La Palina

1948

Strength: Medium-FullIn stock

About this cigar

La Palina is a historic American cigar house revived by the Goldie family. The Dominican-made 1948 Churchill uses an Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper over Dominican binder and Dominican-Nicaraguan fillers, delivering a balanced, medium-bodied smoke.

Tasting notes

cedarearthleatherblack pepperpepper

Available sizes

4 options4 in stock
Selected size
Robusto
5" × 52 · Box of 10
In stock
$233.00$23.30 / cigarTax & shipping includedAdd

Pairs well with

aged rumbourbonsingle malt Scotchespressotawny port
At a glance
Made in
Nicaragua
Strength
Medium-Full
Sizes
4 available
In plain English

What to expect

Smoothness
Balanced
Strength
Medium-Full

Richer and more assertive, but still approachable.

Flavour
cedar · earth · leather · black pepper
Tasting profile

How it tastes

Primary

cedarearthleatherblack pepperpepper

Secondary

cocoacoffeesweet spice

What each note tastes like

Sweetness4/5

Cocoa, dried fruit, molasses

Spice5/5

Pepper and warmth on the finish

Creaminess1/5

Soft, smooth, milky texture

Earthiness5/5

Soil, leather, forest floor

Wood3/5

Cedar, oak, toasted timber

Read from this cigar's own tasting notes, strength and wrapper — not a published score.

Earth & leatherearth · leather

Dry, savoury depth — the backbone most aged tobacco is built on.

Wood & cedarcedar

Clean, resinous notes that come forward as the cigar warms up.

Pepper & spiceblack pepper · pepper · sweet spice

The tingle on the retrohale; usually strongest in the first third.

Cocoa & coffeecocoa · coffee

Roasted, faintly bitter sweetness that builds through the middle.

Blend & origin

How it is built

Made in
Nicaragua
Sizes (length × ring)
5–7" × 46–52
Explore this blend

Where it sits in the collection

made in Nicaragua · medium-full in strength · pairs with aged rum, bourbon, single malt Scotch

Compare sizes

Every size side by side

SizeLength × ringPackPer cigarPricevs retail
Robusto5" × 52Box of 10$23.30$233
Diadema6" × 46Box of 10$23.50$235
Toro6" × 52Box of 10$23.90$239
Churchill7" × 52Box of 10$24.60$246
Aging & storage · Guidance

How to keep it

General humidor guidance for this cigar, based on its wrapper, strength, ring gauge and packaging.

Storage

Hold the box at 65–70% relative humidity at 65–70°F (18–21°C). Steady humidity matters far more than the exact number — swings are what crack wrappers.

Rest after delivery

Two to three weeks of rest after delivery lets the box settle back to your humidor before the first smoke.

Aging window

Full-bodied blends reward patience: a year or two of quiet aging typically trades raw power for depth.

In the box

Age them in their own box where possible — the cedar keeps the cigars marrying together instead of taking on the flavour of everything else in the humidor.

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