A pair of new cigar will be unveiled in La Palina’s booth at IPCPR next week, which the company says represent a new look and taste in the La Palina portfolio.

Under the banner of the La Palina Numbers Series, the company will be showing off LP Number 1 and 2, a pair of lines made at the El Paraiso factory in Honduras, which is owned by Nestor Plasencia.

LP Number 1 uses a Ecuadorian Sumatran wrapper, Costa Rican binder and fillers from Nicaragua and Honduras. It is being released in four sizes, all of which come in 20-count boxes.

  • LP Number 1 Gordo (6 x 60) — $11 (Boxes of 20, $220)
  • LP Number 1 Petit Corona (4 1/2 x 44) — $7.99 (Boxes of 20, $159.80)
  • LP Number 1 Robusto (5 1/2 x 50) — $9.50 (Boxes of 20, $190)
  • LP Number 1 Toro (6 1/2 x 52) — $10 (Boxes of 20, $200)

LP Number 2 selects a Costa Rican leaf for its wrapper, placing it over a Honduran binder and fillers from Nicaragua and Honduras. It comes in four sizes as well, again in 20-count boxes:

  • LP Number 2 Gordo (6 x 58) — $11 (Boxes of 20, $220)
  • LP Number 2 Petit Corona (4 1/2 x 44) — $7.99 (Boxes of 20, $159.80)
  • LP Number 2 Robusto (5 x 52) — $9.50 (Boxes of 20, $190)
  • LP Number 2 Toro (6 1/2 x 54) — $10 (Boxes of 20, $200)

The Numbers Series will begin shipping to retailers at the end of July.

Davidoff is the official sponsor of halfwheel's coverage of the 2017 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show.
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