1948 marks the year Sam Paley's original La Palina wound down, and this blend is the modern family's nod back to it. Nicaraguan and Dominican filler under an Ecuadorian wrapper, in four sizes including a tapered Diadema.
Cedar, cocoa and a bready sweetness, medium in body with a pepper note that stays polite. The Diadema at 6 x 46 is the shape worth trying — narrow ends concentrate the smoke in a way the parallel sizes cannot.
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano
Binder: Nicaraguan
Filler: Nicaraguan and Dominican
Strength: Medium
Sizes: Robusto (5.0" x 52), Diadema (6.0" x 46), Toro (6.0" x 52), Churchill (7.0" x 52)
A well-mannered cigar that does not need an occasion.