Plasencia Alma del Cielo
Cigar tobacco historically has been grown in valleys, low-lying areas surrounded by hills or mountains. A new cigar unveiled at the PCA trade show turns tradition on its head, and it comes from a company with generations of experience growing tobacco.
This is something very special, says Nestor Andres Plasencia, opening a box of Plasencia Alma del Cielo cigars. The cigar, named for soul of the sky, features some tobacco that is grown on a farm in the mountains of Nicaragua and the farm is 3,500 feet above sea level.
In tobacco I haven't seen any other place that does that, says Plasencia. The view is unbelievable.
He uses some of the tobacco from this farm in the filler blend for Alma del Cielo. All the tobacco is from Nicaragua, all grown by the Plasencias, and it's finished with a wrapper leaf from Jalapa. Plasencia calls it a medium-bodied cigar. Cigar Aficionado smoked an early sample at Big Smoke Meets WhiskyFest last week, and agreed with the medium-bodied assessment.
