Anyone try these yet?

La Reloba or Jaime Garcia Reserva Especial
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Yes and both are excellent smokes!

The Jaime is full bodied while the La Reloba is medium. The Jaime Garcia is wrapped with a broadleaf maduro and the La Reloba comes in Habano and Sumatra (the Sumatra is the better of the 2).

I highly recommend either one. :-)
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I Agree the sumatra is def step above.

Jaime Garcia is full but an easy and tasty smoke.
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Gonna have to track these down.
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Smoked the Reloba... Tasty Cake! :-)
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Just picked some up this weekend. I actually scored two for free from the Pepin rep that was there. I haven't smoke them yet, but this week looks promising. :-)
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Got to find these!!! :-)
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I will have to try them when/if they arrive Habana.
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Wow...didn't even know they existed. Thanks for sharing the news, anything by Pepin is worth at least trying.
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Yes!
Very good smokes. Smoked the La Reloba awhile back. Both the Habano and the Sumatra are excellent.
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I tried them both. I really liked the Jaime. :-)
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Are you gonna smoke every cigar in the world?:-)
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Yay more Pepin blends.
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Holts has a new Old Henry coming out from Pepin with a Connecticut wrapper. Old Henry Gold Label.
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:-):-) was thinking the same thing Greg....Mac, so many smokes, so little lung capacity! :-)
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They're already out....tasty looking connie....
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Yes - have been fortunate enough to try both of these new lines. I agree that the La Reloba Sumatra is noticeably better than the Habano. This brand is very reasonably priced as well. The Jaime Reserva is a flat-out amazing blend, IMO. If I can indulge in a terrible SAT analogy, these are to the My Father portfolio what the El Triunfador are to the Tatuaje line-up. Loads of flavor and complexity, yet smooth, and it achieves this without having to use a ton of strength or power.

The Connie-wrapped Old Henry's are news to me. Interesting and I wonder how these compare to the 601 Black or the original Tabacos Baez. I'm a little late to the Pepin party but I have always heard that he worked wonders with Connecticut wrappers on the original Cuban Diplomat and the Rey Miguel blends. (Hopefully these will come fairly close.)
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Thx for the head's up...had no idea there were new blends out there (although I can't say I am that surprised considering the amount of blends he has created recently :-)). I will have to track them down.
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I have not smoked either of these but for those of you looking for them Atlantic has them.
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Picked up the Jaime Garcia today, will wait to try it next week.

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