Produced at the El Titan de Bronze factory in the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami, the Goldie line is made under the supervision of owner Sandra Cobas. Master roller Maria Sierra, who signs each numbered box, rolls the entire La Palina Collection Goldie. Maria was one of the first women trained to roll cigars in Cuba. Her historic 32 year career at Villa El Laguito began July 22, 1967. Maria is a 95 rated, category 9 roller trained by Fidel Castro’s personal roller Eduardo Rivera Irizarri, as well as Avelino Lara, the creator of the legendary Cohiba blend. Each cigar is finished in the traditional Laguito style with a fan cap, exclusively taught to rollers at Villa El Laguito. Besides their immaculate construction, the cigar features Medio Tiempo tobacco leaves in its blend. These small leaves, cherished by tobacco growers for its rich flavor, are rarely seen on a tobacco plant. If they do appear, the complex leaves grow at the very top where they receive more light than any other part of the plant. Since 2012, La Palina has released a single size of the Goldie blend, which uses an Ecuadorian habano wrapper, Ecuadorian binder and Dominican and Nicaraguan fillers including the Medio Tiempo leaves.The latest La Palina Goldie Dalia release is limited to 2,500 10 ct. boxes, each numbered and signed by Maria Serra.