Someone gave me this Liga Privada, a cigar I would never have bought just because it’s made by Drew Estate and that name has a negative ring to it due to the flavored crap they produce.

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This 5 x 52 robusto has a nice oily oscuro dark Connecticut broadleaf wrapper with one big vein. A plantation grown Brazilian mata fina binder and three Cuban seed tobaccos from Nicaragua and Honduras make this cigar complete. The band is nice and simple. The cigar doesn’t have a lot of aroma. The construction and draw are great, I get a little pepper flavor in the back of my throat.

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I taste wood with pepper in the back of my throat. After a centimeter I get a little chocolate too. These flavors stick with me for a long time. At 2/3rd the pepper fades away, but that is the only real change I get since the chocolate appeared. The flavor of the wood reminds me of an Opus X a lot.

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I get a nice smoke from the Liga Privada. The draw and burn are good and the ash is white and firm. This Drew Estate cigar actually surprised me.

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Would I buy this cigar again? Yes, simply yes.

Appearance: 8 / 10
Construction: 8 / 10
Draw: 8 / 10
Smoke & ash: 7 / 10
Burn: 8 / 10
Aroma (first part) 7 / 10
Aroma (middle part) 7 / 10
Aroma (last part) 8 / 10
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I love these! nice review
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Nice review Ferdie....I like these alot....Funny how pre-concieved notions are sometimes way off the mark...
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Thanks for another great review! :-)

These are my favorite non Pepin / CC! :-)
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If you like these, try the Mombacho Thermonuclear. Very similar for alot less jack.
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Love this cigar. I wish I had some more!
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I am a big fan of this cigar. I can't wait to see the Flying Pig. Thanks for the review.
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:-) Ditto!! :-)
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nice review...have heard good things about these...have yet to try one...
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These might be a future purchase once things pick up a bit again :-)
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These are great and i said the same thing about them being Drew Estate stuff.
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This is a great cigar, in my top 5 NC's.
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I've been on the fence about these as well. Thanks for the review. Also, wasn't there some buzz about the Puros Heurfanos being disowned Liga P's?
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