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Gifted and warned by Mr Rokkit to expect a strong tasting experience .... and was he right.
A nicely put together robusto, the cigar had round end profile and a dark, smooth wrapper with just a few tiny veins and ridges. On capping I made a bit of a angle hash with my cutter resulting in bit of loose wrapper at the business end, which I had to keep moist to keep down throughout the smoke. The pre-light aroma at the cut was very good. I'm not going to pretend it smelt of this or that, to me it it was just the smell of very good tobacco. The pre-draw was effortless and the cigar lit easily on just one Swan Vesta.
The first puff almost took my head off. I had expected strong, but not Conan the Barbarian. On the second pull the cigar began to subside a little and by the third or so had settled into the sort of seismic oomph it would maintain throughout our journey together. From the very beginning the Padron produced volumes of smoke, but never too harsh or too hot and always pleasantly aromatic. The ash was compact and pale grey, and might easily have become quite long had I given it the chance. ( I'm scared of ash dropping through the lattice work of our wrought iron conservatory table and burning one of Christine's Chinese rugs). The burn was totally flawless and never once deviated from the straight and narrow.
The flavor I going to say was almost totally constant in that there was no distinct first third, second third or final third, but that throughout the smoke the flavour notes would dance between sweetly sour to peppery, then tangier notes would take over and even some saltiness would come into the mix. In many ways each puff was slightly different providing an unexpected range of dimension and pleasure to the smoke. The pepperiness was IMO the most constant taste, but lighter and without the 'straight into the nose' aggressiveness of say a Partagas D4.
The Padron doesn't take prisioners though, and for a relative beginner like me at any rate, packs a pretty hefty nicotine kick. About half way through I did begin to experience some lightheadedness and had to slow down my smoke rate and resort to sipping some sparkling mineral water as an accompaniment. However I did manage to not let the Padron beat me totally and did get to the final third before the whoosiness became a little too much and laid the cigar to it's well earned final rest.
In all the Padron is a truly delicious cigar and easily comparable to any Cuban cigar I've smoked. But, as Rokkit did warn me, might be just one strength step too far ahead of myself at my present level of smoking. I make him right today ..... but the Padron brand is certainly one I will be returning to and will look forward to experiencing more of in the future.
I can't properly rate this cigar as I have no benchmark to compare it against. So, it's going to get .... a for the moment, Tippexx9
A nicely put together robusto, the cigar had round end profile and a dark, smooth wrapper with just a few tiny veins and ridges. On capping I made a bit of a angle hash with my cutter resulting in bit of loose wrapper at the business end, which I had to keep moist to keep down throughout the smoke. The pre-light aroma at the cut was very good. I'm not going to pretend it smelt of this or that, to me it it was just the smell of very good tobacco. The pre-draw was effortless and the cigar lit easily on just one Swan Vesta.
The first puff almost took my head off. I had expected strong, but not Conan the Barbarian. On the second pull the cigar began to subside a little and by the third or so had settled into the sort of seismic oomph it would maintain throughout our journey together. From the very beginning the Padron produced volumes of smoke, but never too harsh or too hot and always pleasantly aromatic. The ash was compact and pale grey, and might easily have become quite long had I given it the chance. ( I'm scared of ash dropping through the lattice work of our wrought iron conservatory table and burning one of Christine's Chinese rugs). The burn was totally flawless and never once deviated from the straight and narrow.
The flavor I going to say was almost totally constant in that there was no distinct first third, second third or final third, but that throughout the smoke the flavour notes would dance between sweetly sour to peppery, then tangier notes would take over and even some saltiness would come into the mix. In many ways each puff was slightly different providing an unexpected range of dimension and pleasure to the smoke. The pepperiness was IMO the most constant taste, but lighter and without the 'straight into the nose' aggressiveness of say a Partagas D4.
The Padron doesn't take prisioners though, and for a relative beginner like me at any rate, packs a pretty hefty nicotine kick. About half way through I did begin to experience some lightheadedness and had to slow down my smoke rate and resort to sipping some sparkling mineral water as an accompaniment. However I did manage to not let the Padron beat me totally and did get to the final third before the whoosiness became a little too much and laid the cigar to it's well earned final rest.
In all the Padron is a truly delicious cigar and easily comparable to any Cuban cigar I've smoked. But, as Rokkit did warn me, might be just one strength step too far ahead of myself at my present level of smoking. I make him right today ..... but the Padron brand is certainly one I will be returning to and will look forward to experiencing more of in the future.
I can't properly rate this cigar as I have no benchmark to compare it against. So, it's going to get .... a for the moment, Tippexx9
Love the 2000's, love anything with the Padron stamp, (and the Padron price heh) 
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