SkinsFanLarry
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Don Pepin's New Website
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I hope he doesn't change the blend too much. I liked the current My Father's.
I can't wait to try the Le Bijou. He told me this features the infamous Pelo de Oro wrapper! The father to El Corojo! Woot!
Here is what I do not understand, why it is now My Father Inc. as a new company separate from El Rey de los Habanos? (You read it on the bottom of the new site). Must now google.
Elder I am sure they will keep both lines alive, My Father is selling too well, this looks like an extension.
Elder I am sure they will keep both lines alive, My Father is selling too well, this looks like an extension.
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Pelo de oro (Golden Hair), and tobacco from these seeds has not been available anywherenot even Cubasince before Castro seized power. It turns the clock back 50 years to Cuba's Golden Age of cigars. The opulent taste and aroma, combined with this new an exciting strain of Havana tobacco, is sure to raise the bar in taste and manufacture alike.!
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More about the tobacco used in Pepin's Le Bijou 1922 cigar:
Pelo de Oro is over powering. Its a dark, resinous plant furry like sage Pelo de Oro plant is prone to disease like black shank and blue mold and easily infects other tobacco plants thats why it is not mass produced they save it for people who are willing to pay a premium. Also it is spoken of in whispers sort of like when some one in the States secures a source for Cuban Cigars mums the word.
You either love it or hate it. It has a sort of cheesey smell very oily. Some people get a rash from touching it.
Pelo de Oro is over powering. Its a dark, resinous plant furry like sage Pelo de Oro plant is prone to disease like black shank and blue mold and easily infects other tobacco plants thats why it is not mass produced they save it for people who are willing to pay a premium. Also it is spoken of in whispers sort of like when some one in the States secures a source for Cuban Cigars mums the word.
You either love it or hate it. It has a sort of cheesey smell very oily. Some people get a rash from touching it.
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Wow....Sounds like a couple of rondezvous I had back in the day.:eyequiver
They apparently won't be as expensive as I thought:
"The sizes of My Father Le Bijou 1922 are Churchill, which measures 7 inch long by 50 ring gauge and has a suggested retail price of $12.20; a 4 1/2 by 50 Petit Robusto, which will sell for $7; and a 6 by 52 Toro selling for $11.30." - CigarAficionado.com
http://www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar/CA_Features/CA_Feature_Basic_Template/0,2344,2820,00.html
"The sizes of My Father Le Bijou 1922 are Churchill, which measures 7 inch long by 50 ring gauge and has a suggested retail price of $12.20; a 4 1/2 by 50 Petit Robusto, which will sell for $7; and a 6 by 52 Toro selling for $11.30." - CigarAficionado.com
http://www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar/CA_Features/CA_Feature_Basic_Template/0,2344,2820,00.html
This description alone makes me wanna rush out and pick up a 5er. I love the current MF's. I'm open for a split when they hit the streets.
I want to try the new cigar :cbig:
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I LOVE the My Father's & can't wait to get my hands on these!
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The "blue mold" issue is why no one wanted to use this type of tobacco, but Don Pepin it giving it a true....let's see how the cigar turns out.
bigbwalls, thanks for the pricing information, definately cheaper than I thought they might be.
bigbwalls, thanks for the pricing information, definately cheaper than I thought they might be.
BagfullofPings
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The pelo de oro should be an interesting cigar. Maybe I missed it, but when will it hit the market?
Jason
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