| padron cigars - With over four years to create a perfect cigar and more than 100 years to create a perfect legacy, the Padrón Family understands the significance of time. Padron Cigars deliver only the finest, handmade, complex cigars with the flavor of the Cuban heritage out of which the Padrón recipe was born. The editors of Cigar Aficionado have rated cigars for more than 12 years, but never named a best cigar of the year – until now. The Padrón 1964 Anniversary Series is a tough act to follow –the brand repeatedly leads the tastings in Cigar Aficionado magazine. So when the Padrón family set out to celebrate its 40th anniversary, we were skeptical about the prospects for improving on a winning formula. Our doubts were unfounded. the Padrón Serie 1926 40th anniversary cigar in natural wrapper is the best cigar of the year, and may be the best cigar Padrón has ever made. Each leaf in the cigar is a minimum of five years. The wrapper feels like fine silk. The box-pressed torpedo is superbly crafted with an intensely complex flavor. Slightly stronger than a Padrón Anniversary, it has heavy chocolate notes framed by earthy spices, with a luxuriant, long finish. The initial release of the cigars comes beautifully presented, in 400 hand painted, hand-carved boxes of 40. About half those boxes (or 8,000 cigars) were shipped in 2004, split evenly between natural and maduro wrappers, and the rest will ship this year. When those boxes are sold, the 40th Anniversary cigars will be available in different packaging as a regular – albeit rare – part of the Serie 1926 line. We have no idea how the Padrón’s will celebrate year No. 50 – but we can’t wait.
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