La Palina Goldie Churchill 7" * 48

Goldie was the wife of Sam Paley, who founded La Palina in 1896. La Palina Goldie collection was released in 2012 to celebrate the women in the cigar industry. Until 2016, each Goldie cigar was rolled by Maria Sierra, one of the first women trained to roll cigars in Cuba since 1967. She finished each cigar in the traditional Laguito style with a fan cap (El Laguito is the Cuban factory that makes Cohiba). Ms. Sierra no longer rolls these cigars but they are still carefully handrolled by one dedicated roller. The Goldie is blended with prized Medio Tiempo leaf, found on only 10% of tobacco plants. The wrapper is Ecuadorian Habano, binder from Ecuador and filler from Dominican Republic and Nicaragua. Only 2500 numbered boxes of 10 are made.

This large corona is traditionally 7*48. Length can vary from 6 3/4 to 7 7/8 inches by 46 to 50 ring.

Most cigars are round in shape, as this is how the cigars are rolled by the torcedor.

This cigar is 7 inches long, or 177.8 mm.

Most cigars are manufactured in the Caribbean and Central America.
Production of cigars in the United States, once a thriving industry, is now mainly machine made cigars. They are still being produced in the last remaining cigar factory from the 1890s, the JC Newman Cigar factory in Tampa. However, in recent years boutique brands have flourished and are being handmade by select rollers in Miami, Florida.

The cigar ring gauge corresponds to the diameter of a cigar, this cigar has a ring gauge of 48, so his diameter is 48/64 inches or 19.05 mm.

Cigar wrapper color varies from green (Double Claro or Candela) to black (Maduro or Oscuro) with a full range of browns in between.
Natural wrapper, also known as Colorado Claro, is light brown in color.

Handmade cigars are completely made by hand from start to finish.

Established in 1995, El Titan de Bronze manufactures premium handmade cigars using traditional Cuban rolling methods. Located in the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami, Florida. They make cigars for famous boutique brands as well as their own cigars.

The wrapper is the last tobacco leaf to be rolled on the cigar, so it is the one the smoker will see.
Ecuadorian Habano wrapper has become one of the most used cigar wrappers in the market. Grown primarily by the Oliva family, this tobacco originated from Habano or H2000 seeds brought to Ecuador from Cuba. This leaf is rich and flavorful thanks to the temperate climate of Ecuador and the quality of its volcanic soil.

The binder is a full tobacco leaf that is used to roll the cigar, binding the filler tobaccos together. 
Ecuador is the perfect place to grow binders, because it is located on the Equator and it has rich soils too. The weather conditions, with a nearly permanent cloudy sky, provide a natural shade, protecting the plants from sunshine and allowing the tobacco to grow thin and light. Ecuador supplies Connecticut and Sumatra type binders to many cigar factory in the world.

Filler is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the "guts" of the cigar.
Filler (or “tripa” in Spanish) is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the "guts" of the cigar. The Dominican Republic is considered one of the most premier tobacco growing countries in the world. The filler tobacco grown in this Caribbean island nation ranges from mild to full bodied. Olor Dominicano and Piloto Cubano are the main types of tobacco grown in the Dominican Republic.