La Palina Bronze Label Adds Two Vitolas As It Becomes Regular Production
It started as a single-vitola release to members of the Tobacconists’ Association of America, but the La Palina Bronze Label is about to become a three-vitola release to all retailers.
As for the two new sizes, the line will be adding both a Robusto (5 1/2 x 50, $8.99) and a Gordo (6 x 60, $11) to the existing Toro (6 1/2 x 52, $9.99) offering that first shipped in May 2017. That size had been originally announced as a limited edition with a total of 16,000 cigars being produced, split into 800 boxes of 20 cigars.
The blend and production site will remain the same; the former is a mix of a Honduran wrapper and binder, with a filler of Honduran and Nicaraguan tobacco; the latter is Plasencia’s El Paraiso factory in Danlí, Honduras, which makes a number of cigars for Rocky Patel, who collaborated with La Palina on the blend.
The company is scheduled to begin shipping the regular production sizes beginning the second week of February.
Patrick Lagreid
I strive to capture the essence of a cigar and the people behind them in my work – every cigar you light up is the culmination of the work of countless people and often represents generations of struggle and stories. For me, it’s about so much more than the cigar – it’s about the story behind it, the experience of enjoying the work of artisans and the way that a good cigar can bring people together. In addition to my work with halfwheel, I’m the public address announcer for the Colorado Rockies and Arizona Diamondbacks during spring training, as well as for the Salt River Rafters of the Arizona Fall League, the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury, the G-League's Valley Suns, and previously the Arizona Rattlers of the Indoor Football League. I also work in a number of roles for Major League Baseball, plus I'm a voice over artist. Prior to joining halfwheel, I covered the Phoenix and national cigar scene for Examiner.com, and was an editor for Cigar Snob magazine.
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