My Father Don Pepin VC Imperiales

HISTORY

It all began with a very humble beginning when Jose Pepin Garcia and his family established a very small cigar factory in Little Havana in 2003. Jose Pepin Garcia could not have imagined at that moment that his love and passion for cigars would help him build one of the most recognised companies in the cigar industry. His companies have become synonymous with highly rated and well-distinguished brands.

The Cigar Aficionado No. 1 Cigar of the Year for 2012 was given to Flor de Las Antillas Toro and repeated in 2015 with Le Bijou 1922 Torpedo Box Pressed. In 2024, My Father Cigars was awarded Cigar Aficionado No. 1 Cigar of the Year for a third time when The Judge Grand Robusto Box Pressed received the award. This makes My Father only one of four cigar makers to receive this accolade on more than one occasion since the awards commenced in 2004.

The Garcia Family continues to follow the tradition they lived and learned in Cuba and proudly owns two factories, the headquarters in Doral, which is a boutique factory with a team of twelve expert cigar rollers trained by Don Pepin himself.

The other is the Garcia Family Industrial Park in Estelí, Nicaragua, with more than three hundred cigar rollers. Both factories are responsible for the twelve company-owned brands that exist in the marketplace today.

DON PEPIN GARCIA VC

In 2023, My Father Cigars celebrated their 20th anniversary of the Don Pepin Garcia brand, and in doing so, the company not only released some high-end cigars but also revisited one of the first cigars to be released by Jose ‘Don Pepin’ Garcia, Vegas Cubanas, or ‘VC’ as it will be called in the UK to avoid Trade Infringement.

The VC was originally introduced when Garcia’s lone factory was El Rey de los Habanos in Miami and before My Father was a term that referenced a cigar company. That launch dates to approximately 2003, though in the years following that release, the line was largely phased out.

In 2023, the line received a complete rework, both in terms of its blend and its packaging. The most notable change is new bands and packaging that bring it in line with the aesthetic of the other cigars released under the Don Pepin Garcia brand. As for the blend, it is mild and flavourful, a Nicaraguan puro with a Corojo Rosado wrapper. The VC is produced at the My Father Cigars factory in Estelí, Nicaragua.

CIGAR INFORMATION

Country of Origin: Nicaragua

WRAPPER: Corojo Rosado

BINDER: Nicaragua

FILLER: Nicaragua

Flavour profile: Light-Bodied

Vitola: Torpedo

Size: 52 ring gauge, 6 1/8 inches

Smoking time: 60 minutes