Samuel Paley opened a cigar shop in Chicago more than a century ago, created La Palina and hosted a radio show to promote it. The brand is still going, and still trading on elegance rather than power.
Bronze Label is the accessible end of the range — smooth, cedary and lightly sweet, medium-bodied and well-made. Two sizes: a 6.5 by 52 toro and a six by sixty gordo.
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano
Binder: Nicaraguan
Filler: Nicaraguan long-filler
Strength: Medium
Sizes: Toro (6.5" x 52), Gordo (6.0" x 60)
An American brand with a genuine hundred-year story behind it.