This was September’s cigar pick for our monthly club. I was excited to see that it was a Don Pepin Garcia pick this time, and one that I had not had before.
I smoked 2 of them before writing this post, one Saturday afternoon, and one Sunday evening. The first one started out a bit hot and very spicy, but quickly mellowed into a mild-to-medium smoke with hints of leather. The second one wasn’t hot at all, was smooth all the way through, and I got the same hints of leather and some earth tones to it. There was plenty of smoke and the flavor was quite good, but I think that I still liked the Blue Label better.
The cigar burned a bit unevenly towards the end, but this didn’t affect the flavor or quality at all, in my opinion. I look forward to smoking the other 4 sticks I got.