Padrón Family Reserve 46 Years
Wrapper: Nicaraguan-Sun Grown Piloto Cubano
Binder: Nicaraguan-Sun Grown Piloto Cubano
Filler: Nicaraguan-Sun Grown Piloto Cubano
Strength: Medium to Full
Age: All Tobacco Aged for 10 years
Tasting Notes: Right from the start the cigar draws you into its own world. The wrapper is seamless and smooth with an oily sheen. Even the filler was crafted by an artisan, deep pockets of black tobacco organized to allow a full draw with little resistance.
The first puff can be best explained as sensory overload. Dense smoke filled with decadent flavors of roasted coffee and cocoa with undertones of earth. The retrohale floods your sinuses with layers of spice. Not only that, the room note is sultry and adds to the ambiance of the experience.
The Padron peaks in complexity and strength twice: once at the first quarter of the cigar and finally at the last quarter. At these crescendos, I picked up on some other flavors like licorice and blackberry. It’s hard to believe that Padron cigars are Nicaraguan puros, yet blends like the 40th,80th, and 46th overshadow the 1926 Serie and 1964 Anniversary.
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