“ This was quite an enjoyable cigar. I found this cigar to have some nice balance from start to finish and the flavor nuances seemed to click throughout the smoking experience.”
Agile Cigar Reviews are cigar assessments where we use a lightweight, shorter format. These will never take the place of our comprehensive reviews. They are only used on blends we have previously assessed. This might be a blend we are rescoring or giving a score for the first time. It also might be a blend […]
In 2021 La Palina Cigars released its fifth exclusive release to the Tobacconists Association of America (TAA), the La Palina White Label. It was also the fourth consecutive year that La Palina unveiled a new blend as part of its “color label” series as a TAA Exclusive. Originally the La Palina White Label was planned […]
The story of La Palina Cigars is one that is well known. In 2010, William C “Bill” Paley announced he was resurrecting a brand started by his grandfather Samuel Paley back in 1896 known as La Palina Cigars. Samuel owned a very successful cigar company called Congress Cigar Company, but when Samuel retired in 1926, […]
It’s been 13 years since Bill Paley resurrected the brand created by his grandfather Samuel Paley, La Palina. Over the years Paley has teamed up with some of the best factories in the world in many different countries to produce his products. While La Palina’s history is often associated with the brands of his grandfather, […]
La Palina Cigars has moved its La Palina White Label series into regular production. This was a cigar that was originally released in a Toro size in 2021 for the Tobacconists Association of America (TAA) Exclusive Series. The Toro (6 x 50), along with a Robusto (5 x 52) and Churchill (7 x 50) size […]
At the 2022 Premium Cigar Association Trade Show, La Palina Cigars showcased a new look and a new blend for its La Palina Nicaragua line. It’s a line from La Palina that consists of 100% Nicaraguan puros. It was at the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show that La Palina first introduced the La Palina Nicaragua. It […]
Last year, La Palina Cigars celebrated its 125th anniversary with a commemorative cigar known as the La Palina 125 Años. The cigar was packaged in a limited set of turn-of-the-century collectible glass jars. This year, La Palina announced the return of the 125 Años, but this time in ten-count boxes and as an ongoing production. […]
At the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, La Palina Cigars announced the return of two installments of its La Palina Goldie Series. This includes the Prominente and the cigar that started all for the Goldie, the Laguito No. 2. Both cigars are each being branded as “Series 2” by La Palina. It was […]
It’s taken a while, but La Palina’s fifth cigar for the annual Tobacconist Association of America (TAA) Exclusive Series is now heading to retailers – the La Palina White Label TAA Exclusive. The White Label features a Honduran-grown Connecticut seed wrapper over a Mexican San Andrés binder, and fillers from the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and […]