My Father The Judge Grand Robusto

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.

THE JUDGE

Since the introduction of the My Father brand in 2008, the Garcia Family seem to come up with hit blend after hit blend.

Originally released at the end of 2016, The Judge Grand Robusto Box Pressed was named Cigar Journal No. 1 Cigar of the Year in 2017, and in 2024, this cigar was recognised by Cigar Aficionado when it was awarded No1 Cigar of the Year with a 98 rating.

The Judge features three different Nicaraguan fillers, all grown on Garcia family farms, as well as Corojo and Criollo binders and is finished with an Ecuadorian Sumatran wrapper. This full-bodied cigar starts off slightly salty, with interesting woody and almond tones. It is unbelievably smooth, nutty, delicately acidic and develops subtle notes of anise, coffee and bread in the very creamy smoke texture.

CIGAR INFORMATION

Country of Origin: Nicaragua

WRAPPER: Ecuadorian Sumatra

BINDER: Corojo / Criollo

FILLER: Nicaragua

Flavour profile: Full-Bodied

Vitola: Grand Robusto

Size: 60 ring gauge, 5 inches

Smoking time: 70 minutes