Don Pepin Garcia

El Rey De Los Habanos

Strength: Medium-FullIn stock

About this cigar

El Rey de los Habanos is a Don Pepin Garcia line made in Nicaragua by the García family. Its Nicaraguan Corojo wrapper covers Nicaraguan binder and filler tobaccos, producing a pepper-forward smoke with earth, cedar and restrained sweetness.

Tasting notes

black pepperearthcedarleather

Available sizes

3 options3 in stock
Selected size
Robusto
5" × 54 · Box of 20
In stock
$187.00$9.35 / cigarTax & shipping includedAdd

Pairs well with

aged rumbourbonespressoNicaraguan coffee
At a glance
Made in
Nicaragua
Strength
Medium-Full
Sizes
3 available
In plain English

What to expect

Smoothness
Balanced
Strength
Medium-Full

Richer and more assertive, but still approachable.

Flavour
black pepper · earth · cedar · leather
Tasting profile

How it tastes

Primary

black pepperearthcedarleather

Secondary

espressococoabaking spice

What each note tastes like

Sweetness3/5

Cocoa, dried fruit, molasses

Spice5/5

Pepper and warmth on the finish

Creaminess1/5

Soft, smooth, milky texture

Earthiness5/5

Soil, leather, forest floor

Wood3/5

Cedar, oak, toasted timber

Read from this cigar's own tasting notes, strength and wrapper — not a published score.

Earth & leatherearth · leather

Dry, savoury depth — the backbone most aged tobacco is built on.

Wood & cedarcedar

Clean, resinous notes that come forward as the cigar warms up.

Pepper & spiceblack pepper · baking spice

The tingle on the retrohale; usually strongest in the first third.

Cocoa & coffeeespresso · cocoa

Roasted, faintly bitter sweetness that builds through the middle.

Blend & origin

How it is built

Made in
Nicaragua
Released
2005
Sizes (length × ring)
5–6" × 52–60
Explore this blend

Where it sits in the collection

made in Nicaragua · medium-full in strength · pairs with aged rum, bourbon, espresso

Compare sizes

Every size side by side

SizeLength × ringPackPer cigarPricevs retail
Robusto5" × 54Box of 20$9.35$187
Toro6" × 52Box of 20$9.85$197
Toro Gordo6" × 60Box of 20$10.90$218
Aging & storage · Guidance

How to keep it

General humidor guidance for this cigar, based on its wrapper, strength, ring gauge and packaging.

Storage

Hold the box at 65–70% relative humidity at 65–70°F (18–21°C). Steady humidity matters far more than the exact number — swings are what crack wrappers.

Rest after delivery

Thicker ring gauges hold shipping moisture longest — give these boxes three to four weeks in the humidor before the first one.

Aging window

Full-bodied blends reward patience: a year or two of quiet aging typically trades raw power for depth.

In the box

Age them in their own box where possible — the cedar keeps the cigars marrying together instead of taking on the flavour of everything else in the humidor.

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