La Palina Goldie Prominente to be Released at PCA 2021 (Update)
Retailers who attend the 2021 PCA Convention & Trade Show will get the exclusive opportunity to order a new size of the La Palina Goldie, and a limited size at that.
The company will be releasing the La Palina Goldie Prominente exclusively to retailers who attend the trade show, with just 300 boxes of 10 cigars being offered. The Prominente is a 6 1/2 x 48 grand corona vitola, and it can only be ordered while on the show floor. It is scheduled to ship to retailers in August, and will have an MSRP of $23 per cigar.
The Goldie line is arguably La Palina’s best known and best received line. It uses an Ecuadorian habano wrapper, an Ecuadorian binder and fillers from the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua, with some of the latter classified as medio tiempo leaves, a high priming that is only found on some of a crop’s plants, and which are known for their distinctive strength and flavor. Since its debut in July 2012, it has been made at El Titan de Bronze in Miami, with Maria Sierra rolling every Goldie release until 2017.
William Paley, owner of La Palina, created the line as a way to honor women in the cigar industry, naming it for his grandmother, Goldie Drell Paley. The factory where it is made is also woman-owned.
The Prominente will be the 10th size in the La Palina line once it is released:
- La Palina Goldie Laguito No. 2 (6 x 38) — July 2012 — $15 (Box of 10, $150) — 1,000 Boxes of 10 Cigars (10,000 Total Cigars)
- La Palina Goldie Laguito No. 5 (5 5/8 x 54) — May 2013 — $18 (Box of 10, $180) — 2,500 Boxes of 10 Cigars (25,000 Total Cigars)
- La Palina Goldie Laguito Especial (7 x 40) — May 2014 — $16.50 (Box of 10, $165) — 2,500 Boxes of 10 Cigars (25,000 Total Cigars)
- La Palina Goldie Laguito Robusto Extra (6 1/10 x 50) — June 2015 — $18 (Box of 10, $180) — 2,000 Boxes of 10 Cigars (20,000 Total Cigars)
- La Palina Goldie Dalia (6 3/4 x 43) — June 2016 — $20 (Box of 10, $200) — 2,500 Boxes of 10 Cigars (25,000 Total Cigars)
- La Palina Goldie Toro (6 x 52) — June 2017 — $22 (Box of 10, $220) — 2,500 Boxes of 10 Cigars (25,000 Total Cigars)
- La Palina Goldie Cañonazo (5 7/8 x 52) — October 2018 — $22 (Box of 10, $220) — 1,500 Boxes of 10 Cigars (15,000 Total Cigars)
- La Palina Goldie Churchill (7 x 48) — September 2019 — $23 (Box of 10, $230) — 1,000 Boxes of 10 Cigars (10,000 Total Cigars)
- La Palina Goldie No. 6 (6 1/2 x 56) — December 2020 — $23 (Box of 10, $230) — 1,000 Boxes of 10 Cigars (10,000 Total Cigars)
- La Palina Goldie Prominente (6 1/2 x 48)*
*not pictured
Update (July 3, 2021) — Pricing and a shipping date have been announced and added to the story.
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 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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