Plasencia Year of the Tiger
A second limited edition in honour of the Chinese astrology.
In the Chinese culture, the tiger is an animal highly appreciated for its characteristics, such as determination, confidence, persistence and dynamism.
The Plasencia family, one of the world's leading producers of premium tobacco, has decided to continue its "Year of" limited edition series, starting last year with the Buffalo.
For this second cigar dedicated to another Chinese zodiac sign, Plasencia has chosen the Toro Extra (54 x 159 mm), a vitola already featured in the "Alma del Campo" collection.
The Plasencia Year of the Tiger, with its personalised triple band, is made from top quality Nicaraguan tobacco leaves, grown in the traditional way from seed to harvest. Each leaf is 10 years old and comes from the Plasencia family's tobacco collection.
Indeed, after being carefully selected, these leaves have been delicately folded in order to maintain a perfect appearance, even after a long period of ageing. It took many years for the result of this process to meet the brand's requirements.
The result is a medium strength, flavourful cigar delivering notes of chocolate, nuts, cedar, dry earth and coffee, all perfectly organised into a perfectly designed flavour profile.
Production of the Plasencia Year of the Ox is limited to 6,250 boxes of 8 units, for a total production of 50,000 cigars. Like all the brand's cigars, each one has been hand-rolled in Estelí, Nicaragua, the brand's birthplace.
Like most of the cigars released for the Chinese New Year, the Plasencia Year of the Ox is presented in a red and gold box specially made for the occasion. These two colours have a special meaning in Chinese culture. Red symbolises luck and happiness and gold symbolises wealth.
With this Toro Extra "Year of the Tiger", Plasencia affirms its ambition to be part of the list of cigar brands offering limited edition cigars for the Chinese zodiac calendar. So, we will have to wait another year to discover what Plasencia has in store for us for the Year of the Rabbit.
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PLASENCIA Year of the Tiger - Box of 8
Vitola: Toro Extra (54 x 159 mm)
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