La Palina El Diario “Kill Bill” Cigars Pack a Wallop

(Smokemag.com) Going against the grain of the industry’s focus on large ring gauge cigars, La Palina has brought a new 4 1/4 x 40 petit corona to market. The petit corona has always been a favored vitola in company owner Bill Paley’s humidor, and is his preferred size for the daily drive home from the office. Jokingly referred to as the "Kill Bill" during initial blending stages of the El Diario line, the name stuck. The new size has been affectionately described as a “petit corona with the heart of a Churchill,” and is a line extension to El Diario's existing five shapes, comprised of Churchill (7 x 50), Torpedo (6 1/8 x 52), Gordo (6 x 58), Toro (6 x 50), and Robusto (5 x 52). Continued