While Plasencia Cigars is always one of the busiest booths at the PCA Trade Show, 2025 took things to another level. This year, Plasencia Cigars had a significant release with Alma del Cielo, and the company hosted a major launch event at their booth. Plasencia Cigars is no stranger to major trade show launches. In 2017, Plasencia hosted a major launch event at IPCPR to introduce its brands. While Plasencia has released many cigars, this is the first launch event since then. Plasencia pulled out all the stops – not only were there presentations by Nestor Andrés Plasencia and Interim CEO Jim Young, but a performance by renowned R&B/Soul artist October London also highlighted the unveiling.
Alma del Cielo
The Alma del Cielo is the fourth installment of the Alma series. Alma del Cielo translates to “Soul of the Sky.” It features tobacco grown at elevations over 3,500 feet above sea level. The tobacco originates from Finca San Julian in Condega. Melalina Torres, the wife of Don Nestor Plasencia, spent much of her childhood on a family-owned farm that is now known as Finca San Julian, which served as a mountain vacation home. Eventually, Melalina’s father sold the land.
During the Nicaraguan revolution of the 1980s, the Plasencias relocated their farms and operations to Honduras. When they were able to return to Nicaragua in the 1990s, Don Nestor discovered that the farm where Melalina had spent her vacations was available for purchase. He acquired the land and gifted it to her. Finca San Julian is named in honor of Melalina’s father, and tobacco is now grown there. According to Nestor Andrés Plasencia, the tobacco from that farm is not a dominant tobacco in the Alma de Cielo, but it is the soul of the blend.
As for the Alma del Cielo cigar, it features all Nicaraguan tobacco grown by the Plasencias, including the Finca San Julian tobacco Alma del Cielo comes in three sizes, each in a ten-count box. Plasencia’s six-sided pressed Hexagono, a popular size in the Plasencia Alma Fuerte line, is one of those sizes.
- Celeste (Robusto): 4 7/8 x 52 (SRP $25.00/cigar)
- Boreal (Toro): 6 1/8 x 54 (SRP $27.50/cigar)
- Amancer (Hexágano): 6 x 60 (SRP $29.50/cigar)
Sixto I Hexagon Tubos
The Sixto I is the six-sided pressed cigar in the Alma Fuerte Claro line. It will now get a Tube offering. In this case, it’s a six-sided tube. Pricing for the Plasencia Alma Fuerte Sixto I Hexagon Tubo is $26.25 per cigar. The tubos are available in either ten-count boxes or three-count soft packs.
Five Packs
Plasencia Cigars now also has five-pack packaging for select vitolas of its Alma Fuerte, Alma Fuerte Colorado Claro, and Alma Del Campo lines.There are six five-pack options with pricing listed per five-pack box:
- Plasencia Alma Fuerte Néstor IV (SRP $116.75)
- Plasencia Alma Fuerte Robustus I (SRP $107.25)
- Plasencia Alma Fuerte Colorado Claro Eduardo I (SRP $116.75)
- Plasencia Alma Fuerte Colorado Claro Robustus II (SRP $107.25)
- Plasencia Alma Del Campo Sendero (SRP $98.25)
- Plasencia Alma Del Campo Tribu (SRP $85.50)
Plasencia Alma del Cielo Presentation and Interview with Nestor Andrés Plasencia
Product Reports
- Plasencia Alma Del Cielo Launched at PCA 2025
- Plasencia Alma Fuerte Sixto I Hexagon Tubos Introduced at PCA 2025
- Plasencia Showcasing Five-Packs for Alma Fuerte and Alma Del Campo
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