Tuesday 27th January 2015

[smokey joe]

Hoyo on the pier!


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[Scott]

This is me today, I have never tried one, from what I have read, I am expecting good things.

[oskihen]

This is me today.

Be interested in your opinion , wasn't too keen myself had a secretos been saving it for about ten months smoked it early winter and wasn't my bag at all very disappointed.

[Scott]

Be interested in your opinion , wasn't too keen myself had a secretos been saving it for about ten months smoked it early winter and wasn't my bag at all very disappointed.

Well, at first I found it to be a very nice chocolate flavour, then turned into a woody, nutty caramel flavour.

The cigar had a nice even burn with plenty of smoke.

It didn't blow me away but it was a nice pleasant afternoon smoke. I would have one again but don't think I would buy a box.

[oskihen]

Well, at first I found it to be a very nice chocolate flavour, then turned into a woody, nutty caramel flavour.

The cigar had a nice even burn with plenty of smoke.

It didn't blow me away but it was a nice pleasant afternoon smoke. I would have one again but don't think I would buy a box.

Sounds a lot nicer than the one I had [emoji106]

[PeeJay]

Sounds a lot nicer than the one I had [emoji106]

Sounds delicious, like the ashtray too

[Scott]

Sounds delicious, like the ashtray too

Thanks buddy, thought I'd just sneak it in.

[PeeJay]

Thanks buddy, thought I'd just sneak it in.

You are now expected to show the quadrant appropriate to whichever Cohiba you're smoking

[Scott]

No problem.

[butternutsquashpie]

Punch Md'O No. 1. RE UK 2008. Had one of these on God knows when... Would love to open discussion on these:
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I found these quite strong for a 7 year smoke. Very powerful but fruity and not as ass-kicking as other punches have been. I feel like given 8 more years, these would be a beautiful smoke that has had its edges rounded off. Much like how the Punch SS 2s are smoking today.
Anyone want to chime in?

[butternutsquashpie]

I found these quite strong for a 7 year smoke. Very powerful but fruity and not as ass-kicking as other punches have been. I feel like given 8 more years, these would be a beautiful smoke that has had its edges rounded off. Much like how the Punch SS 2s are smoking today.
Anyone want to chime in?

Update: Just got a box.

If my thoughts are right, this will be very worth it 3-8 years down the line.

[Deano]

Partagas Lusitania from 2012 for moi. Not amazing age but better than nada!

[Undercover]

At No.4 in the CA Top 25 for 2013 is the Padr?n 1964 Anniversary Series Diplomatico Maduro. In case I'm in any doubt, CA tell me it's "a dark, box-pressed smoke with a perfect draw that layers the palate with copious amounts of complex flavors including nuts and toast, with a sweet hint of raisin on the finish."

The first thing I noticed, even before the colour and texture of the wrapper, is that it smelled minty - a very distinctive hint of garden mint when I removed the cigar from the cellophane. The wrapper felt rough, like very fine grade sandpaper, and was a blemish free, uniformly dark brown.

The first draw was quite bitter, but any harshness went away immediately to be replaced by an aromatic sweetness. There was a clearly identifiable taste of caramel and occasionally almonds too. The almonds became more pronounced as I progressed, becoming more like pinpricks of almond essence. I love the taste of marzipan, so I could have put the cigar down at the end of the first third a very happy man.

Into the second third (ish) and the sweetshop tour continued with a bit of coconut ice. Then, just when I thought it was settling into 'conventional' cigar territory, along came a taste like those hard aniseed balls you used to get (anyone remember the ones with the tiny seed in the middle?). Only towards the end of the second third would I say it started to get really full flavoured and more woody in character.

The final third started out quite peppery on the tongue, which, with the fading sweetness, reminded me a little of chilli chocolate. After that though, the sweetness was gone, except for a lingering taste in my mouth. The cigar was up for reminding me I was smoking, not eating confectionary, so that more dense, woody flavour developed, just hinting every now and then at what had gone on before. Flavours I'm more used to, like black coffee, came to the fore too. It was really difficult to part company.

I think I've tasted more individual flavours in this cigar than any I've smoked to date. Even if I can't name them all, it felt like I was smoking a cascade of different tastes. Reading back what I've written, I haven't done it justice. I know everyone's experience will be different and even my experience may well be different next time round, but for me this was a truly delicious cigar. I'll never have the refined, highly tuned taste that some people are blessed with, but this Padron has immediately become one of my favourites because I could appreciate and enjoy so much of what it had to offer.

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[PeeJay]

Sounds like it earned its position at number four, can't wait to read your reviews of the top three Paul thumbs_up.jpeg

[MattKernow]

At No.4 in the CA Top 25 for 2013 is the Padr?n 1964 Anniversary Series Diplomatico Maduro. In case I'm in any doubt, CA tell me it's "a dark, box-pressed smoke with a perfect draw that layers the palate with copious amounts of complex flavors including nuts and toast, with a sweet hint of raisin on the finish."

The first thing I noticed, even before the colour and texture of the wrapper, is that it smelled minty - a very distinctive hint of garden mint when I removed the cigar from the cellophane. The wrapper felt rough, like very fine grade sandpaper, and was a blemish free, uniformly dark brown.

The first draw was quite bitter, but any harshness went away immediately to be replaced by an aromatic sweetness. There was a clearly identifiable taste of caramel and occasionally almonds too. The almonds became more pronounced as I progressed, becoming more like pinpricks of almond essence. I love the taste of marzipan, so I could have put the cigar down at the end of the first third a very happy man.

Into the second third (ish) and the sweetshop tour continued with a bit of coconut ice. Then, just when I thought it was settling into 'conventional' cigar territory, along came a taste like those hard aniseed balls you used to get (anyone remember the ones with the tiny seed in the middle?). Only towards the end of the second third would I say it started to get really full flavoured and more woody in character.

The final third started out quite peppery on the tongue, which, with the fading sweetness, reminded me a little of chilli chocolate. After that though, the sweetness was gone, except for a lingering taste in my mouth. The cigar was up for reminding me I was smoking, not eating confectionary, so that more dense, woody flavour developed, just hinting every now and then at what had gone on before. Flavours I'm more used to, like black coffee, came to the fore too. It was really difficult to part company.

I think I've tasted more individual flavours in this cigar than any I've smoked to date. Even if I can't name them all, it felt like I was smoking a cascade of different tastes. Reading back what I've written, I haven't done it justice. I know everyone's experience will be different and even my experience may well be different next time round, but for me this was a truly delicious cigar. I'll never have the refined, highly tuned taste that some people are blessed with, but this Padron has immediately become one of my favourites because I could appreciate and enjoy so much of what it had to offer.

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Wonderfully thorough post there. Very informative too, thanks for that. The thought of getting hints of chilli chocolate in a cigar makes me want it even more!!

MK