PCA 2022: Aroma de Nicaragua

After introducing seven different releases during the 2021 PCA Convention & Trade Show, Aroma de Nicaragua decided to scale back its product launches for this year’s show. That translates into two new lines: one is a recreation of a cigar that the company’s founder’s grandfather smoked in Cuba, while the other is a series incorporating tobacco that has been aged for six years.

While Hernan Lopez, founder of Aroma de Nicaragua, would not confirm which factory his company’s cigars are being produced at, he did tell me that the Nicaraguan tobacco which makes up all of the company’s blends includes tobacco grown in all four of the country’s main growing regions: Condega, Estelí, Jalapa and Ometepe.

The Aroma de Nicaragua booth is exactly the same that the company used last year, and as was the case last year, the orange-on-black color scheme incorporated into the logos, boxes and banners really makes an impression when you see it for the first time.

Aroma de Nicaragua Chilcagre

This double perfecto is named after one of the first tobaccos the Spaniards found after landing in Nicaragua, which—according to Lopez—were generic darker Nicaraguan leaves. It includes tobacco aged for eight years and was made to honor the company founder’s grandfather, who smoked the same vitola when he lived in Cuba.

• Wrapper: Nicaragua
• Binder: Nicaragua
• Filler: Nicaragua

• Aroma de Nicaragua Chilcagre (4 3/4 x 54/46) — $10 (Box of 20, $200)

Production: Regular Production

Release Date: July 2022

Aroma de Nicaragua Rain Forest Series

This two-vitola line includes tobacco from all four main growing regions in Nicaragua: Condega, Estelí, Jalapa and Ometepe.

• Wrapper: Nicaragua
• Binder: Nicaragua
• Filler: Nicaragua

• Aroma de Nicaragua Rain Forest Series Box-Pressed Torpedo (6 x 52) — $10.95 (Box of 20, $219)
• Aroma de Nicaragua Rain Forest Series Toro (6 x 52) — $10 (Box of 20, $219)

Production: Regular Production

Release Date: July 2022