Padron 2000 Robusto Maduro Cigar - 1 Single

Date Added: Tuesday 28 February, 2017 by Staff

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

Date Added: Thursday 10 November, 2016 by paul

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.

Date Added: Monday 16 May, 2016 by Michael

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.

Date Added: Saturday 09 April, 2016 by Andy

Not a big fan of New World cigars however this one is lovely, a real 'desert' cigar with lots of dark chocolate and sweet spice. Always a very light and airy draw so helps to take it easy so as not to overheat it. Looks a bit rough to the eye but never judge a cigar by its wrapper, very consistent, will have a few of these in the humidor when I fancy something a bit sweeter.

Date Added: Sunday 20 December, 2015 by Thomas

cigar looked very rough, very toothy and veiny. The foot was loosely packed with stem like parts poking out. When I cut the cap it produced lots of dust and chunks that kept getting in my mouth right through the smoking. The draw was very loose. Very high smoke production which smelled lovely. Started off peppery with no other real flavours, after a few draws it became apparent that there was an very loosely packed bit running right through the center of the cigar. A little sweetness and coffee did show up for a couple of draws but was overshadowed by hot bitter taste. Tried to smoke as slow as possible but I guess the build quality totally ruined any flavours I might have got. Hopefully I just got a bad one but I won't be buying another to find out. Burn was all over the place. I thought Padron were meant to be a higher end non Cuban but it looked more on par with a Jose l Piedra.

Date Added: Tuesday 11 August, 2015 by Neil

This is an excellent cigar. Medium to full bodied. Sweet tobacco aroma. Rich flavours of dark chocolate and espresso coffee. Easy draw. In a nutshell, everything I want in a cigar. I know this will be controversial to many, but personally I prefer these over any Cuban I've tried. Try them for yourself and make up your own mind. I don't think you'll be disappointed.