It seems that many cigar companies are celebrating an anniversary of some sort in 2025 and My Father Cigars is no different. The Don Pepin Garcia Series JJ Line has been on the market for two decades and My Father is honoring the brand’s longevity with the Serie JJ 20th Anniversary, an all-Nicaraguan, limited-edition cigar that comes in a Toro and a slightly darker Salomon.

All the tobacco in this release was grown by the Garcia family on their fields across Nicaragua, but the defining components are the wrapper leaves and the bit of Pelo de Oro in the filler. The Toro size, which measures 6 1/2 inches by 52 ring gauge, is covered in a Corojo ’99 wrapper that My Father refers to as Rosado. The Salomon (7 1/4 by 57) is darker with a Corojo ’99 Rosado Oscuro cover leaf. Both wrappers were grown under shade at the family’s Las Lometas farm in Estelí.

Pelo de Oro tobacco is a low-yield leaf and rarely grown due to its susceptibility to disease. Because so little is cultivated, the Garcias only use Pelo de Oro for limited editions such as this one. My Father blended the cigars to be on the fuller side in terms of body. 

The Series JJ 20th Anniversary comes in a set of 17 cigars: 16 Toros and one shapely Salomon, which is positioned in the center of the box and packaged in its own coffin-style case.