I love Liga Privada, both the #9 and the T52 blends. Both made it into my personal top 25 of best cigars of 2010 and I would surprise me if Liga Privada didn't make it in the top 25 of 2011 too. As a fan, I was thrilled when I heard the news that Drew Estate was working on more Liga Privada blends, one of them being the L40, which would come out with a lancero. My heart jumped when I got a text message from the Dutch distributer, who was in Nicaragua visiting some factories at the time, that he got me a fresh rolled L40 lancero.

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The cigar is a bit crooked, oval shaped and has no band, but I don't care. The wrapper is dark, oily and wrinkled. The construction feels good and I smell straw and leather. The predraw is fine and reminds me of tobacco and green tea.

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I taste coffee and an earthy flavor with pepper and toast. After half an inch I taste dry herbs with some wood and chocolate. After an inch the chocolate becomes a bit stronger

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After a third the chocolate turns dark, flavor wise and stronger, just like I expect from a Liga Privada. Halfway I taste a nice dark chocolate with some herbs. The flavors just go on and on while the herbs slowly become the main flavor.

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This cigar comes five minutes short to be a two hour smoke. The draw and the burn are great. The smoke is plentiful and thick. The gray ash is firm. This cigar is full flavored and medium to full bodied.

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Would I buy this cigar again? I can't wait till this cigar is commercially available

Appearance: 7 / 10
Construction: 8 / 10
Draw: 8 / 10
Burn: 8 / 10
Smoke & ash: 8 / 10
Aroma first part: 8 / 10
Aroma second part: 8 / 10
Aroma third part: 8 / 10
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Nice to see Privada stepping up with some 7 inch plus construction! Great review!
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Another great review. I have only tried 1 Liga Privada Dirty Rat and I enjoyed the full flavor very much. Please post any future information regarding the availablity of these sticks.

Thanks again for the review.
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Only information I have is that these will be released, don't know when, don't know mrsp
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Can't wait to get my hands on these, love the LP line, and I'm really enjoying the lancero size lately
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I will start saving now for whatever the msrp is...thanks Don
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Great review, this one looks really interesting!
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All in can say is :-) :-)
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:-)
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Sweet...anxious to see this one. :-)
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:-)

I can't wait to try this one...I have yet to be dissapointed in the Liga Privada line.



:-)
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geez, thats a long cigar, thanks for the review! keep it up :-)
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They are releasing a 6x60, that one disappointed me (review in a few days)
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Thanks for the review Ferdie. I am going to have to keep an eye out for this one.
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This cigar looks like and sounds like another great cigar from Drew Estates. Nice to see them making a lancero size
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I just tried to smoke one of these last night and put it out. It presented me with one of the flavors I don't like in a cigar: burnt newspaper. This may have been a fluke from that one cigar. At the price from my B$M, though, I won't be trying one again. I've liked other LPs, so this might have been a bad leaf got into it. With a lancero there is less room for error.
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Thanks for the review; can't wait to get my hands on one. :-)
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They are available right now, I handed out a few at EPIC and it looks like I even gave away the two I wanted to safe for another review.
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