The My Father Le Bijou 1922 100 Anos carries the same intricate bands found on the standard Le Bijou 1922 only with an additional orange ribbon around the foot with “100 ANOS” printed across the front. It makes it very comfortable in the hand. I love the soft-box pressing on this cigar. The wrapper is laid beautifully over itself while the larger veins and tobacco webbing lead up to the cigar’s triple-wrapped pigtail capped. The wrapper itself feels very thick and durable while the cigar as a whole is packed nicely, has a good weight to it, and carries no soft spots that I could find. The wrapper’s texture is very toothy and very oily as it glistens under light. The My Father Le Bijou 1922 100 Anos start with a deep, dark, consistent brown wrapper. Pairing: Bruery Terreux Graciano (Wild Ale 12.2% ABV).Wrapper: Oscuro Oscuro – Habano My Father.I purchased mine over from Cuenca Cigars who has them in stock now in boxes as well as singles. Each size comes packaged in boxes of 22 with only 1922 boxes being produced running $13 per cigar. The cigar is offered in only two sizes: Corona Especial (6 1/2 x 44) and a Corona Extra (soft-box-pressed 5 1/2 x 48). The blend is a tweaked version of the original Le Bijou featuring a special Habano wrapper leaf that the company calls “Oscuro Oscuro” or “Habnao My Father”. Created at the My Father Cigars factory in Nicaragua, the My Father Le Bijou 1922 100 Anos contains tobacco from the Garcia families San Rafael, Las Quebradas and San Jose farms. the 1922 name moniker is also Jose’s birth year. That all changed when My Father dropped the 100 Anos a few weeks ago which celebrates what would be the 100th birth of Don Pepin Garcia’s father, Jose Garcia Alayon. This was one of my favorite cigars when it first came out and I smoked it for years, but I can’t say I smoked too many recently. The Good Stuff:īy now everyone knows of and has likely smoke a My Father Le Bijou. This week I feature the new My Father Le Bijou 1922 100 Anos Paired with a bottle of The Bruery Terreux’s Graciano wine-hybrid fruited sour beer. Will temperatures falling I find it way to comfortable to spend all day out back with a great drink and cigar. Explore all blends by the brand! You may also return to the homepage.I feel like I haven’t left my backyard in a month. You should also try My Father Le Bijou 1922 100 Años. Master Blender Tasting Notes: "The cigar has rich flavors of dark chocolate, dark cocoa, spices, espresso, leather, and earth that allure the palates." Unique Blend Attributes: The leaves were handpicked with great care by Jose ’Pepin’ Garcia and fermented optimally to standard. Buy a box of My Father Le Bijou 1922 cigars to appreciate the extravagant flavors. It is available in five regular vitolas Torpedo ( 6 ⅛" x 52), Grand Robusto ( 5 ⅝" x 55), Churchill (7" x 50), Petit Robusto (4 ½" x 50), and Toro (6" x 52). The signature blast of spices common in Pepin cigars is prominent and medium to full-bodied in strength. Le Bijou is a French word for “my jewel,” while 1922 depicts the year of birth of his father. Fortunately for Pepin, this cigar became so successful that it won the Cigar Aficionado #1 Cigar of the Year in 2015. Pepin also decided to extend the act of love to his father and ended up blending a fantastic cigar. Jaime Garcia, a legendary cigar roller, blended My Father's cigar as a show of love to honor and celebrate his father, Pepin Garcia. The cigar features an uncommon wrapper Pelo de Oro from Nicaragua, and spicy Nicaragua long fillers and binders. All the tobacco leaves used in making My Father Le Bijou 1922 cigars were specially cultivated on the Garcia family's private farms in San Jose, San Rafael, and Las Quebradas.
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