Pepin Whores Unite!

[txmatt]

I have had a hard time smoking anything but Pepin cigars lately. I have Virtual Smitty to "thank" for this new obsession.

I have done a some web research and came up with the following brands Pepin makes, and brands I believe he might make.

His factory El Rey de los Habanos in Miami rolls incredible cigars. However he also created blends for Tabacalera Tropical's main lines and their Private Blending Campaign. Pedro Martin also blends for Tabacalera Tropical though, so it gets fuzzy in determining who is responsible for some cigars.

I would like help in creating this list since Pepin doesn't have a web site.

[SIZE="6"]Pepin Garica List[/SIZE]

El Rey de los Habanos
Don Pepin Garcia “Blue Label”
Don Pepin Serie JJ
Rey Miguel
Nacionales W
Vegas Cubanas
Cuban Diplomat
Hirsh y Garcia
Sancti Spiritus
Havana Soul
Habana Leon
Cabaiguan
Tatuaje
Tatuaje Nuevitas
Padilla Miami 8/11

Believed to be Private Blending Campaign products, I believe these are rolled at ERDLH.:
Rio Tabac Alpha Series R – (Rocky’s Cigars)
Top Shelf Signature Select (topshelfcigar.com)
Trahan – (Cigar Merchant, Georgia)


Tabacalera Tropical Nicaragua believed to be Pepin Blends:
JFR
Condega

Please update with any information you have, Thanks!
-Matt-

[mikey202]

why must you tempt me with more cigars? As if the La Rosa's that you gave me weren't bad enough,i'm in deliberation with the wife for a box,now this .

how do you get some of these?

[txmatt]

Originally Posted by mikey202

why must you tempt me with more cigars? As if the La Rosa's that you gave me weren't bad enough,i'm in deliberation with the wife for a box,now this .

how do you get some of these?

Well the Tatuaje he rolls for Pete Johnson will be getting increasingly difficult to obtain, saw singles go for $19 and $21 on cigarbid.com in the past few weeks.

CigarKing.com has a bunch of the lesser known Pepin brands, Atlantic and Rockys have the Pepin Blue labels.

Fullerspullers has a Tabacalera Tropical sampler that can get you most of the brands listed on the company site.

-Matt-

[croatan]

Matt, have you tried the Rio Tabac Alpha Series R yet? I'm hesitant to spend $100+ on a box of cigars I've never tried, but at around $2 per cigar, I might give these a try.

[carbonbased_al]

Damn you Matt! People are gonna find out about Pepin now! loose lips sink ships

[Puffy69]

Are the Blue Label or serie JJ anygood? Which is better IYO?

[Mister Moo]

Last Saturday my local gifted me an unbanded sample 5.5 x 50 approx torpedo from Miami (he thought). The rep claimed it was a Pepin product (coming from a Padilla plant) soon to be introduced, and was made from 1961 Cuban tobacco. It was constructed to the quality of, and smoked just like, the Tatuaje Reserva J21 I'd had the day before.

He thought boxes would be around $200.

[sgresso]

Originally Posted by txmatt

I have had a hard time smoking anything but Pepin cigars lately. I have Virtual Smitty to "thank" for this new obsession.

I have done a some web research and came up with the following brands Pepin makes, and brands I believe he might make.

His factory El Rey de los Habanos in Miami rolls incredible cigars. However he also created blends for Tabacalera Tropical's main lines and their Private Blending Campaign. Pedro Martin also blends for Tabacalera Tropical though, so it gets fuzzy in determining who is responsible for some cigars.

I would like help in creating this list since Pepin doesn't have a web site.

[SIZE="6"]Pepin Garica List[/SIZE]

El Rey de los Habanos
Don Pepin Garcia “Blue Label”
Don Pepin Serie JJ
Rey Miguel
Nacionales W
Vegas Cubanas
Cuban Diplomat
Hirsh y Garcia
Sancti Spiritus
Havana Soul
Habana Leon
Cabaiguan
Tatuaje
Tatuaje Nuevitas
Padilla Miami 8/11

Believed to be Private Blending Campaign products, I believe these are rolled at ERDLH.:
Rio Tabac Alpha Series R – (Rocky’s Cigars)
Top Shelf Signature Select (topshelfcigar.com)
Trahan – (Cigar Merchant, Georgia)


Tabacalera Tropical Nicaragua believed to be Pepin Blends:
JFR
Condega

Please update with any information you have, Thanks!
-Matt-

Man i must be missing out.
I have yet to try any of those.
Now i have some new cigars on my 2 try list.

[n2advnture]

Try the Habana Leon 2000 series from Cigar King - tastes VERY similar to a PSD4

~Mark

[txmatt]

Originally Posted by croatan

Matt, have you tried the Rio Tabac Alpha Series R yet? I'm hesitant to spend $100+ on a box of cigars I've never tried, but at around $2 per cigar, I might give these a try.

I haven't had them yet, no. Rocky's is a heck of a vendor, I will be ordering some of the Rio Tabac Alpha Series R in the near future I suspect.

Originally Posted by Rock Star

Are the Blue Label or serie JJ anygood? Which is better IYO?

I have had the Blue label in the Robusto size, and picked up some big daddy A size. I haven't had the JJ yet. The Blue label is outstanding though.

-Matt-

[vudu9]

Originally Posted by Mister MaDuroo

Last Saturday my local gifted me an unbanded sample 5.5 x 50 approx torpedo from Miami (he thought). The rep claimed it was a Pepin product (coming from a Padilla plant) soon to be introduced, and was made from 1961 Cuban tobacco. It was constructed to the quality of, and smoked just like, the Tatuaje Reserva J21 I'd had the day before.

He thought boxes would be around $200.

So, is this a new Padilla line/shape that's coming out in the near future?

[Mister Moo]

Originally Posted by vudu9

So, is this a new Padilla line/shape that's coming out in the near future?

I told all what I was told; hoped BOTL's with better Florida knowledge than I have might know more. If bottom line if a Tatuaje equal at sub $8/stick then that is a good thing. B&M ordered a few boxes of each size.

[RPB67]

I might have to try some of these.

Seems like everyone likes them out here. They are not a secret anymore !

[Thurm15]

After reading this post I just had to smoke a Tatuaje Regios. I like these better than Padron Anny's but it seem's they are much Harder to find.

[kansashat]

I thought Nicarao was a Don Pepin cigar...