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. 
nice one... pity about the padron factory. i bought some of these a few years back and i was basically sat back on my pants and my socks blown off every time i tried one. they have that hugely rich tobacco flavour with tons of nicotine and a full full body which i found to be too much. And the flavour not quite to my liking but that was a personal preference.
ReplyDeletei smoked one three years later, only to confirm the reputation of most non-cuban cigars - they are not made for ageing (a lot of them have pre-aged tobacco that has some barrel-seasoning which is lost as time goes by). It was still strong but quite bland. Would recommend to someone with a concrete stomach who drinks whisky like water and smokes a pack a day fags - they would cope!!
ooh er random, kinda like the cool smoking fish above (now they're both in context!!), but just a reminder that if anyone is going to/via Australia, or Switzerland or U.S., let me know!
ReplyDeleteHad one of those Padron 1926s left, it is well aged now (4years?), i've sent it up in the new batch to sam today for you guys to compare it to the one you just smoked. There is also a Nub 464 torp (which everyone else is getting), you can either fight over which one you want (and post vid of fight) or get together and share them...!
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