Plasencia cigars come from a family that has grown tobacco for five generations, since 1865, and today farms and makes cigars in Nicaragua and Honduras. The family is known for aging its tobacco: the Alma lines use a ten-year aging process, and Cosecha 149 comes from the 2014 harvest.
The Plasencia Family: Tobacco Since 1865
The Plasencia story begins in 1865, when Don Eduardo Plasencia left the Canary Islands and started growing tobacco in Vuelta Abajo, Cuba. Five generations later, the family grows tobacco and makes cigars in Nicaragua and Honduras, and describes its work as running from seed to smoke.
In 1986 Néstor Plasencia entered the cigar business, making cigars for other companies, and the family later returned to Nicaragua to revive its land there while keeping its farms in Honduras. The Plasencia-branded cigars in this guide are Nicaraguan puros, with one exception: Cosecha 149, an all-Honduran cigar.
Plasencia Cigar Lines
Plasencia Alma del Campo
Alma del Campo, 'Soul of the Field,' is a Nicaraguan puro: wrapper, binder and filler all Nicaraguan. Plasencia describes a complex, balanced and very creamy smoke with notes of coffee and nuts and a touch of spice, and rates it three leaves out of five for strength. Sizes: Tribu (5 x 52), Guajiro (5½ x 54), Sendero (6 x 56), the box-pressed Travesía (6½ x 54) and Madroño (6½ x 58).
Plasencia Alma Fuerte
Alma Fuerte, 'Strong Soul,' is also a Nicaraguan puro, blended from what Plasencia calls its best-aged tobaccos for bold, intense flavor: dark chocolate, plum and cinnamon, finishing with oak and molasses. Plasencia rates it three leaves out of five. Sizes include Robustus I (5¼ x 52), Néstor IV and Eduardo I (6¼ x 54), the hexagonal Sixto I and Sixto II (6 x 60) and Generación V, a 7 x 58 salomón.
Plasencia Cosecha 149
Cosecha means 'harvest,' and Cosecha 149 is named for the family's 149th harvest, in 2014. It is Plasencia's first all-Honduran cigar, made at the family's Tabacos de Oriente factory in Honduras from tobacco grown in Olancho, the Jamastran Valley and Talanga. Plasencia calls it a rich, balanced puro, medium to full in strength, with cream, dark chocolate and a hint of cedar, and rates it four leaves out of five. Sizes: La Vega (5 x 52), Azacualpa (6 x 52), Santa Fe (4⅞ x 60) and the Cortez figurado (5¾ x 56).
Plasencia Reserva Original
Reserva Original is a Nicaraguan puro that Plasencia describes as certified organic. Expect nuts, fruit and caramel with touches of marzipan and a cedar finish; Plasencia rates it two leaves out of five, the lightest of the lines here. Sizes include the Robusto (4¾ x 52), Toro (6 x 50) and Corona Corta (3⅞ x 48).
Plasencia at Sun of a Gun
Plasencia is part of the humidor at Sun of a Gun Cigars & Spirits, 1651 S Arizona Ave, Yuma, Arizona. Choose from the humidor and settle in with a pour from the bar. Sunday to Thursday 9am to 11pm, Friday and Saturday until 1am; 928-276-3500.
Plasencia Cigars FAQs
Who makes Plasencia cigars?
Plasencia cigars are made by the Plasencia family, now in its fifth generation, which grows tobacco and makes cigars in Nicaragua and Honduras. The family has grown tobacco since 1865, when Don Eduardo Plasencia started in Vuelta Abajo, Cuba.
Where are Plasencia cigars made?
Alma del Campo, Alma Fuerte and Reserva Original are Nicaraguan puros made in Nicaragua. Cosecha 149 is made in Honduras, at the family's Tabacos de Oriente factory.
How strong are Plasencia cigars?
Plasencia rates strength on a five-leaf scale: Reserva Original two leaves, Alma del Campo and Alma Fuerte three, and Cosecha 149 four, which Plasencia describes as medium to full.
