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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
All tobacco estate-grown by the Plasencia family.
Growing Region — Estelí
Bold, peppery ligero; the engine-room of Nicaraguan premium production
The heart of Nicaraguan premium cigar production. Produces bold, peppery ligero that forms the strength backbone of most major Nicaraguan blends. Home to more major cigar factories than any other single city outside Havana: AJ Fernandez, My Father, Drew Estate, Padrón, Rocky Patel, Foundation, and Warfighter's Tabacalera Carreras.
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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