Interviews with growers show how a professional interprets their materials. They also call for careful reading: the interviewee’s experience, the date and the context are part of the information.

In his conversation with David Savona, published in 2013 by Cigar Aficionado, Néstor Andrés Plasencia describes Ometepe tobacco as a component of marked strength within his blends. His assessment offers a working perspective on that provenance and on the blender’s decisions.

In the same interview, Plasencia compares that strength with the sweetness he attributes to Jalapa and the intensity of Estelí. The contrast reveals how a grower thinks when combining provenances. A leaf with a dominant character can be a tool of the blend; the testimony is of interest for that professional decision, set in 2013.