The Romeo y Julieta 1875 established its name on Dominican elegance and approachable mildness. The 1875 Nicaragua is the brand’s most direct exploration of what that same name can deliver when the Dominican core is replaced entirely with 100% Nicaraguan tobacco from the Plasencia family’s celebrated growing operation in Estelí — a true puro that adds a bold new chapter to a 150-year story without departing from the balance and refinement the 1875 name has always represented.

Handcrafted at the Plasencia Cigars S.A. factory in Estelí — one of Nicaragua’s most respected and productive rolling facilities — the 1875 Nicaragua is a genuine Nicaraguan puro from wrapper to filler, combining the volcanic-soil earthiness and complexity of Nicaraguan tobacco with the Romeo y Julieta brand’s commitment to approachable, balanced character. A toasty core opens the experience with a warmth and naturalness that immediately distinguishes the 1875 Nicaragua from the brand’s standard Indonesian and Dominican blends, subtle hints of spice and natural sweetness developing through the middle third before woody graham cracker, milk chocolate, and caramel emerge as the cigar progresses — an unexpected and pleasantly sweet flavor arc that Cigar Aficionado recognized with a 90-point rating for its complexity and balance. Medium-bodied, smoothly drawn, and evenly burning — a Nicaraguan puro that earns the 1875 name by delivering the same reliable, well-crafted experience that made that name legendary.

Why You’ll Love It

The Plasencia Standard: The Plasencia family’s growing operation in Nicaragua is one of the most celebrated and respected in the premium cigar industry — their tobacco supplies some of the world’s finest brands, and the Romeo y Julieta 1875 Nicaragua gives every smoker direct access to that quality in a blend crafted specifically to honor the 1875 name’s legacy of approachable excellence.

Graham Cracker and Milk Chocolate: The woody graham cracker and milk chocolate notes that emerge in the 1875 Nicaragua’s progression are the unexpected and most distinctive qualities of this Nicaraguan puro — a sweetness and dessert-like character that the standard 1875 Indonesian and Dominican blends never produce, giving the Nicaragua expression a flavor identity that is genuinely its own.

90 Points, 100% Nicaraguan: A 90-point Nicaraguan puro under the Romeo y Julieta 1875 banner is a meaningful achievement — confirmation that the brand’s commitment to quality extends fully into Nicaraguan puro territory and that the Plasencia factory’s craftsmanship elevates the 1875 name into critical recognition regardless of which growing region supplies the tobacco.