighter cigar when compared to other Drew Estate cigars like the Ligas, Year of the Rat, Bauhaus, and even the Undercrown 10. Perhaps they are going after the lighter palate crowd. While still good, I rated the first third 92.
Moving through the second third (1 hour 16 minutes) the cigar got more earthy. The pepper is now black. The notes are light cedar/citrus, light cream, light to medium leather, and quite a bit of earthiness. The finish is cedar, light cream, leather, and very good lingering black pepper. I rated the second third 90.
The cigar lasted 1 hour 38 minutes. The cigar made a little bounce back. The cedar/citrus is more elevated, cream, and the earthy leather. The finish is cream and a light influence of the cedar/citrus with light earthy leather and very good lingering black pepper. The cigar is medium bodied. The sweeter notes came back enough that I raised the score to 91. This is not a bad cigar but it's light.
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