![]() Now comes the third in the Plasencia family’s Nicaraguan series. Medium Strength: Plasencia Alma del Fuegoįirst there was the Alma Fuerte.With flavors of coffee, a touch of white chocolate and a hint of berries, the cigar is offered in four sizes, of which the 7 x 50 Churchill is our pick. Now the Plasencia family has tapped their private reserves and combined the Nicaraguan filler and binder with a Nicaraguan-grown Connecticut seed wrapper that has been aged for three years. Although still being made in Cuba, Romeo y Julietas today are crafted by an entirely different entity in the Dominican Republic as well as in Nicaragua, where they debuted in 2016 with a Nicaraguan puro made in the Plasencia factory. It achieved additional fame as the company that originated the Churchill shape. Within two years it had become one of the best-selling premium cigars in the world. It got a boost in popularity when Jose “Pepin” Rodriquez Fernandez, a former manager of one of Havana’s largest cigar factories, bought the company in 1903 and began exporting its editions. This brand began in 1875 and was originally made only for the Cuban market. New Nicaraguan From a Cuban Legend: Romeo y Julieta 1875 Connecticut Nicaragua.Only one size has been made for the 2019 version, a 51⁄2 x 49 robusto, packed 10 to a box in glass tubes. Finally, in 2019, the surprisingly dark, decade-old wrappers were ready to cover a blend of proprietary Piloto Cubano tobaccos from the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua’s Ometepe Island and a Honduran San Agustín binder. After 2009’s bumper crop, Partagás decided to put 3 of every 1,000 of its best hand-selected leaves in bales to age. Once the supply of that costly aged tobacco ran out, the cigars couldn’t be made. The original Decadas were released annually from 2005 through 2009, with each year’s limited editions using a 10-year-old Cameroon wrapper. Ten years is a long time to wait for a smoke, but the first puff tells you it was worth it. Aged Wrapper: Partagás Limited Reserve Decadas 2019.Medium-rich in flavor with candied sweet chocolate and a touch of oak, La Promesa is produced in five sizes: a toro, robusto grande, lancero, corona gorda and petite. Crafted in Garcia’s Estelí factory and using filler and binder tobaccos harvested from his Nicaraguan farms, the cigar is wrapped in a rich, reddish-brown Ecuadoran Habano Rosado Oscuro leaf, and then the final product is aged for at least a year. ![]() ![]() This cigar, La Promesa, was inspired by that pledge. But before he left Cuba, Garcia promised his family he would make them proud of his accomplishments. When Jose “Pepin” Garcia began rolling tobacco leaves in Cuba in 1961 as an 11-year-old, he embarked on a career that would eventually take him to America and then Nicaragua, regularly sweeping up awards. Aged Whole Cigar: My Father Cigars La Promesa.With a slightly sweet medium-strength start, this cigar accelerates into deep notes of duck consommé, espresso and dark chocolate and demands a glass of 1994 Fonseca vintage port or a snifter of Macallan 18. A Connecticut broadleaf binder lends a hint of burnt oak. The filler is composed of tobaccos aged for 4 to 16 years, and the Nicaraguan Estelí and Jalapa leaves were then finished in Spanish sherry barrels and given an extra touch of spice with the addition of Brazilian Mata Fina leaf. However, the five-year-old ultra-dark Nicaraguan Jalapa wrapper, selected from just eight barrels of upper primings, was aged for an additional six months. The CS19 uses some of the same vintage and sherry-barrel-aged leaf as the original Spectre and is handcrafted by the same two individuals: roller Xirolma Céspedes and bunching expert Ruben Dario Perez Peña. From its acrylic case and unique tubes to the dark and oily cigar itself, the 6 x 49 Spectre 2019-a much more powerful follow-up to the 2018 edition-is a conversation piece. If you like drama with your smoke, this is the cigar for you. Rolls-Royce may have its Phantom and its Ghost Cohiba has the Spectre.
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