History lesson time. Some of you newer guys may not be familiar with why that Padilla cigar carries so much rarity, becuase I think they are still being made to some degree, but they aren't the same.
Back in the day Padilla was the first major cigar manufacturer to hire Pepin. He had made a few cigars for small shops after coming over here, but Padilla was the first to really put him to work blending, rolling, and creating cigars. Pepin essentially blended every cigar that made Padilla well known. The 1932, Miami, and 1948. The Pepin blended Padilla cigars are/were fantastic. IMO some of the best stuff Pepin has ever done. The lanceros were the least produced of the sizes as well. In 2008 they decided to part ways, and since then Pepin has been on his own, and the quality of the Padilla cigars have diminished. They claim they are the same blend today, as they were then, but they aren't.
So, the last Pepin cigars for Padilla are 5 years old, and there aren't many of them left. The people who do still have some horde them like gold. So they aren't rare in the traditional sense like the Tat monsters, but sadly when what's left is gone you aren't ever getting any more.
Anyway, some of you are well aware of those facts, but thought there might be a few of you who are not familiar with that small tid bit of history.