El Titan de Bronze- Redemption

Padron puffing

I was in Miami during the peak of summer this year which welcomed Candice and I with electrical storms, high humidity, sun, sand and surf... all in a usual 24 hour theme. While we were there, we checked into Little Havana - a place where as observed, no white tourist man is to be seen. Cubans however are everywhere. And with a whole lot of Cuban people come a whole lot of cigar factories. These range from the big boss Padron that appears to be the daddy factory right down to some little gems that have about 5-10 rollers at their benches working on their specific type of cigar. After finding that the Padron factory was closed for the week as they were all at a national convention in Vegas, determined to get a few of their sticks I picked up 2x Padron 1926 Serie no. 6 (or 9 -not sure which) from a little local supplier. I'll post again on some other local cigars I got too which were extremely good but for now, the time has come for these exquisite oily sheened up, square box pressed, behave yourself sticks.

The most lightest pre-draw was not to be mistaken with the assumption of a mild cigar. Greeted with a powerful rich and dark roasted, all spice flavour left that mouth lined with velvety thick leather. However, not a harsh or hot and burnt taste was present as the spice evolved into a good powerhouse full bodied 2nd third. Ash was rippled with a defined white colour that matched the thick blooms of pure white smoke. Time for a little tawny. Half way through I found it to further its flavour with some added cool mint which didn't hang around for long and soon went back into a big badass tu meke tobacco flavour. Last legs were fantastic yet it wasn't a - smoke till it burns your lips cigar and in saying that, I'm not ashamed to say that if I had, I may have been dominated by it's 45min-1hr session of tobacco punches.

Hadley joined me to compare notes with the other Padron as well as, as we can see here, he ponders what his first post to the site might look like... just a guess. Well done on the 14th day of Movember.

A new permanent heretic considered the complex flavours and was impressed with the cigars impeccable construction giving it a 9/10.