Plasencia Cigars has announced its Alma del Campo Guajiro is now a box-pressed offering.
Plasencia Introduces Alma Del Fuego Ometepe Edición Limitada | Cigar News
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Plasencia Cigars has joined the $100.00 SRP/cigar club.
PCA 2024: Plasencia Cigars
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At PCA 2024, Plasencia would introduce a new Figurado line extension to the Cosecha 149 line.
Plasencia Cosecha 149 Cortez Figurado Launched at PCA 2024 | Cigar News
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his 5 3/4 x 56 figurado becomes the fourth size in Placencia’s Cosecha 149 line.
Plasencia Year of the Dragon Announced | Cigar News
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The Plasencias join the party of Year of the Dragon releases.
2023 Cigar of the Year Countdown (Coop’s List) #10: Plasencia Alma Fuerte Colorado Claro Eduardo I
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The Plasencias earn their first top ten cigar on a Cigar Coop as a brand with the Plasencia Alma Fuerte Colorado Claro Eduardo I. This uses a lighter wrapper than the original Alma Fuerte. The size pays homage to Plasencia patriarch, Eduardo Plasencia.
Cigar News: Plasencia Cosecha 151 Ships with Finalized Packaging
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When the Plasencia Cosecha 151 debuted at PCA 2023, it featured packaging that had not been finalized. Now, the Plasencia Cosecha 151 has shipped with the final packaging. Plasencia 151 refers to the 151st harvest (which took place in 2016) of crops from the Plasencia farms. In the case of the Cosecha 151, all of […]
Cigar Review: Plasencia Ehtëfal (2022)
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In 2022, Plasencia Cigars quietly started telling retailers of an ultra-premium limited edition offering known as the Plasencia Ehtëfal. The release of the Plasencia Ehtëfal was meant to coincide with the 2022 FIFA World Cup that was taking place in Qatar in November 2022. Plasencia Cigars made it clear that this was not a commemorative […]
Cigar News: Don Conrado Plasencia, Director of Tabacos de Oriente, Passes Away
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Don Conrado Plasencia, brother of Sixto and uncle of Néstor Plasencia, has died. Don Conrado served for many years as factory director at the Plasencia’s Tabacos de Oriente factory in Danlí, Honduras. The Plasencia family settled in Nicaragua in 1965, two years after their tobacco operation was confiscated by the Cuban government. In 1978, during […]
Cigar News: Jim Young Joins Plasencia 1865 as Interim CEO, Advisor, and Board Member
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Plasencia 1865 has announced that industry veteran Jim Young has joined the company as an advisor and board member. Young will also take on the role of “Interim CEO” until a permanent candidate is named. Young is best known for his tenure at Oettinger Davidoff AG, first as President of Davidoff North America and then […]