Tom's Cigar Reviews

Don Pepin Garcia Series JJ (White Label)

As I was leaving Ed’s shop not long ago, he handed me this cigar to review. I haven’t had any before, so hopefully everything goes well. The beverage of choice tonight is water and a sip or two of Glenfiddich 18 year scotch.

Wrapper: Nicaraguan Corojo

Binder: Nicaraguan Crillo

Filler: Nicaraguan Corojo & Criollo

Size: Robusto 5 x 50

Price: Around $8.00

Pre-Smoke/Construction:

The wrapper is a nice tan color with minimal veins. When squeezing, only a couple of soft spots were noticed. Overall, construction appears to be good, all the way to the triple cap. When sniffing the wrapper and foot, it simply smells like sweet tobacco. The pre-light draw was free, and tasted like tobacco.

Flavor:

Right away, the first third had a nice spicy pepper. It was very smooth, but did have a bit of a punch. It was enjoyable, but there was really nothing more to it then that. The burn required quite a bit of attention since it kept trying to burn crooked.

The second third continued with smooth pepper. As I dug further in, I noticed woody notes that increased in strength and started to over take the pepper. The burn continued to require touch ups, but started to calm down towards the end.

The pepper really mellowed out in the last third. Very slight earthy notes came and went, and coffee flavors took over. A woody flavor remained and was very noticeable. The burn was fine during this third.

Conclusion:

This was a very enjoyable medium to full bodied cigar. Each third showed progress and improvement in the flavor profile. Other then the initial burn issues, I have nothing bad to say about this cigar. I will definitely try more of these.

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Tags: cigars, don, garcia, jj, label, pepin, review, series, white

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5 Responses to “Don Pepin Garcia Series JJ (White Label)”

Beezer February 17th, 2009 at 7:52 pm

Great review! I have seen these on cigarbid many times and considered grabbing a five pack…I have not tried the Serie JJ yet, but will likely pick a few up in the future.

Keep the reviews coming! Good stuff.

-Beezer

Tom February 18th, 2009 at 4:45 pm

They are definately worth trying. I heard of them from Jerry over at The Stogie Review awhile back.

aaron February 23rd, 2009 at 3:43 pm

great review, sounds like a must try.. i have a black label and a blue label in my humidor ill prolly try one of them first.. keep the reviews coming tom..

Tom February 23rd, 2009 at 6:27 pm

Definately a good smoke. I like the way the flavor profile has different stages. I never have had the black or blue label. Will give them a try as well.

Devin doodson March 11th, 2011 at 3:47 am

Excellent review! The wrapper is a nice tan color with minimal veins.It was very smooth,enjoyable. A woody flavor remained and was very noticeable. Thanks!