The journey north in Nicaragua from Estelí to Jalapa is a long and sometimes bumpy one, but worth the ride if you want to fully understand Nicaragua’s diverse tobacco regions. The closer you get to Jalapa, the more you see that nature has free reign, as the landscape remains wild and unspoiled, the roads still pitted and unpaved. While Estelí is known for its distinctively powerful, spicy leaf, many cigarmakers turn to Jalapa and its cooler climate for elegant wrappers and more subtle tobacco.  Few people are as familiar with Jalapa as the Plasencia family, the largest growers of premium tobacco in all