Wrapper: Ecuadorian

Binder: Nicaraguan

Filler: Nicaraguan

Profile: Medium

La Palina is celebrating the 75th birthday of chairman Bill Paley with an exceptional collaboration with Olivia. 1948 is hand-rolled at Oliva’s factory in Esteli, Nicaragua, and available in four box-pressed vitolas. This Robusto weighs in at 5x52 and wears a band that shows what Esteli and Manhattan, New York, looked like in the 40’s. 1948 is an annual limited release, with only a few boxes released yearly. Wrapped in a Sun-grown Ecuadorian Sumatra leaf, then filled with the most choice Nicaraguan leaves for its insides.