Quick Smoke: Drew Estate Herrera Estelà Box Press (Lounge Exclusive)
28 Feb 2016
Each Saturday and Sunday we’ll post a Quick Smoke: not quite a full review, just our brief take on a single cigar.
Liga Privada was the traditional cigar that put Drew Estate’s marker down as a force in the traditional premium cigar market (previously, the company was best-known for its infused cigars). Lately, though, my favorite line from Drew Estate has been Herrera EstelÃ. The cigar sports an Ecuadorian Habano wrapper, Honduran binder, and Nicaraguan filler to produce a “Cubanseque” profile in a lineup of five traditional sizes. Recently, Drew Estate added a box-pressed version as part of its line of exclusive box-pressed smokes for the Drew Estate Lounge at Corona Cigar Company’s location in Sand Lake, Florida. The cigar features plenty of cedar along with cream, hay, and roasted nut notes. Although it’s a solid cigar, I prefer the original sizes to this pressed vitola, which burns a little hot, probably because the box-press yields a loose draw.
Verdict = Hold.
–Patrick S
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I love the Herrera Esteli, so this is good information.
The pressed #9 was fantastic and had perfect construction…I totally agree with you, nothing worse than a loose/hot draw! Although I will note, I’ve had that problem with some of the core HE sizes..loose/airy, hot, tunneling.
Review numbers for Drew Estate cigars have been sliding ever since DE was purchased by Swisher. Saw that coming.