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La Escepción

Series IV Tapa Negra 45

🇭🇳 HondurasCorona Grande171 mm × 45
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Strength
Medium to full

About this cigar

Made in Honduras, the La Escepción Series IV Tapa Negra 45 comes in the Corona Grande format: 171 mm long with a 45 ring gauge (17.9 mm). Tobaccos: wrapper Connecticut Broadleaf / Ecuador / United States, binder Connecticut, United States and filler Dominican Republic / Honduras / Nicaragua. Strength: medium to full; smoking time about 97 minutes. It is one of 3 sizes in the Series IV Tapa Negra line. Noted flavors: earth, cedar and pepper.

From the Cuban house La Escepción, the Series IV Tapa Negra is a 171 mm Corona Grande with a 45 ring gauge for aficionados seeking power. Its Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper, grown in Ecuador and the United States, encloses a Connecticut binder from the United States and a filler blending Dominican, Honduran and Nicaraguan tobaccos. Medium to full in strength, it unfolds notes of earth, cedar and pepper.

Specifications

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Series IV Tapa Negra 45
Length
171 mm · 6.73″
Ring gauge
45 · 17.9 mm
Wrapper
Connecticut Broadleaf / Ecuador / United States
Wrapper shade
Mixed
Binder
Connecticut, United States
Filler
Dominican Republic / Honduras / Nicaragua
Country of manufacture
🇭🇳 Honduras
Smoking time
About 97 min
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La Escepción

La Escepción

Cuba, Founded in 1800, 41 cigars

La Escepción is a historic Cuban cigar brand within the Habanos portfolio, founded in Havana by José Gener, who also created Hoyo de Monterrey. Its entirely handmade cigars, built with long-filler Cuban tobacco, are prized by aficionados for their quality and their limited, collectible releases.

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Earthy
Woody
Spicy

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