The La Palina El Ano 1896 Oscuro Gordo is a full-strength, box-pressed toro that is expertly handmade at the Plasencia Cigars factory in Honduras. A tasty, oily, dark Mexican San Andres maduro wrapper artfully covers a binder from the Dominican Republic and a filler from Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic. This special blend offers up a potent, bold, yet balanced smoking experience with a strong tobacco flavor and notes of earth, coffee, and pepper. The El Ano 1896 Oscuro commemorates the year La Palina cigars was founded, and it is the first box-pressed cigar released by this storied American brand.