For the 2013 IPCPR Convention and Trade Show, My Father Cigars put one cigar front and center, the Don Pepin Garcia 10th Anniversary. The cigar was a celebration of the decade that El Rey de Los Habanos/My Father Cigars had been in business and was billed as being true to the DPG Original, also known as the Blue Label, a cigar it shares a color scheme with and which is one of the more visible cigars in the portfolio that bears García’s name. Not only did the Don Pepin Garcia 10th Anniversary get some of the most ornante packaging ever used by the company, it also came with one of the highest price tags ever to grace a El Rey de Los Habanos/My Father creation, trailing only the Pipe and Baseball Bat, both of which seem more for decoration than smoking. The company also decided to put its regular limited edition releases from the My Father and Jaime Garcia Reserva Especial lines on hold for a year in order to keep the spotlight solely on this release. My original review and score generated a good bit of discussion both among the halfwheel staff and readers of the site, and while I don’t apologize for the 93 rating I gave it in September ...
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