La Palina: 125 Años Cigars

La Palina's history dates to Chicago 1896 when Ukrainian émigré Samuel Paley established Congress Cigar Company and released his debut blend: La Palina, named after his wife. At its height, Congress Cigar Co. rolled one million cigars per day, but the Great Depression doomed the factory, like so many other businesses, and the company folded — lost to time if not for Samuel's grandson Bill Paley, who resurrected the La Palina name in 2010. Committed to the same excellence as his grandfather, Bill Paley revived La Palina as a "personal, signature luxury cigar," and the brand custom-sources tobaccos and partners with renowned factories in Honduras, Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic, and Miami, USA, for a range of distinctive, premium cigars.

Hand-rolled in Nicaragua by Oliva, the 125 Años celebrated La Palina's 125th anniversary in 2021. Returning to their historic roots, La Palina has branded this cigar with old-school bands, evocative of La Palina cigars in the 1920s, and a vintage-style glass jar instead of a more ubiquitous box. As a blend, it's a Nicaraguan puro of undisclosed varietals, offered in a singular 6.5" x 52 Toro size.