Montecristo Pepe Mendez Pilotico 6-Cigar Sampler

The Montecristo Pepe Mendez Pilotico 6-Cigar Sampler includes four robusto and 2 pyramid perfecto medium strength cigars that are artfully handmade in the Dominican Republic. It was created by Altadis’ famed Grupo de Maestros in collaboration with master tobacco grower Jose Mendez & Company. Each cigar in this must-have sampler features a natural Ecuadorian wrapper that cloaks a Dominican binder and a filler composed of Nicaraguan and the very rare Dominican grown Cuban-seed Pilotico tobacco. The cigar is named after Pepe Mendez who was the first to develop this sought-after tobacco. The Pepe Mendez Politico has a woodsy, nutty, and toasty flavor profile with a peppery and spicy retro hale.

• Qty of cigars
  6
• Brands
  Montecristo Pepe Mendez Pilotico

  Montecristo Pepe Mendez Pilotico is a very special cigar that honors the history of collaboration between the Mendez family, a family of renowned tobacco farmers in the Dominican Republic for three generations, and Altadis U.S.A.'s Grupo de Maestros. It is said that Pepe Mendez brought tobacco seeds in his suitcase when he left Cuba in the 60s and established himself in Dominican Republic's fertile Cibao Valley. Those seeds have now given birth to the rare "Pilotico" tobacco, a leaf that provides rich, bold, and elegant flavors and is only available in this cigar. The wrapper is Ecuadorian, with a Dominican binder and fillers from Nicaragua and Dominican Republic. The cigars are packaged in beautiful, handcrafted suitcase boxes.
• Cigar Section
  Box-Pressed (Square)

  A box pressed cigar is a cigar that has a square shape. Originally, this shape came from the practice of packing round cigars tightly in cardboard boxes which are then compacted using a manual press. The cigars are thus pressed into each other and become a "squarish" or semi-square shape. Today, cigar makers use square shaped molds or a wooden trunk press for their box pressed cigars, achieving a more defined square section.
• Origin
  Dominican Republic

  Most cigars are manufactured in the Caribbean and Central America.
  The Dominican Republic is the world's first producer of cigars. Most factories are located in Santiago, in the center of the island, and in close proximity to the tobacco fields grown in the fertile Cibao Valley. While tobacco and cigars have always traditionally been produced in the Dominican Republic, many Cuban cigar makers established in the Dominican Republic after the Cuban communist revolution, elevating the quality of Dominican cigars.
• Cigar Ring Gauge
  50

  The cigar ring gauge corresponds to the diameter of a cigar, this cigar has a ring gauge of 50, so his diameter is 50/64 inches or 19.81 mm.
• Strength
  Medium
• Wrapper Color
  Natural

  Cigar wrapper color varies from green (Double Claro or Candela) to black (Maduro or Oscuro) with a full range of browns in between.
  Natural wrapper, also known as Colorado Claro, is light brown in color.
• Single Packaging
  Cellophane
• Rolling Type
  Handmade

  Handmade cigars are completely made by hand from start to finish.
• Cigar Manufacturer
  Tabacalera De Garcia, S.A.S.
• Cigar Wrapper
  Ecuadorian

  The wrapper is the last tobacco leaf to be rolled on the cigar, so it is the one the smoker will see.
  Ecuador is the perfect place to grow wrappers, because it is located on the Equator! And it has rich soils too. The weather conditions, with a nearly permanent cloudy sky, provide a natural shade, protecting the wrapper plants from sunshine and allowing the tobacco to grow thin and light. Ecuador supplies Connecticut and Sumatra type wrappers to many cigar factory in the world.
• Cigar Binder
  Dominican Republic

  The binder is a full tobacco leaf that is used to roll the cigar, binding the filler tobaccos together. 
  Dominican Republic is a traditional tobacco-growing country. In the 60's, a Cuban seed was introduced and the resulting tobacco, called Piloto Cubano, became famous as a good substitute of the Cuban tobacco that was no longer allowed to enter the USA. Piloto Cubano is full bodied while the Dominican Olor tobacco is milder but more aromatic.
• Cigar Filler
  Dominican Republic

  Filler is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the "guts" of the cigar.

  Nicaragua

  Filler is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the "guts" of the cigar.
• Packaging
  Sampler
• Magazine rating
  89