3 Regular Guys Review - Padron Delicias

Super 8 Sampler Review Courtesy of the 3 Regular Guys at Thompson Cigar.

We had to think way back to our first Padróns to recall how it could be possible to underestimate this cigar. Not in the sense of some cigars that look really appealing but by the time it’s through your brain feels like it was plowed into by a bottle of Night Train (shear speculation); but rather in the sense that a Padron often appears rather unassuming and perhaps ordinary. Once you’ve smoked a Padron you immediately learn to recognize its chocolaty-brown wrapper with oily hints and perhaps a sunspot or two as being the finished canvas of a master. We all noted that the caps on our Delicias looked a little bit rough but none of us made any record of the construction of the cigar not holding up.

Smoking a Padron is a distinct pleasure. From first light a Padron smokes beautifully. If you tried to go through your cigar collection and ascribe one word to each brand you’d be well advised to save consistent until you get to Padrón. Not only does this cigar smoke incredibly consistent but you’d better like the taste of a Padron because every bloody one seems as though it’s a clone of the previous.

The draw is great –firm enough to give some resistance but letting through a generous dose of cool tasty smoke. The slightly veiny wrapper, binder, and evenly packed filler all hail from Nicaragua making this one of the most well-rounded puros we’ve ever come across. The taste may initially be a tad bitter just after lighting, but that quickly rounds out into smooth dark-chocolate, coffee and cocoa flavors. This is basically where you’ll stay until you burn your fingertips.

As the filler warms and a tight mottled white and gray ash begins to form behind a perfect burn you taste the cigar nuance between the cinnamon spice notes of the wrapper and the complex flavors of coffee and cocoa present in the medium-bodied filler. The aroma of the Padron is toasty, woody and mellow with an earthy tobacco smell. Dave probably put it best when he wrote that the Padron smells like a very good cigar even before it is lit.

We 3 Regular Guys aren’t biased –Padron has earned its spot at the crest of our favorite cigars lists. From taste and aroma on down to consistency and value we try hard to beat the Padron but we haven’t yet. And if you want a Padron that has the curb appeal to match the flavor –easy, they’re called Padron Anniversarios. We’d love to write about those for you a little further down the road.

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