Some limited editions chase hype. This one honors a father.
The My Father Le Bijou 1922 100 Años Limited Edition returns for 2026 as the third installment of a biennial release, an all-Nicaraguan puro under the dark Habano My Father wrapper the family calls "oscuro oscuro," rolled at My Father Cigars in Estelí from tobacco grown on the Garcias' own San Rafael, Las Quebradas, and San José farms. It ships in two sizes, a soft box-pressed Corona Extra (5½×48) and a round Corona Especial (6½×44), at $14 a cigar in 22-count boxes, with just 1,922 boxes made per size.
- All-Nicaraguan puro, a modified Le Bijou 1922 blend under a very dark "Habano My Father" oscuro wrapper, every leaf from the family's own farms, rolled in Estelí.
- Two sizes: Corona Extra 5½×48 (soft box-press) and Corona Especial 6½×44 (round), $14 each, boxes of 22, only 1,922 boxes per size.
- The third biennial edition (2022, 2024, 2026) honoring the 100th birthday of José García Alayón, father of José "Pepín" García.
Here's the blend, the family story behind the number, the two shapes, and where it lands.
THE BLEND
Le Bijou means "the jewel," and the 100 Años is the darkest one in the case. It takes the regular Le Bijou 1922 recipe and pushes it, a Habano My Father wrapper grown dark enough that the Garcias call it "oscuro oscuro," over an all-Nicaraguan binder and filler.
Every leaf comes from My Father's own fields, the San Rafael, Las Quebradas, and San José farms in Nicaragua. When one family grows, ferments, rolls, and boxes the whole thing, you tend to taste the control.
"A wrapper grown dark enough that the family calls it oscuro oscuro.", ON THE 100 AÑOS WRAPPER
A NUMBER THAT MEANS SOMETHING
The 1922 is not a blend code. It is the birth year of José García Alayón, the father of José "Pepín" García and the man the whole My Father company is named for.
The 100 Años edition first arrived in 2022 to mark what would have been his hundredth birthday, and it has come back every two years since. The 2026 release is the third, and each run still stops at 1,922 boxes per size, the year on the band.
TWO SIZES, TWO MOODS
You get two shapes. The Corona Extra at 5½×48 wears a soft box press, squared just enough to sit still in the hand. The Corona Especial at 6½×44 stays round and a touch longer, a slower burn for a longer sit.
Both run $14 a cigar in boxes of 22, a count that points straight back to that 1922 birth year. At those numbers it is a limited edition you can actually buy and smoke, not just shelve and admire.
THE BLIND LABEL TAKE
Le Bijou 1922 has long been one of the safest bets in the humidor, and the 100 Años is the version the Garcias clearly fuss over most. A darker wrapper, farm-specific tobacco, a hard cap on production, and a story about a father, that is a limited edition with a reason to exist.
The caveat: we have not sat with a full box yet, so hold our first read as exactly that. No score from us until we have smoked more than one.
If you already keep Le Bijou around, the 100 Años is the one to chase this year. If you have never tried the line, this is a rich, dark place to start, as long as you like your Nicaragua full.
Some cigars are built to sell. This one was built to remember someone, and that comes through.
