Don Pepin Garcia My Father
The crème de la crème of Pepin.
Jose ‘Don Pepin’ Garcia and his son Jaime are currently crafting some of the world’s finest and most heavily sought cigars. Within just a few short years, this father-son duo has created a long list of tasty and top-rated morsels for us to savor, including Cuban Classic, Serie JJ, Tatuaje, 5 Vegas Miami, and so much more. Behold!
Let me first qualify this review. I'm a certified DPG, "Ho"!
I got 2 of these beautiful sticks from Cigarbid @ $9/Stick. Rested them @ 65RH for 13 days. I usually rest most of my Pepins for 3-6 months, but this beauty was calling my name early!
Beautiful dark brown stick with very few veins. Initial 1/3 revealed a very salty, Peppery taste, almost overwhelming. Some harshness evolved. Burn was somewhat uneven & required 1 touch-up at the last 1/3. Easy draw with tons of thick white smoke. The second and last 1/3 were fairly one-dimensional, a straightforward "Tobacco" taste. I didn't taste any of the creamy, Nutty, smoothness that this stick was reported to have. Tasted like a very expensive DPG "Blue", IMHO. Duration of Smoke: 50 minutes for this DPG My Father #2, Belicoso, 5.2X 54. In all fairness, I'll rest the other stick 6months & revisit it. Overall Rating: 7/10 with points taken off for uneven burn & initial "Harshness". Any comments would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Greg