Padron 2000 Robusto Maduro Cigar - 1 Single

Padron haven't let me down yet, and while some of their range are pricey enough to qualify as 'special occasion cigars' this one represents incredible value for money and is affordable enough to be an everyday smoke. It looks great, has excellent construction, razor sharp burn and bags of flavourful, cool, creamy smoke. I would definitely recommend using a punch on this as the draw could seem a little loose to some if you use a cutter, and in my personal experience I find Padron cigars benefit from a couple of days dry boxing. For the price I can't give this cigar anything other than 5 stars.

A very dark wrapper indeed which a rich coacoa aroma with a touch of hay. As it has a single cap I decided to use a punch to cut it. Before lighting I took a draw and was worried because there was no resitance at all and upon lighting this was also the case, it felt like a complete wind tunnel... BUT after letting it settle and taking it slowly it got better and better. Initially the burn was a bit wonky but quickly evened out and became almost razor sharp. Rich taste of earth and coffee with some pepper on the pallette to begin with, as it burns down the pepper goes and it becomes creamier and more of a milk chocolate taste. The ash holds on for well over half the cigar not wanting to drop. Over all a very nice smoke and I would be happy to buy again!

Padron is one of my favourite New World brands from Nicaragua. I have always enjoyed the ‘2000 Maduro’ which is aged between 2½ and 3 years. Today I enjoyed a ‘1926 Series - No 9 Maduro’ which is 5 1/4" x 56 and medium to full bodied in strength from their exclusive 1926 Series range. Padron chose the best filler, binder and wrapper for these limited production cigars which are aged for 5 years prior to release. The cigar feels a bit dry but construction is perfect providing a generous quantity of smoke with every puff. Begins very sweet and earthy, with tiny notes of brown sugar, honey and a hint of pepper on the palate. The flavour develops with lovely nut, floral notes and coffee flavours with a hint of bitterness. The cigar ends with full bodied strength, very rich and classic earthy Padron flavours and pepper. This cigar is great and gorgeous. Probably one of the best New World cigars ever made. Perfect with a nice Flor the Cana 18 yo Rum in the afternoon. David, Turmeaus Est 1817 Cigars and Whisky Liverpool

I'm new to cigars and this is my first padron and i have to say I'm very impressed! I have been experimenting with my humidor and if you really want to enjoy this cigar it seems to like a high humidity as mine is reading around 70% and has been in there for about a week. From the start there was no crunch in the cut and a nice tight wrap and on lighting is a nice draw with a thick grey smoke with a spicy peppery kick then settled down to a smooth chocolate and coffee flavor with a hint of oak in the background the ash is tight and stacks up nicley, later on towards the end i got a hint of vanilla and marzipan which is really nice as made you feel like you have had your main meal and your now having your dessert! In all it lasted me around 45 minutes and would say it is a good all rounder and very good value for money will definitely be buying some of these again for my humidor.

If I have a "go to" cigar this is the one.I can’t speak highly enough of it.Rustic looking and not the prettiest thing you'll ever see,for sure,but that's an irrelavancy here.Always expertly constructed and always very,very flavourful.As has already been said,it does have a very loose draw so you must baby it somewhat but you're well rewarded. Spicy pepper in the opening which settles in to chocolate,coffee,an occasional note of things like cinnamon and even a caramel creaminess in there sometimes.The absolute definition of a satisfying smoke that you can just kick back with and relax after a hard day’s work and the one cigar that I make sure to never run low on. It'll be something that the Cuban "snobs" would have me up for as a heretic but,to my tastes at least,Nicaraguan tobacco and the best of their cigars (the puros) has caught up to a lot of what's coming out of Cuba just now and in some cases even surpassed it!! The range of QC amongst Cuban cigars is still far too large.You really do need to have a good relationship with a quality merchant or you risk getting a box of real rubbish! On the other hand,I know that I could buy a box of Padron from almost anywhere and be confident of the quality within the box.That being said it's still wise practice to develop that same relationship with a trusted retailer no matter what. But The Padron 2000 is 99 times out of a hundred absolutely spot on.The 1926 series is out of this world but that's another review.