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La Palina Illumination Belicoso
La Palina

Illumination Belicoso

🇺🇸 United States165 mm × 52
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Strength
Medium to full

About this cigar

The La Palina Illumination Belicoso is a cigar, 165 mm long with a 52 ring gauge (20.6 mm), made in the United States. Tobaccos: wrapper Ecuador / Habano and filler Dominican Republic / Nicaragua. Strength: medium to full; smoking time about 107 minutes. In the Illumination line (3 sizes), it is the one with the largest ring gauge. Noted flavors: cedar, cocoa and pepper.

Rolled for La Palina, the Illumination Belicoso measures 165 mm with a 52 ring gauge and combines an Ecuador/Habano wrapper with a Dominican Republic and Nicaraguan filler. This medium to full belicoso will appeal to aficionados seeking strength balanced with aromatic depth. Its notes of cedar, cocoa and pepper come through with clarity.

Specifications

Vitola
Illumination Belicoso
Length
165 mm · 6.5″
Ring gauge
52 · 20.6 mm
Wrapper
Ecuador / Habano
Wrapper shade
Colorado Maduro
Filler
Dominican Republic / Nicaragua
Country of manufacture
🇺🇸 United States
Smoking time
About 107 min
The house
La Palina

La Palina

Dominican Republic / Nicaragua, Founded in 1896, 126 cigars

La Palina is an American cigar brand from a Chicago family, now produced in the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua. Founded by the Paley family, the house offers premium lines such as Family Series, El Diario, Goldie and Classic, available in Robusto, Toro, Churchill and Gordo vitolas, each with distinct ring gauges and tobacco blends.

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Flavor palette

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Woody
Roasted
Spicy

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