Sat down to smoke my first Padron 4Oth the other night. Cigar was sitting in my humi for about a month. I was really looking forward to this having had great expereinces with all the other types of padrons (000's, 64's, 26's). The look of the cigar is outstanding. Perfect shape with a nice silky/shinny wrapper. Smelled woody and spicy.
Getting this thing lit and getting some good smoke out took some time I guess due to the size. The draw was tight for about 5 minutes then all of a sudden it started smoking great - nice thick gray smoke. Ash was light and dark gray.
From the beginning and throughout the taste was very smooth with spice, leather and cocoa. I expected it to pick up more spice as I went on, kinda like my expereinces with the 26's but it really didn't happen. Overall the taste was good but there was too much smoothness that seemed to limit the flavors.
A good expereince but I'd rather stick with a 64 or 26 even factoring out price.
I'd give it a 8 out of 10 rating.
Getting this thing lit and getting some good smoke out took some time I guess due to the size. The draw was tight for about 5 minutes then all of a sudden it started smoking great - nice thick gray smoke. Ash was light and dark gray.
From the beginning and throughout the taste was very smooth with spice, leather and cocoa. I expected it to pick up more spice as I went on, kinda like my expereinces with the 26's but it really didn't happen. Overall the taste was good but there was too much smoothness that seemed to limit the flavors.
A good expereince but I'd rather stick with a 64 or 26 even factoring out price.
I'd give it a 8 out of 10 rating.
