Drew Estate Herrera Esteli Habano

Drew Estate Herrera Esteli Habano is the first blend Willy Herrera released after joining Drew Estate in June 2011 from El Titan de Bronze, the small Calle Ocho factory in Miami where he had been master blender for about six years. It launched in early 2013 as Herrera Esteli and took the Habano name in Drew Estate's 2018 repackaging; the blend did not change. Cigar Aficionado rated the Robusto Grande 93 in 2022 and placed the Piramide Fino at No. 8 on its 2013 Top 25 with a 94, Drew Estate's first Top 25 appearance. Cigar Coop scored the Lonsdale 95 in 2013. It is one of our best sellers and one of Brandon's favorites.

The wrapper is Ecuadorian Habano. The binder is Honduran, a Criollo-seed leaf according to Cigar Aficionado, and the filler is Nicaraguan from Jalapa and Estelí. Cigar Coop called the result Cubanesque, and that was the brief: a Cuban-style profile Drew Estate did not have. The cigars are bunched entubado, a method where each filler leaf is rolled into its own tube before the binder goes on, which keeps the draw open. Drew Estate moved ten roller teams off Liga Privada to make it. Rolled at La Gran Fabrica Drew Estate in Estelí, Nicaragua.

halfwheel's review opens on a sweet maple note with white pepper on the retrohale and oak, leather and citrus behind it. The sweetness turns to vanilla through the middle with peanut and light earth, then back to maple with cream, coffee bean and nuts at the end. Cigar Aficionado's 93-point Robusto Grande note was earth and pepper over salted peanut, candied pecan and caramel with a toasty finish. Strength is medium, building toward medium-full in the last third. Construction is why it stays in our best sellers; Cigar Coop called the Lonsdale's draw flawless and its construction perfect.

Drew Estate Herrera Esteli Habano Details:

• Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano
• Binder: Honduran
• Filler: Nicaraguan (Jalapa, Estelí)
• Sizes: Robusto Grande 5 1/4x52, Lonsdale 6x44, Toro Especial 6x52, Lancero Edición Limitada 7x38
• Strength: Medium
• Tasting Notes: Cream, Maple, Peanut, White Pepper, Cedar, Vanilla
• Estimated Smoke Time: 45 - 80 minutes
• Made at La Gran Fabrica Drew Estate, Estelí, Nicaragua

🏆 2013 #8 Top 25, 94 Rating — Cigar Aficionado (Piramide Fino)

🏆 2022 93 Rating — Cigar Aficionado (Robusto Grande)

🏆 2013 #15 Cigar of the Year Countdown, 95 Rating — Cigar Coop (Lonsdale)

Choosing Your Size

Robusto Grande (5 1/4x52) — The Cigar Aficionado 93. Earth and pepper over salted peanut, candied pecan and caramel. 45 to 60 minutes. The size to hand someone who asks what Herrera Esteli is about.

Lonsdale (6x44) — The Cigar Coop 95, and the size Cigar Aficionado rated 90 in 2025 with dried fig, maple syrup and a graham cracker finish. The 44 ring puts more wrapper in each puff, so the Habano leaf shows most here. 50 to 65 minutes. For the smoker who wants the wrapper to lead.

Toro Especial (6x52) — Maple, white pepper and peanut up front, cream and coffee bean late, per halfwheel's launch review. 60 to 75 minutes. The size we stock deepest.

Lancero Edición Limitada (7x38) — Herrera held out for a 38 ring when Drew Estate wanted a 40; he told Cigar Aficionado the blend's flavors come out more in smaller ring sizes. First released in 2014 and brought back in 2019 for Drew Diplomat retailers only, rolled by the same four pairs who make the Liga Privada L40. halfwheel scored it 92. Fifteen to a box. 60 to 80 minutes. Availability varies.

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