Eminentes, 5.75" x 46 ring gauge, $9.25The My Father line of cigars was introduced in 2008 as Jaime Garcia's tribute to his father, Don Pepin Garcia. The My Father website seems to continually being a state of "Coming Soon" so finding info on this cigar was tricky. I used Cigar Cyclopedia to determine that this cigar was all Nicaraguan and I believe I stumbled across the meaning of "Cedros Deluxe" in a general Google search: cedro is Spanish for cedar. These cigars are wrapped in a cedar sheath--although I'm not sure that warranted a separate cigar line.
Presentation is beautiful on this stick. The regular My Father band has a lot of color along with gold foil accents; the cedar wrap has the "MF" logo and "Cedros Deluxe" printed on it; and a "Cedros Deluxe" foot band completes the look. The only complaint being that it is impossible to tell the general condition of the wrapper under all that marketing material. Fortunately, it turned out to be as good as it should be for a small cigar costing over $9. The wrapper was very oily and even had some plume starting. The veins were small and delicate and the color was an even milk chocolate and flawless. The aroma of chocolate was powerful from the body and even moreso at the foot where it was joined by some compost and a tiny bit of coffee.
The prelight draw was easy and featured cocoa mostly, with a little undertone of coffee. The initial puffs had more of the cedar flavor. The remainder of the first third was heavy on cedar along with a healthy dash of black pepper mixed in.
The second third featured a building pepper component and a fading cedar flavor. There was some dark roast coffee and roasted nuts struggling to emerge, too.
The final third of this stick was the most interesting--wood had long gone and the pepper diminished as well. It was replaced by a very nice coffee note as well as cloves and a little nutmeg. Overall, this was a very nice, extremely complex cigar that never stayed in one flavor area for long. I did not care for the heavy cedar in the first third, so I wonder if what the non-Cedros version is like--luckily I have several examples of those to try at some point in the near future. The body never got above the mid-point and there was no nicotine-kick to speak of. The only thing wrong with this cigar (aside from too much cedar) is the price tag, which will keep it from being more than an occasional smoke for me in the future.
Body: 4/10
Strength: 4/10
Complexity: 10/10
AFP Scale:
Prelight: 2/2
Construction: 2/2
Flavor: 4.5/5
Value: .5/1
Total: 9/10
Dave,
ReplyDeleteAlthough I can't remember much about the My Father I had, but I recently had the My Father Le Bejioux and it was really good. I would suggest trying it if you find it.
Keith
Been there, done that already, Keith...and the review will run tomorrow! The Le Bijou is a totally different cigar from the regular My Father line and I like it (but not the price). I still haven't gotten to the the regular MF without the Cedar...but I will soon.
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