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Review: Padrón W. Curtis Draper 125th Anniversary Natural

In January, Washington D.C. retailer W. Curtis Draper concluded its 125th anniversary celebrations with the arrival of the fourth and final release in what was a year-long series of special cigars. The release was from Padrón and included two 6 x 46 cigars in special blends  The five cigars, in order of release, are as [...]

News: Padrón to Add 6 x 60 No. 4 to 1964 Anniversary Series

Padrón has confirmed that a 6″ x 60 size in the 1964 Anniversary Series is being made and will be known as the Patriarch. (Update: Padrón changed the name from Patriarch to No. 4 due to Perdomo’s existing Patriarch brand.) The extension first made its debut last year as part of Smoke Inn’s 15th anniversary celebrations in the [...]

The Consensus: 2011 Awards

For the 2010 rendition of this concept, click here to see Brian Hewitt’s work. Before anyone starts, I started this long before Bill Berris posted his rendition of this a few days at Cigar Snapshot. (Bill’s serves as a interesting sample of this, although there are noticeable differences beyond population size.) The concept was simple, [...]

Review: Padrón Family Reserve No. 85 Maduro

For those of you that don’t know… The newest cigar from Jorge Padrón, officially named the Padrón Family Reserve No. 85 Maduro, was released to retailers last week. The 85th is the newest in a line of Family Reserve cigars that goes back to 2007, when the first was released. The number in the name is (usually) meant [...]

Review: Padrón 1964 SI-15 Maduro (Prerelease)

For those of you that don’t know… We reviewed the Natural on Wednesday, and today we are reviewing the the Padrón 1964 Smoke Inn 15th Anniversary Maduro. This year will mark 15 years Smoke Inn has been in business. If you aren’t familiar with Smoke Inn you really should check them out. They have been [...]

Review: Padrón 1964 Aniversario Serie Diplomatico

Continuing with our Padrón week today we have a blast from the past, a Padrón 1964 Diplomatico Maduro from the late 1990’s! It is unclear exactly how old this cigar is, but we sent a picture of it to Jorge Padrón, and he confirmed that its pre-2000 based on the band design… so this cigar [...]

Review: Padrón B.O.T.L. Estelí 2010 (Preproduction)

(Editor’s Note: As with all Preproduction cigar previews, this one will be a list of information about the cigar and general impressions from smoking it. There will be no final rating given, as I believe it is not equitable to rate a cigar that has not yet been finalized and released to the public. — brooks.) [...]

Review: Padrón 1964 SI-15 Natural (Prerelease)

Today we will be taking a look at a very special limited release, the Padrón 1964 Smoke Inn 15th Anniversary. This year will mark 15 years Smoke Inn has been in business. If you aren’t familiar with Smoke Inn you really should check them out. They have been providing the South Florida cigar community with [...]

Review: Padrón L. J. Peretti 140th Anniversary

For those of you that don’t know, about two weeks ago, it came to my attention that Padrón had released a cigar that I was not aware of dubbed the Padrón L. J. Peretti Company 140th Anniversary, it was obviously produced for the 140th Anniversary of the L. J. Peretti Company in Boston. The interesting [...]

Review: Padrón Family Reserve No. 46 Maduro

It’s been 46 years since José Orlando Padrón started selling cigars. Having sold over 100 million cigars to date, Padrón is one of the most prestigious brands out there today. The skill and passion they have for cigars is obvious in the many different cigars they release. Whether you are smoking a Padrón 2000 or [...]