Drew Estate Announces Liga Privada 10 Aniversario & H99 Robustos (Update)
On its Freestyle Live show Wednesday evening, Drew Estate announced the upcoming release of the Liga Privada 10 Aniversario Connecticut Criollo in a robusto vitola that will be limited to Drew Estate events beginning on Aug. 1, as well as a Liga Privada H99 Robusto.
The Liga Privada 10 Aniversario Connecticut Criollo was originally released in December 2018 in a 6 x 52 toro size that features a covered foot and a unique cola de pescado cap, which the company says takes 30 seconds to make. Its blend uses a criollo-seed wrapper that is grown in Connecticut, a Mexican San Andrés negro binder and Nicaraguan and Pennsylvanian fillers, including Green River One Sucker ligero.
After debuting as a very limited production release, the cigar went into regular production in June 2022. In February 2021, a second size called A Savage Feast was added; it uses the 5 3/8 x 60 perfecto shared by the Feral Flying Pig and which was only available as a sales incentive at Drew Estate events that Jonathan Drew attended.
The company also announced the upcoming release of the Liga Privada H99 Connecticut Corojo Robusto, a 5 1/2 x 54 vitola that is scheduled to arrive at stores in September and will be priced at $14.95 per cigar and $350.80 per box of 24 cigars. However, attendees at the Pennsylvania Barn Smoker DE25 Exclusive Pre-Party on July 15 will get first access to the cigars.
The H99, which debuted in 2018 in a 6 x 52 vitola, uses a corojo-seed leaf grown in the Connecticut River Valley over a Mexican San Andrés negro binder and a blend of Honduran and Nicaraguan fillers. That wrapper leaf is notable for being a hybrid between stalk-cut habano and corojo seeds that is grown in the Connecticut River Valley by one farmer, and exclusively for Drew Estate.
In June 2022, the company added a 7 x 40 vitola called Phineas Gage as a size that was only available for purchase during Drew Estate events, with pricing set at $19 per cigar.
Like the Liga Privada 10 Year Aniversario, the Liga Privada H99 Connecticut Corojo was released in limited amounts before moving into more regular production in February 2022.
During the live show, Willy Herrera, Drew Estate’s master blender, said that the flavor was a bit more intense due to the cigar’s smaller format. The specific dimensions of the new vitolas were not immediately available during the show.
Additional details are expected to be released in the coming days via a press release.
Update (July 14, 2022) — Drew Estate issued a press release about the Liga Privada H99 Connecticut Corojo Robusto, which included the vitola’s dimensions, pricing, and an updated shipping date.
Patrick Lagreid
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