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El Mago Pepe

El Mago Cigars founder Nicholas Fusco named the Pepe cigar after his grandfather Gonzalo “Pepe” Torre. Pepe taught Nicholas everything he knows about cigars. He also taught him how to have a sense of humor and deal with life’s ups and downs. The El Mago Pepe uses a mouthwatering Mexican San Andres maduro wrapper to cover its U.S. Broadleaf binder and Nicaraguan filler. The Pepe cigar is the first box-pressed cigar released by El Mago. Its premium tobaccos meld to offer a balanced and satisfying smoking experience.

Cigar Origin
Nicaragua
Most cigars are manufactured in the Caribbean and Central America.
Despite many decades of war and revolution in this Central American country, the cigar industry has thrived due to the hard work and tenacity of Cuban exiles to the land such as Plasencia, Padron, Oliva, Ortez, and others. Tobacco has been a force of social stability, and the country is now one of the principal exporters of premium cigars in the world.
Strength

Medium
Wrapper Color
Maduro
Cigar wrapper color varies from green (Double Claro or Candela) to black (Maduro or Oscuro) with a full range of browns in between.
Maduro wrapper can go from dark coffee brown with a reddish tint to blackish brown (the latter also called Oscuro).
Wrapper
Mexican San Andres Maduro
The wrapper is the last tobacco leaf to be rolled on the cigar, so it is the one the smoker will see.
Mexican tobacco is very dark and the best leaves can be used as maduro wrappers. San Andres Maduro is a thick, medium bodied dark leaf, also called San Andres Morron. Like Connecticut Broadleaf, San Andres Maduro is stalk cut and used for binder and wrapper.
Binder
Broadleaf
The binder is a full tobacco leaf that is used to roll the cigar, binding the filler tobaccos together.
Broadleaf tobacco leaves are known for being large, resilient, thick, and sweetness. Ideally, they are used in the production of maduro cigars and primarily used as wrappers, but they add dimension to a cigar’s flavor profile when used as a binder.
Filler
Nicaragua
Filler is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the "guts" of the cigar.
Rolled by
Handmade
Handmade cigars are completely made by hand from start to finish.
Manufacturer
MGE Cigars Factory
The Tabacos de Costa Rica factory was established by Don Olman in 1997. It is located in Santiago de Puriscal in Costa Rica.