748. Don Pepin Garcia 10th Anniversary Limited Edition 2013

Gifted by a friend.

Location: This review was made indoors in a cigar lounge.

Information:
Wrapper: Ecuadoran Habano 2009
Binder: Nicaragua
Filler: Nicaragua
Origin: Nicaragua

Factory: My Father Cigars S.A. (Nicaragua)
Box: Sold in 14 count boxes.
Release: 2013
Availability: Limited Edition, 2,500 Boxes of 14 Cigars (35,000 Total Cigars).

Size: 6.5×52, Toro.

Wrapper: Milk chocolate brown, silky smooth with tiny veins.

Construction: Firm and even feel when lightly squeezed.

Cold draw: Red wine barrel, dried plums and wheat.

1st third: Starts with Cheerios cereal, honey, marzipan, sweet pastry and cardamom.

2nd third: No changes.

Burn: Burns sharp with a firm and stable white-ish ash.

Smoke: Voluminous smoke with a medium cool feeling on the tongue with a medium light draw.

3rd third: Overall no direct changes in taste, more like a toasted cereal grains tone.

Duration: 17:50-19:30, 1h 40min.

Conclusion: A medium bodied cigar with a medium strength profile. For it being 10 years old it keeps a well balanced flavour complexity.

Result: In my book this is a 91 point cigar.

/Cigar Reviewer André

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