For those of you that don’t know…

After more then a year in development, My Father has produced a Davidoff New York Exclusive cigar, a Belicoso…According to Davidoff GM Michael Herklots:

“This was a special project between Davidoff GM Michael Herklots, Jaime and Janny Garcia of My Father Cigar Factory, and Rich Rodenhaus and John Gonzalez of My Father Cigars.  These beautiful Nicaraguan Puros were blended to be slightly outside the classic “Pepin” experience.  Modeled after the Bolivar Belicoso Fino, at 5.5″ x 52 and packaged in traditional cabinets of 50 cigars, these Campanas smoke with a tremendous creaminess while still maintaining their rich Nicaraguan character and body.”

The My Father Davidoff Belicoso will be manufactured regularly, but in limited quantities (kinda like the Liga Privada Dirty Rat)…They cost only $7 each (which is a stunning price for a Davidoff cigar, and a somewhat limited Davidoff cigar only sold in New York at that), and come unbanded in cabinets of 50 for $350…

Here is what the boxes look like…

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But enough of that, let’s get down to business, shall we?

• Cigar Reviewed: My Father Davidoff Belicoso
• Country of Origin: Nicaragua
• Factory: My Father Cigars S.A.
• Wrapper: Nicaragua
• Binder: Nicaragua
• Filler: Nicaragua
• Size: 5 1/2 Inches
• Ring Gauge: 52
• Vitola: Belicoso
• MSRP: $7.00 (Cabinets of 50, $350.00)
• Release Date: Feburary 2011
• Number of Cigars Released: Regularly Available in Limited Quantities
• Number of Cigars Smoked for Review: 4

The cigar seems nicely constructed, albeit a bit rough looking…The wrapper is a nice medium brown, with a bit of oil present…It is perfectly firm when squeezed, and the wrapper smells like a combination of barnyard, hay, coffee and cedar…The cap is a bit rough looking, but cut cleanly…

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The First Third starts out with an impressive (but not surprising, considering it is a Pepin creation) amount of (black) pepper along with flavors of leather, coffee, hay and wood…It is a typical Pepin profile (perhaps a bit stronger then a normal My Father stick), and very easy to smoke…

The Second Third shifts a bit, with the pepper falling off to almost nothing, and the flavors mellow out quite a bit…The profile is the same for the most part, although there is a bit more sweetness and creaminess then in the First Third…

The Final Third continues the mellowing (and sweetness) trend, but adds flavors of nuts and (creamy) coffee…No pepper at all at this point, and no spice either…a nice ending, but not as complex (profile wise) as the first third…

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Final Notes:

• Davidoff New York actually as has a few Exclusive cigars from other manufactures such as Fonseca and La Aurora in addition to the My Father Belicoso…
• Although this cigar is a collaberation between My Father and Davidoff, the Belicoso is just a Nicaraguan puro (made with all Nicaraguan tobacco) while Davidoff is obviously Dominican…This is obviously a very different situation then if My Father made a Davidoff blend using Davidoff tobacco (or even a combination of tobaccos)…
• There is really not a lot of smoke production from this cigar (less then I was expecting, certainly), but what smoke there is has a great spicy note to it…
• The Burn and Draw were absolute perfection for every sample I smoked…A joy to smoke, construction wise…
• The Final Smoking Time was between 1 Hour and 20 Minutes and 1 Hour and 35 Minutes…
• If you want to purchase some of the My Father Davidoff Belicoso, the ONLY place you can get them is from Davidoff New York…You can buy them at either the Madison Avenue Location at (212)-751-9060 or the Columbus Circle location at (212)-823-6383 and tell them we sent you

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The Bottom Line: This cigar is EXACTLY what you would think a collaboration between My Father and Davidoff would taste like (despite the fact that it was only produced by My Father with Nicaraguan Tobacco)…However, instead of combining the flavors and profiles that each manufacturer is known for into one overall profile all at the same time, it almost seems as if each of them gets their own Third of the cigar (with a transition of the two in the middle third)…Spicy, earthy and leathery up front, morphing into a more creamy and sweet profile by the end…Even though the flavors are not as distinct as I would like, it is an overall solid cigar experience, and the price is a real surprise when you take into account where it is sold (and who it is sold by)…while I won’t be buying a full cabinet (although at those prices, I was tempted), I will be buying a few 5 packs to age…

Final Score: 85