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My Father Le Bijou 1922 Petite Robusto
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Matt
Origin : Nicaraguan
Format : Petit Robusto
Size : 4.5? x 50
Wrapper : Nicaraguan Habano Oscuro
Filler : Nicaraguan
Binder : Nicaraguan
Hand-Made
Price : $7 each
The My Father Le Bijou 1922 is an extension of the My Father line which was created by Jose Pepin Garcia’s Son Jamie to honor his father Pepin. Well Pepin created the Le Bijou himself to honor his father, Jamie’s grand father. Le Bijou means The Jewel and the 1922 is Pepin’s father’s birth year. It is a good looking cigar. The wrapper has a dry matte finish to it and it looks like a carved piece of dark wood. This is another cigar that sports 2 cigar bands. They are ornate, and beautiful, and large which is odd looking on this petite robusto as most of its length is covered up by the two bands. Though dual bands have become a bit of an annoyance for me lately as they have become more commonplace; on a positive note the bands on the Le Bijou always come off very easily and I have not had one yet that damaged the wrapper. Because this vitola is so short and the bands are so large, you really need to remove one if not both of the bands before you smoke it. Again, annoying but not too much so since they do come off easily.
All of the minor annoyances with the bands are quickly forgotten when you light this little “jewel” up. It starts off with very full and robust, meaty flavors and a peppery kick. It then mellows out a bit and there are notes of wood and earth balanced nicely with a bit of mocha and subtle fruit notes. There is a creamy characteristic to the flavors as well. As the smoke progressed into the nub (flavor country) there is lots of spice and those rich meaty flavors return as well. I literally burned my fingertips a little smoking this cigar down as far as I could before it just started to hurt a little too much.
The cigar smoked well with a good draw and a nice even burn though I did need to make one small correction. After that the burn was problem free. The ash held well but was a bit papery on the edges and it produced lots and lots of thick white smoke and a strong room bouquet that I found very pleasant. This full bodied little cigar has earned a spot on my list of box purchase worthy smokes.
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CJ
I really like this cigar, working my way to the end of a box. Every cigar when clipping off just a tad bit of the end draws and smokes perfectly. It’s really what everyone should get when investing in a box of cigars. Great review, I enjoyed reading it!