Pepin Garcia Adding Extra Fat Cigars

Source from:  Cigar Aficionado 02/10/2011

José "Pepin" Garcia is adding new sizes to some of his existing lines, and each is considerably fat, reflecting the trend of American smokers gravitating toward ever-thicker cigars. The Don Pepin Garcia "Blue Label" brand, which is rolled in the tiny El Rey de Los Habanos factory in Miami, Florida, on historic Calle Ocho, now has a size called the Toro Gordo. The six inch long, 56 ring gauge shape is a first for Garcia, and the only cigar in his considerable and ever-growing portfolio to have those dimensions. The cigar began shipping last week. The Don Pepin Blue Label is made from a blend of all Nicaraguan tobaccos. The Toro Gordos come in boxes of 18 cigars, and each smoke has a suggested retail price of $6.70. Fatter still is the newest shape for the Jaime Garcia Reserva Especial brand. The Super Gordo measures a whopping 66 ring gauge, and is 5 3/4 inches long. To allow cigar lovers to cram their jaws around the massive smoke, the Garcias have made this cigar with a belicoso tip. The cigar, like all Jaime Garcia Reserva Especiales, is made in Nicaragua with a Connecticut broadleaf wrapper and a Nicaraguan filler and binder. It's the first new size of the line since its launch last year-and it's the fattest by far-bringing the number of sizes in the brand to six. Enditem