Cigar Review: My Father Cigars La Reloba Habano

Toro 6.25" x 52 ring gauge / $6.99

This is one of the newest creations by Don Pepin Garcia & his son Jaime Garcia. This cigar was a gift to me from Jason Shepherd (@CigarSource) when I purchased a couple other Pepin sticks. Unfortunately there isn't a lot of information on this stick on the web. The My Father website doesn't even list the cigar. I looked around at a couple blogs and the best I can find is that it is made up of Nicaraguan fillers and binder with either a Nicaraguan or Ecuadorian Habano wrapper.

The wrapper was a medium brown with a slight bit of mottling. The band was a very classic looking one with a black background with gold and red lettering and decorations. When I felt along the length of the cigar I noticed a slight bit of sponginess but there weren't any noticeable soft spots. The top of the triple cap was slightly lighter in color than the rest of the cigar and it was sitting slightly off center. When the wrapper was smelled I got definite aromas of nuts and leather. When I smelled the foot it smelled like I put my nose into a jar of mixed nuts. After I cut the cigar I was rewarded with a free draw and a taste of nuts.

As I lit the cigar up I got the standard Pepin spice on the tongue and on the retrohale. As I got into the cigar the spice continued on, but at the end of the first third ended it had died down a bit. Mingled with the spice were a continuation of the notes I got off the cold draw of a definite nuttiness mixed with leather flavors. The draw continued to be very good and because of that it produced a large volume of smoke. The ash was of an off-white color and had a stacked look to it. It needed to be tapped off at about an inch and a half.

At the start of the second third the spice moved from the tongue to the back of the throat. The flavors continued to be the same as they were through the first third. I did notice that the ash was a bit flaky and wouldn't stay together when I tapped it off.

The final third saw the cigar build in strength a bit with the spice coming back to the tongue with lots of flavors of leather, nuts, tobacco and some hints of chocolate. The band came off very easily and the cigar finished well and I put it down when it was too hot to hold in my fingers.

This cigar was very enjoyable. While the flavors didn't change a whole lot, the flavors that were there were very enjoyable. The burn line was only slightly wavy, probably due to wind, and it didn't need a touch up. The cigar would probably be classified as a medium full but it didn't have a big nicotine hit. With a price like this and a cigar this enjoyable I can definitely see myself purchasing one again.

Body: 7/10

Strength: 6/10

Complexity: 7/10

AFP Scale

Pre-light: 1.5/2

Construction: 2/2

Flavor: 4/5

Value: 1/1

Total: 8.5/10

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