"There's peace in a Larranaga, there's calm in Henry Clay" reads the first half of the fifth couplet in The Betrothed, an 1890 poem by the celebrated English writer Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936). From this high point, the brand has shrunk to just one handmade model and a few machine-assisted styles. It was created in 1834 by Ignacio Larranaga, making it probably the oldest continuously-produced Havana brand still in existence.
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Not very well known, and not available in all countries, this cigar still has all its old original characters. It’s excellent for an afternoon coffee break. It has a concentrated smoke, marked by a woody taste.
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