PCA 2021: La Palina
There are a number of booths that I look forward to covering every year, and La Palina is definitely on the list. The company has a number of new releases this year, including two new versions in its popular Goldie line, a refreshed KB Series and a brand new cigar that was created to celebrate an important milestone in the company’s history.
The walls and display cabinets that make up La Palina’s booth this year are the same that the company has used since 2016, but with a noticeably smaller space footprint in the front for people to sit and congregate.
This cigar was created to commemorate the company’s 125th anniversary and is packaged in a glass jar reminiscent of those used in the early 20th century. In fact, the inspiration for the jar was drawn from the packaging that La Palina used in 1920s, enhanced with modern graphic and printing technology. Each jar is shipped to store full of 37 cigars and also with an accompanying bundle of 37 cigars designed to refill the cigars.
- Wrapper: Undisclosed
- Binder: Undisclosed
- Filler: Undisclosed
- La Palina 125 Años (6 1/2 x 52) — $25 (Jar of 37 Cigars, $925)
Production: 300 Jars of 37 Cigars & 300 Refill Packages of 37 Cigars (22,200 Total Cigars)
Release Date: Fourth Quarter 2021
La Palina Goldie Laguito No. 1
While this Goldie is named after the classic Cuban vitola—which in turn was named after the famous Cuban cigar factory, El Laguito, where it was invented—at 7 x 38 is not the same size as a 7 1/2 x 38 Cuban lancero.
- Wrapper: Ecuador (Habano)
- Binder: Ecuador
- Filler: Dominican Republic & Nicaragua
- La Palina Goldie Laguito No. 1 (7 x 38) — $23 (Box of 10, $230)
Production: Not Confirmed
Release Date: October 2021
Yes, that’s right, one year two Goldies. The second new Goldie release is being sold exclusively to retailers who attend and order at the show. It’s both the first time there’s an exclusive Goldie release and the first time the company is shipping two Goldies in a single year.
- Wrapper: Ecuador (Habano)
- Binder: Ecuador
- Filler: Dominican Republic & Nicaragua
- La Palina Goldie Prominente (6 1/2 x 48) — $23 (Box of 10, $230)
Production: 300 Boxes of 10 Cigars (3,000 Total Cigars)
Release Date: October 2021
The original KB Series was introduced in 2013, but this updated version includes new packaging. In addition, there are two new vitolas—Part Three and Part Four—with a blend that has been “tweaked” by adding higher primings of ligero.
- Wrapper: Honduras (Corojo)
- Binder: Honduras (Double Criollo Binder)
- Filler: Nicaragua (Corojo & Criollo)
- KB Series Part One (4 1/4 x 40) — $7.50 (Box of 30, $225)
- KB Series Part Two (6 x 40) — $9 (Box of 30, $270)
- KB Series Part Three (5 x 52) — $10.25 (Box of 30, $307.50)
- KB Series Part Four (6 x 54) — $11.50 (Box of 30, $345)
Production: Regular Production
Release Date: Fall 2021
Brooks Whittington
I have been smoking cigars for over eight years. A documentary wedding photographer by trade, I spent seven years as a photojournalist for the Dallas Morning News and the Fort Worth Star Telegram. I started the cigar blog SmokingStogie in 2008 after realizing that there was a need for a cigar blog with better photographs and more in-depth information about each release. SmokingStogie quickly became one of the more influential cigar blogs on the internet, known for reviewing preproduction, prerelease, rare, extremely hard-to-find and expensive cigars. I am a co-founder of halfwheel and now serve as an editor for halfwheel.
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