Review of Liga Privada 10 Selección de Mercado Toro

Have a Cigar: Liga Privada 10 Selección de Mercado Toro

Name: Liga Privada 10 Selección de Mercado Toro
Country: Nicaragua
Shape: Parejo
Size: Toro (6 inches x 52)
Strength: Medium

A cigar that can be compared to the Liga Privada 10 Aniversario. Only this one was a little smoother, i.e., easier to smoke. It’s medium-bodied, produces a generous amount of smoke, and comes with notes of coffee, wood, and pepper.

Overall, although it may look a little rugged and unattractive, it is an enjoyable smoke. Its beauty is in its personality.

I think my wife liked it more than I did, and she’ll probably smoke more of these. Personally, I prefer the stronger Liga Privada cigars like the H99, the No. 9, and the T52. But I wouldn’t mind smoking the Liga Privada 10 Selección de Mercado again (and again).

5 quotes from Aldous Huxley's Ape and Essence

Quotes from Aldous Huxley’s Ape and Essence

About five years ago, browsing around a bookshop, I stumbled across Aldous Huxley’s Ape and Essence. Of course, I was familiar with Huxley and a bunch of his works, such as Brave New World, The Doors of Perception, and Music at Night. But I had never heard of Ape and Essence before. So, I picked it up, read its synopsis, and a few random sentences from random pages. “This smells like a delicious dystopian novel,” I whispered to myself. And, to no one’s surprise, I ended up buying it. And I enjoyed reading it very, very much. (So, if you’re into dystopian literature like I am, make sure you read this one, too.)

Here are five quotes from Aldous Huxley’s Ape and Essence:

In the field of politics the equivalent of a theorem is a perfectly disciplined army; of a sonnet or picture, a police state under a dictatorship.

– Aldous Huxley, Ape and Essence

But I was thinking that the dream of Order begets tyranny, the dream of Beauty, monsters and violence.

– Aldous Huxley, Ape and Essence

Yes, my friends, remember how indignant you once felt when the Turks massacred more than the ordinary quota of Armenians, how you thanked God that you lived in a Protestant, progressive country, where such things simply couldn’t happen — couldn’t happen because men wore bowler hats and travelled daily to town by the eight-twenty-three.

– Aldous Huxley, Ape and Essence

They have to be punished for having been punished.

– Aldous Huxley, Ape and Essence

And whenever evil is carried to the limit, it always destroys itself.

– Aldous Huxley, Ape and Essence
Review of Reserve Ammiq Chateau 2013 - Lebanon Wine Reviews

Lebanese Wines: Reserve Ammiq Chateau 2013

Name: Reserve Ammiq Chateau 2013
Type: Red Wine
Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon, Cinsault, Carignan
Year: 2013
Country: Lebanon
Region: Bekaa Valley
Date Consumed: September 18, 2025

A pleasant 12-year-old red wine made with 70% cabernet sauvignon, 15% cinsault, and 15% carignan. It was ferric, brick red, and fine sediment was present. It delivered strong notes of black fruits, black cherry, and oak. And then, hints of tobacco, dark chocolate, and leather.

Did I like it?
Yes. I almost emptied the whole bottle by myself. My wife only had one glass.

Will I purchase another bottle of Reserve Ammiq Chateau in the near future?
I’m not sure. Maybe. It’s an excellent wine, but there are many other excellent wines out there waiting for me.

Does it require further aging?
No, I don’t think so. I don’t think it will evolve to become any better than this.

Conclusion:
This is definitely a good Lebanese red wine to add to your wish list, but if I had to list the 10 or 15 Lebanese wines you should try first, the Reserve Ammiq Chateau wouldn’t make it on that list.

Cheers,