LA GALERA 1936 BOX PRESSED CIGARS

Jochy Palma for some may be a new name in the cigar biz, but Jochy has been around for some time now and has been making and growing tobacco for decades, and continues to run the family business Tabacalera Palma, that was established in 1936.

Some of the leading brands in the industry utilizes Jochy’s tobaccos grown on his Dominican farms; and some of the finest farms in the Dominican. Brands like La Flor Dominicana, Aging Room are just a few in his long portfolio. Most of what Jochy produced was sold to the European market, that is until now. La Galera is his signature line, and for the first time introduced to the U.S. market.

The La Galera 1936 Box Pressed Cigars are a special blend envisioned by master blender Jose “Jochy” Blanco over seven years ago. After identifying and securing the desired grades and types of tobacco he has given them the time and processing they demanded to reveal their full potential. Now available for the first time, La Galera 1936 is a Dominican masterpiece, comprising a collection of Tabacerlara Palma’s finest tobaccos from their farms in La Canela that yield their most brilliantly rich tobacco’s.

The La Galera 1936 Box Pressed cigar is a medium to full bodied smoke that delivers rich tobacco flavors, spicy but not over bearing, this blend is well thought out and very well balanced. Like the whole family of La Galera cigars, these vitolas are extremely well constructed. The blend is comprised of an Ecuadorian Habano wrapper with all Dominican fillers and binder which are grown on Blanco’s prized La Cabela farm.

The La Galera 1936 Box Pressed blend delivers notes of wood, pepper, and hints of spice, with a clean long finish. If you like medium to full bodied habano style cigars then this brand is a must try, you will enjoy these smokes, a standout blend for 2016.