So, I've been a bit scarce around BOTL lately and in the past couple of days I was hit up by a friend asking me what's been going on and mentioned that I hadn't posted up a review for a while. It got me to thinking and I figured that tonight would make for a great evening to post up a nice little quickie review about a cigar that never lets me down: the Padron 1926 and specifically their petite robusto.
In my experience, Padron doesn't offer up the most complex experience, but what they do offer is one of the most reliable, delicious, and rich smokes that I've had the pleasure of getting my mitts on. Their smaller vitolas are most certainly my favorites and I could only wish to afford them more often.
The No.35 is the smallest vitola in the 1926 line and measures in at only 4x48. It is an extreme box press and is very firm. The wrapper is chocolate-y in color and has some slight tooth to it. Honestly, when I first started smoking, I found them to be unattractive in comparison to other cigars, but have grown to love their rustic look.
Prelight draw was perfect aside from one little clump of tobacco that came out without any difficulty. The cigar has a very definite smell of cedar to it. The light was quick and easy and I was rewarded with great clouds of smoke in short order.
The first half starts off with tons of cedar, coffee, and a healthy dose of spice. I also pick up on some hints of caramel that fade in and out throughout the first half.
As we progress towards the middle of the cigar the coffee picks up a good bit and takes on more of an espresso type quality along with some bittersweet chocolate.
The 2nd half keeps going strong with the espresso becoming stronger, and some leather entering the scene, but the cedar remaining quite noticeable in the background.
At the very end the cigar got to be a bit bitter, but I smoked it down pretty far even after my last picture, so it's not too surprising that it got like that.
From start to finish the cigar was a delight and the burn was absolute perfection. Really, the biggest complaint I could come up with is that I had to work a little bit to get the bands to come off. :cbig:
Overall smoke time was exactly one hour.
In my experience, Padron doesn't offer up the most complex experience, but what they do offer is one of the most reliable, delicious, and rich smokes that I've had the pleasure of getting my mitts on. Their smaller vitolas are most certainly my favorites and I could only wish to afford them more often.
The No.35 is the smallest vitola in the 1926 line and measures in at only 4x48. It is an extreme box press and is very firm. The wrapper is chocolate-y in color and has some slight tooth to it. Honestly, when I first started smoking, I found them to be unattractive in comparison to other cigars, but have grown to love their rustic look.
Prelight draw was perfect aside from one little clump of tobacco that came out without any difficulty. The cigar has a very definite smell of cedar to it. The light was quick and easy and I was rewarded with great clouds of smoke in short order.
The first half starts off with tons of cedar, coffee, and a healthy dose of spice. I also pick up on some hints of caramel that fade in and out throughout the first half.
As we progress towards the middle of the cigar the coffee picks up a good bit and takes on more of an espresso type quality along with some bittersweet chocolate.
The 2nd half keeps going strong with the espresso becoming stronger, and some leather entering the scene, but the cedar remaining quite noticeable in the background.
At the very end the cigar got to be a bit bitter, but I smoked it down pretty far even after my last picture, so it's not too surprising that it got like that.
From start to finish the cigar was a delight and the burn was absolute perfection. Really, the biggest complaint I could come up with is that I had to work a little bit to get the bands to come off. :cbig:
Overall smoke time was exactly one hour.
