Kingantz
Growing too fast.
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Stepping on the back porch, it’s already very warm and muggy with the sky a bit overcast, looking to be another hot one today. Looking through the humis I spied a Padron Londres Maduro gifted by my good friend Chris (Lovetheleaf) back in November 2008. The maduro wrapper is dark brown and coarse with noticeable tooth and minimal veins. It’s very firm when squeezed, has a good weight in the hand, and after punching the cap I find the draw perfect with sweet taste of rich cocoa. Oh yeah, I can already tell this should be one fine cigar.
The foot lights easily and after several quick puffs, tons of smoke pours effortlessly through. My first draw brings a mild to medium spice with the smoke a good medium strength and hitting my palate just right. Flavors are incredibly rich with taste of cocoa, earth, and leather with a lasting, smooth finish that leaves a taste I would describe as fresh baked ginger bread.
Through the first half, the burn is razor sharp with a medium to dark gray ash forming that has noticeable tooth and falls off on its own around the first inch. Spice is perfect on the tongue and throat with the smoke continuing to be a good medium strength. Someone asked in a recent thread if a regular x000 was aged enough, would it taste as good as a PAN. Well I’m here to tell you, this cigar was just as good as any PAM I’ve ever had. The flavors are amazingly rich, so much so I can’t seem to get enough and am smoking through this thing faster than usual. I have to exhale slowly through the mouth and nose, completely immersed in the creamy richness left on the palate in the lasting finish.
What an amazing smoke is over much too soon. With razor sharp burn, perfect draw, and incredibly rich, delicious flavor, this is definitely one of the best Padrons I’ve had. There are good cigars, and then there are GOOD cigars, and this one most certainly falls into the latter. Many thanks Chris for turning me on to what will soon be a regular for me.
The foot lights easily and after several quick puffs, tons of smoke pours effortlessly through. My first draw brings a mild to medium spice with the smoke a good medium strength and hitting my palate just right. Flavors are incredibly rich with taste of cocoa, earth, and leather with a lasting, smooth finish that leaves a taste I would describe as fresh baked ginger bread.
Through the first half, the burn is razor sharp with a medium to dark gray ash forming that has noticeable tooth and falls off on its own around the first inch. Spice is perfect on the tongue and throat with the smoke continuing to be a good medium strength. Someone asked in a recent thread if a regular x000 was aged enough, would it taste as good as a PAN. Well I’m here to tell you, this cigar was just as good as any PAM I’ve ever had. The flavors are amazingly rich, so much so I can’t seem to get enough and am smoking through this thing faster than usual. I have to exhale slowly through the mouth and nose, completely immersed in the creamy richness left on the palate in the lasting finish.
What an amazing smoke is over much too soon. With razor sharp burn, perfect draw, and incredibly rich, delicious flavor, this is definitely one of the best Padrons I’ve had. There are good cigars, and then there are GOOD cigars, and this one most certainly falls into the latter. Many thanks Chris for turning me on to what will soon be a regular for me.
