June 2nd, 2008 at 8:38 am
by admin (Padron)
For vacation we traveled to Gulf Shores, AL to spend some time on the beach at Gulf Shores Plantation. So naturally I went into the humidor, and picked out 3 great smokes.
The first one was the Padron 1964 Imperial. This cigar started heavy and robust, with a full-bodied flavor, which was probably just a bit too strong. However, this quickly mellowed into a nice, flavorful treat of a smoke. I tasted hints of chocolate and nice woody flavors. I’d definitely like to pick one of these up again for another holiday smoke, and if I can find it at the cheap price I got this one for again (at the Bedford cigar shop) I will surely do so.
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April 10th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
by admin (Padron)
That’s right, I smoked the #1 cigar of 2007 last week. My friends in my Cigar Herf Club bought me this tasty treat for my birthday last month, so I aged it in the humidor for a couple of weeks and then brought it out to smoke it.
The cigar started and ended very smooth. Strong tastes of cherry and cocoa began at first which tasted very nice. About 1/3 of the way into it those tastes went away, leaving a nice earthy, woody flavor. This last throughout the rest of the cigar, but the cocoa crept back up 2 or 3 more times during the last half of the smoke. The ash was a nice light gray and clung to the end of the cigar very strongly. I didn’t ever have to re-light it and I smoked it down as far as I could. It did start to get hot at the very end, but it wasn’t too bad.
This was a fantastic smoke, but sadly I think that I still like the A. Fuente Ańejos better. Still, I am quite glad I got to try this cigar.
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December 1st, 2007 at 9:52 pm
by admin (Padron)
This was a big sucker, measuring 6 ¼ X 60 - I smoked it at the weekly poker game last night and it lasted for a while. I recently reviewed the A. Fuente Canones as a larger cigar that was good to smoke at a poker game and I liked this one better than the Padron. This Padron, in my opinion, was just too big of a ring-gauge. It started kinda of bland and gained a good taste that I am used to with Padron about 1/5 of the way into the cigar, so I was happy with that. However, the cigar started to get a little hotter towards the last 1/3, so I wasn’t real impressed.
Compared to the Padron 2000, which I really like, I don’t think the 7000 is worth the extra cash, even with the extra size. I guess that it was just too large of a ring gauge for me. I rate this at a C+ and will probably just stick with the 2000 and 4000 series.
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September 14th, 2007 at 4:18 pm
by admin (Padron)
I picked this cigar up from The Grapevine Cigar Shop during Grapefest. I was quite impressed with the 2000 series cigar that I smoked yesterday, so I grabbed this one, along with a Padron Londres.
The Delicias was a smaller ring gauge, measuring 46×4-7/8. This made the cigar a bit more harsh than the 2000 series, but it was still quite a good smoke. The flavor and draw were just as good as the 2000, it just wasn’t quite as smooth as the 2000.
Padron is becoming one of my favorite cigars quite quickly. I am looking forward to trying out all the other lines that they offer. I rate this Delicias series at a A-.
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September 14th, 2007 at 4:11 pm
by admin (Padron)
This was my first Padron cigar and it is quite possibly the smoothest cigar I have ever smoked. I bought this a week or two ago and had it in the humidor and have been wanting to try it, so I fired it up yesterday. The taste was a touch peppery and not hot at all. The draw flowed very easily and the smoke flavor was quite nice, without any harshness at all.
This cigar measured 5×50 in the Robusto size and for a price of under $4, it really is a terrific smoke. This might define a need to purchase a whole box :o Grade: A.
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