Early 2007 saw the introduction of the Troya Clasico, a cigar blended and manufactured by Don Pepin Garcia at Tabacalera Cubana in Estelí, Nicaragua [REF].
In mid-2008, the U. S. owner of the brand, Lignum2, Inc., was sold to Imperial Tobacco PLC, the world's fourth largest tobacco company,[REF] which also owns Altadis, USA.