Plasencia - Reserva Original - Toro

Sixto Plasencia” (Sixto Plasencia’s sons) and began to export and sell to bigger companies, in 1963 Castro’s regime confiscated the farms, Don Sixto and his family fled to Mexico with only what they could carry, and later relocated to Nicaragua.
In 1965, starting again from scratch, Don Sixto planted his best seeds in the fertile soils of Nicaragua but due to political turmoil, the Plasencia family’s tobacco farms were burned down, forcing the family to move to Honduras. In 1986, Néstor Plasencia entered the cigar business, manufacturing 1 million cigars a year for other companies, 4 years later keeping the farms in Honduras, the family went back to Nicaragua to revive the land and raise the production to 33 million cigars a year. For 2015, Plasencia became the largest grower of tobacco in the world and in 2017, Plasencia Cigars, the family’s own brand was launched. Néstor Andrés, Gustavo, and José Luis Plasencia introduced the Alma series, Reserva Original, and the Cosecha 146 among others.

In 1865, Don Eduardo Plasencia left The Canary Islands in search of success and opportunity and started growing tobacco in Vuelta Abajo, Cuba. In 1898, Don Eduardo’s nephew, Sixto Plasencia Juares, expanded the business and opened the Corojal farm. In 1920, Sixto Plasencia created “Hijos de