Our Blends
A legacy isn’t built from a single cigar. It’s built from a range of them, each one distinct, each one deliberate, each one worthy of carrying the Martinez family name. Four blends, four vitola offerings, one standard: nothing leaves the La Union Factory unless it’s worthy of the heritage.
Below, you’ll find every core detail: wrapper, binder, filler, vitola, tasting notes, and pairing suggestions, so you can choose with confidence rather than guesswork.
The Core Line
Four Blends, One Family
Alaska
Named in honor of the third and final shoe store Jose Rafael Martinez opened in Santiago de Cuba, Alaska is the most layered of our four blends, a cavalcade of flavor draped in an oily Ecuadorian Habano 2000 wrapper.
Tasting notes: Dark chocolate, sweetness, nuttiness, hints of white pepper on the retrohale
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Versalles
Versalles carries the name of the second store Jose opened, and the cigar lives up to the name: sophisticated and sassy, wrapped in a silky Ecuadorian Connecticut leaf that tantalizes before you’ve even clipped the cap.
Tasting notes: Cream, nuts, subtle white pepper
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La Dalia
La Dalia is named for the very first store Jose Rafael Martinez ever opened, the beginning of everything, and it carries that weight. This is the cigar that pays homage to our patriarch most directly: the culmination of a dream, draped in a dark, toothy, chocolatey Mexican San Andres wrapper.
Tasting notes: Full-flavored, hints of white pepper, leather, earth, underlying sweetness
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M67
Not every legacy is quiet. The M67 is named after the U.S. military’s M67 fragmentation grenade, an unmistakably direct name for an unmistakably direct cigar. Built with a double Indonesian Sumatra binder and filler drawn from the same tobacco as La Dalia, M67 proves that craftsmanship isn’t reserved for a single format.
Tasting notes: Connecticut wrapper — creamy, nutty; Habano wrapper — more pepper and spice
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Construction & Vitolas
Every Detail, By Design
Alaska
Robusto (5×50) — a shorter, more concentrated smoke, ideal for tasting Alaska’s full complexity in under an hour.
Toro (6×50) — the same profile, given more room to unfold slowly across the burn.
Corona, 2025 Edición Limitada (6×46) — a limited release of only 500 boxes of 20. Once these are gone, they’re gone.
Suggested pairing: a rounder, slightly sweet spirit, or a dark roast coffee for those who prefer to pair without alcohol.
Versalles
Robusto (5×50) — compact and approachable, well suited to a shorter sitting.
Toro (6×52) — a slower, more deliberate version of the same profile.
Suggested pairing: something equally smooth, a lighter bourbon or a milder espresso.
La Dalia
Robusto (5×50) — full-flavored in a shorter format.
Toro (6×50) — the standard-bearer of the line, room to let the San Andres wrapper’s sweetness fully emerge.
Gorda (6×60) — the most substantial format we offer, for a long, unhurried smoke.
Corona, Edición Limitada Dec. 2023 (5½×46) — limited to 10,000 cigars total.
Suggested pairing: a fuller-bodied spirit or a dark, low-acid coffee.
M67
Suggested pairing: Connecticut option leans toward the same cream-forward pairing as Versalles; the Habano option can carry a slightly bolder pour.
At a Glance
Tasting Notes at a Glance
Alaska
Ecuadorian Habano 2000 · Medium
- Dark chocolate
- Sweetness
- Nuttiness
- White pepper (retrohale)
Versalles
Ecuadorian Connecticut · Medium
- Cream
- Nuts
- Subtle white pepper
La Dalia
Mexican San Andres · Medium to medium-plus
- White pepper
- Leather
- Earth
- Underlying sweetness
M67
Ecuadorian Connecticut or Habano · Medium fill
- Creamy, nutty (Connecticut)
- Spicier (Habano)
Still Deciding?
Four blends, one family, one standard. If you’re not sure which one matches what you’re after, our history might help you understand why each one was built the way it was.
Frequently Asked Questions
Alaska, Versalles, and La Dalia make up our core line, each named for one of the three shoe stores Jose Rafael Martinez opened in Santiago de Cuba. M67 uses filler from the La Dalia line but is built as a distinct blend with its own binder structure and a choice of two wrappers.
Versalles and the Connecticut-wrapped M67 tend to offer the gentlest introduction, with cream and nut-forward profiles. Alaska and La Dalia carry more depth and are worth exploring once you have a sense of what body and flavor intensity you enjoy.
Body refers to the strength and intensity of the smoke, not necessarily the flavor complexity. All four Exile blends sit in the medium range, though La Dalia leans toward medium-plus, meaning a slightly fuller experience without moving into full-bodied territory.
Vitola affects smoking time and how the flavor unfolds. A Robusto is shorter and more concentrated, a Toro gives the same blend more time to develop, a Corona sits between the two, and a Gorda offers the longest, most unhurried smoke. The tobacco is the same within a blend, the format changes the pace.
Yes. Alaska’s 2025 Edición Limitada Corona was capped at 500 boxes of 20, and La Dalia’s December 2023 Edición Limitada Corona was limited to 10,000 cigars total. Availability changes as these sell through, so check with a retailer or contact us directly for current stock.