I had a '26 #6 maduro not that long ago that had 6 years on it and I agree with Wilkey, it did get a little more mellow and a little less of the harshness you can find in an out of the box '26, but the differences to me weren't very noticible. I did smoke a '26 #6 maddie later that evening just for this purpose that had about 6 months age on it.
I have a box of '26 #6 maddies sitting at the bottom of my humidor. I want to say I bought them in the middle of last year and I'm not going to touch them for a long while. I want to gives these a chance to rest and see what time does to them.
I do have 3 Padrons with some age to them. I have one Millenium Maduro, 1 '64 from 2000, and 1 4000 from 2000. I'm trying to save the Millenium for a special event of some kind, I just don't know what yet. I may have to light that one as a birthday smoke next month. As far as the other two, I am now thinking I should light them up pretty soon and compare them to the same cigar fresh.
Now that you mention it, that is right on. Never had a buzz from a Padron but the Fuente Fuente always knocks me on my ass.
Wilkey
It's funny that this came up. My last case of "nicotine sickness came from a Padron 1926. I can't remember the size but there were a number of factors that played into this.
I hadn't smoked in about two weeks, my stomach was completely empty, and I think I may of been mildly dehydrated (I was working out not too long before I lit up). Combine all of that just about anything would of gotten to me. It was pretty bad, I was driving when I felt it kick in and I realized that
really soon I would of been a hazard on the road. I pulled into a gas station picked up some apple juice, a gatorade and some crackers. I drank the juice and ate the crackers in the parking lot and waited a few minutes before I left, that took care of it real quickly.
Other than that one instance I've never even received a buzz from a Padron.