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New World
Grown and blended outside Cuba — Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Ecuador and beyond. New World makers have redefined premium cigar-making with bold innovation and diverse microclimates.
Leaf Composition
Growing Region — Jalapa Valley
Nuanced, sweet leaf with fine texture; less body and spice than Estelí
High-altitude Nicaraguan valley prized for nuanced, sweeter leaf with less body than Estelí. Used by Oliva (Melanio), Padrón, My Father, and many boutique brands. The elevation and volcanic soils produce a distinct terroir impossible to replicate elsewhere.
Flavour Profile
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One of the oldest tobacco families in the Americas, tracing roots to Cuba in 1865. Today grows tobacco across Nicaragua, Honduras, and Ecuador. Produces cigars for dozens of brands while also marketing their own lines.
Emigrates from Cuba, rebuilds in Honduras
The Plasencia family leaves Cuba following nationalisation of the tobacco industry. They rebuild their operation in Honduras, establishing what becomes one of the most important tobacco-growing families in Central America. They later expand into Nicaragua and Ecuador.
Family tobacco origins in Cuba
The Plasencia family begins growing tobacco in Cuba in 1865. Six generations of tobacco expertise are established before the Cuban revolution forces emigration.
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