Drew Estate Herrera Esteli Brazilian Maduro

Drew Estate Herrera Esteli Brazilian Maduro is Willy Herrera's maduro blend in the Herrera Esteli line. Drew Estate showed it at the 2018 IPCPR trade show and shipped it in December 2018, the same month it repackaged the whole brand into 25-count boxes. Cigar Aficionado rated the Lonsdale 92 in 2020 and the Toro Especial 90 in 2019.

The wrapper is plantation-grown Brazilian Mata Fina. Herrera said he wanted to bring the Mata Fina to the forefront of this blend, and he built the rest around it: a Connecticut River Valley Broadleaf binder and Nicaraguan filler. That is the same filler country as the Habano with the wrapper and binder swapped for darker leaf. Mata Fina is a dark, oily Brazilian leaf; here it is the point of the cigar. Rolled at La Gran Fabrica Drew Estate in Estelí, Nicaragua.

Cigar Coop's Toro Especial review opens on coffee, cedar and red pepper, with the coffee carrying an underlying sweetness and a slightly creamy texture. Wood and earth move forward through the middle, and black pepper joins the red pepper late. Cigar Aficionado's 92-point Lonsdale note compared it to sipping a dark Belgian ale: malty, fruity, dense puffs, coffee bean, an earthy and slightly spicy finish. Its Toro Especial note found floral and earthy smoke with vanilla, cedar and rhubarb. Strength is medium-full; Cigar Coop had it medium for the first two-fifths, then medium to full. one of our team smokes the Lonsdale after dinner with a Nicaraguan rum.

Drew Estate Herrera Esteli Brazilian Maduro Details:

• Wrapper: Brazilian Mata Fina
• Binder: Connecticut Broadleaf
• Filler: Nicaraguan
• Sizes: Robusto Grande 5 1/4x52, Lonsdale 6x44, Toro Especial 6x52
• Strength: Medium-Full
• Tasting Notes: Coffee, Cedar, Earth, Red Pepper, Floral, Chocolate
• Estimated Smoke Time: 45 - 75 minutes
• Made at La Gran Fabrica Drew Estate, Estelí, Nicaragua

🏆 2020 92 Rating — Cigar Aficionado (Lonsdale)

🏆 2019 90 Rating — Cigar Aficionado (Toro Especial)

Choosing Your Size

Robusto Grande (5 1/4x52) — The shortest smoke in the line and the one Cigar Aficionado rated full in 2026, with black licorice, charred oak and dark toast. 45 to 60 minutes. For the smoker who wants the Mata Fina hit without the time commitment.

Lonsdale (6x44) — The Cigar Aficionado 92. The slim ring puts the most Mata Fina wrapper in each puff; Cigar Aficionado found malt, fruit and coffee bean one year and chocolate, vanilla and black cherry the next. 50 to 65 minutes. Ryan's everyday size and his after-dinner pick with rum.

Toro Especial (6x52) — The size Cigar Coop and Cigar Aficionado both reviewed. Coffee, cedar and red pepper up front, wood and earth through the middle, pepper late. Blind Man's Puff's panel took about 90 minutes with it. 60 to 75 minutes for most. The box size if you want one cigar to cover the evening.

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