Casa de Garcia Magnum Bundle, Review by Ken York

I’m often asked about everyday cigars.  The ones that you can light up, enjoy, and not worry about the cost. Face it, we’re not all made of money and generally can’t afford those beautiful 1964 Padrons on a daily basis. A favorite of mine are the Casa de Garcia bundles made by the Tabacalera de Garcia cigar factory in the Dominican Republic. José Seijas will not allow a bad hand-rolled cigar to come out of his factory. When tobacco leaves come into the factory, the tobacco bundles are pulled apart and re-graded. The tobacco that doesn’t meet Tabacalera de Garcia standards is shipped out and resold elsewhere. Having said all that, are these cigars on the same level as the H. Upmann Legacy cigars out of the same factory? No. But they are about as good as it gets for $2 a cigar.

The Casa de Garcia bundle cigars are light to medium cigars. I’ve been smoking the Magnum size lately and by the time you get to the end of one of those with their 60 ring gauge and 6 inch length you definitely have a buzz going. The flavor does build in intensity as you work your way through the cigar. They generally light and burn well. I did have one in a bundle of 20 burn so crazily that by the end it looked like I was in a cartoon after a firecracker went off in my cigar.  That was the exception. The overall construction is solid, they smoke well and provide a tremendous satisfaction for the price.