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La Palina White Label: flavour profile and cigars like it

La Palina White Label is a handmade cigar made in Nicaragua. Its published strength is mild. It has a Connecticut wrapper grown in Ecuador and filler from Nicaragua. The tasting notes in our sources point to cream, cedar and sweetness.

If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are Rocky Patel Vintage 1999 and HVC Hot Cake Golden Line Ct.

Published by Breaking Cigars · Editorial contact: Anatolie Clevan · Sources read · Independently fact-checked · How we built this

La Palina White Label cigar
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What does La Palina White Label taste like?

CreamCedarEarthPepperCocoaSweetFruitHerbal
Our flavour map: the eight flavour families named in the tasting notes we cite.
  • cream and nuts
  • cedar and wood
  • natural sweetness

How strong is it, and what's in it?

WrapperEcuadorian Connecticut
BinderNicaraguan
FillerNicaraguan-grown Piloto Cubano long fillers
StrengthMild as published by lapalinacigars.com
BodyNot published
Made inNicaragua
SizesRobusto 5×52 · Toro 6×50 · Churchill 7×50

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 x 50 (2022)In our words: Cream, cedar, wood, and pepper. Mild-to-medium strength. The reviewer reported excellent construction.
  • cigaraficionado.com: 86 points, Robusto, 5 x 52 (2023)In our words: Caramel, cocoa, and graham cracker appeared first. A perfume-like note preceded a balsa finish.
  • cigaraficionado.com: 89 points, Churchill, 7 x 50 (2024)In our words: The indexed note reports oak, cedar, mesquite, nuts, vanilla, and orange peel.
  • klarocigars.com: 4.7 of 5, Toro, 6 x 50 (2023)In our words: The reviewer described buttered toast, honey sweetness, cedar, and controlled construction.

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 White Label

The line. White Label launched as a 2021 TAA release. La Palina moved it into regular production during 2022. cigar-coop.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 White Label

  1. Rocky Patel Vintage 1999Closest matchConnecticut wrapper · MildSame Connecticut wrapper family, more cedar and wood, less fruit and floral, about the same strength.
  2. HVC Hot Cake Golden Line CtAlso fitsConnecticut wrapper · Mild to mediumSame Connecticut wrapper family, also made in Nicaragua, more pepper and spice, less fruit and floral, a step stronger.
  3. Espinosa CremaAlso fitsConnecticut wrapper · Mild to mediumSame Connecticut wrapper family, also made in Nicaragua, more pepper and spice, less cocoa and coffee, a step stronger.
  4. Perdomo Reserve 10th Anniversary Champagne (Connecticut)Also fitsConnecticut wrapper · Mild to mediumSame Connecticut wrapper family, also made in Nicaragua, more pepper and spice, less cocoa and coffee, a step stronger.
  5. ADVentura Queens PearlsOne step furtherConnecticut wrapper · Mild to mild-mediumSame Connecticut wrapper family, more pepper and spice, less cocoa and coffee, about the same strength.

Picked by the palate test's own engine, as if you named La Palina White Label as a favourite: never more than one strength step above it, plain tobacco only, one cigar per brand.

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