Habano wrapper · Full
La Palina Silver Label: flavour profile and cigars like it
La Palina Silver Label is a handmade cigar made in Honduras. Its published strength is full. It has a Oscuro Habano wrapper grown in Honduras and Cuba and filler from Costa Rica, Honduras and Nicaragua. The tasting notes in our sources point to cedar, cocoa, earth, pepper, sweetness and fruit.
If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are Protocol Blue and Alec Bradley Double Broadleaf.
What does La Palina Silver Label taste like?
- cedar and wood
- cocoa and coffee
- earth and leather
- pepper and spice
- natural sweetness
- fruit and floral
How strong is it, and what's in it?
| Wrapper | Honduran Cuban-seed oscuro |
|---|---|
| Binder | Costa Rican |
| Filler | Costa Rican, Honduran, and Nicaraguan tobaccos |
| Strength | Full as published by lapalinacigars.com |
| Body | Maker calls it the Label Series' most full-bodied cigar. |
| Made in | Honduras |
| Made by | Plasencia, via El Paraíso |
| Factory | El Paraíso |
| Sizes | Robusto 5.5×50 · Toro 6.5×52 · Gordo 6×60 |
Strength here means nicotine, which mostly comes from the filler. Wrapper colour is not a strength guide.
What reviewers say
- cigar-coop.com: 89 points, Toro TAA Exclusive, 6.5 x 50 (2020)In our words: Earth, chocolate, pepper, citrus, and cedar. Full strength. The reviewer found excellent burn and draw.
- cigaraficionado.com: 90 points, Toro, 6.5 x 52 (2021)In our words: The indexed note reports marshmallow, raisin, charred oak, and cocoa. Burn and draw were even.
Scores as published by the magazine or retailer, for the size named. Notes are our summary of the review, not quotes. We don't score cigars ourselves.
About La Palina Silver Label
The line. La Palina introduced Silver as a 2019 TAA limited release. It entered regular production in 2020. lapalinacigars.com
The brand. La Palina says Samuel Paley founded Congress Cigar Factory in 1896. Its first range was La Palina. Bill Paley revived the brand. La Palina launched the revival in 2010. La Palina describes itself as a negociant. It owns brands and products, not a factory. Bill Paley remains chairman. Sammy Phillips and Clay Roberts steward the company. lapalinacigars.com
Cigars like La Palina Silver Label
- Protocol BlueClosest matchHabano wrapper · FullSame Habano wrapper family, more earth and leather, less natural sweetness, about the same strength.
- Alec Bradley Double BroadleafAlso fitsBroadleaf wrapper · FullAlso made in Honduras, less fruit and floral, about the same strength.
- My Father OriginalAlso fitsHabano wrapper · FullSame Habano wrapper family, more earth and leather, less fruit and floral, about the same strength.
- Padron 1926 Serie No.47 NaturalAlso fitsWrapper style not published · Medium-full to fullMore pepper and spice, less fruit and floral, about the same strength.
- Crux Bull & BearOne step furtherHabano wrapper · Medium to fullSame Habano wrapper family, more earth and leather, less natural sweetness, a step milder.
Picked by the palate test's own engine, as if you named La Palina Silver Label as a favourite: never more than one strength step above it, plain tobacco only, one cigar per brand.