La Flor Dominicana Double Ligero Maduro DL-700 6 1/2″ x 60

Double Ligero is Litto Gómez’s answer to anyone who thinks a cigar cannot be too strong. It is built almost entirely from ligero, the thick, oily, slow burning leaf from the top of the plant that most blenders use sparingly.

A dark Ecuadorian Sumatra maduro wrapper covers Dominican binder and filler grown on LFD’s own La Canela farm. Full bodied: black pepper and dark cocoa off the light, earth and a molasses sweetness through the middle, leather to the end. At 6 1/2 by 60 it is a long, heavy sit.

Ligero sits at the top of the plant and takes the most sun, which makes it strong, oily and slow to burn. Most blends use a leaf or two of it for backbone. This one is mostly ligero, which is where the name comes from and why it is not a starter cigar.

Pairs well with bourbon, espresso, or stout.