Padron 2000 Robusto Natural Cigar - 1 Single

Date Added: Tuesday 14 November, 2023 by Austin

After trying many of the Padr?n line from the thousand series in both natural and maduro to the '64s, '26s and family reserve lines, these are my firm favourite and not just for the lower price tag. The blends are different in the natural and maduro, not just the wrapper. The naturals are more medium bodied with less spice. Flavour has more sweetness, often a touch of caramel, with more focus on woodiness, cocoa and biscuit notes. The best I've had have even shown touches of floral complexity and some citrus. The maduro versions are notably stronger, spicier and with more bitter dark chocolate, leather and charred qualities. The strong biscuit aroma from the unlit tobacco on these is gorgeous as well. I find, personally, a little more complexity and subtlety in the naturals and the sweeter profile with even a hint of cream in the best ones is more my thing. Blend consistency does vary a fair bit and I find the ones with a slightly richer rosado to the wrappers tend to have a little more richness, and draws are always loose to perfect, never too tight. This gets an extra point from me simply for it's value for money, but would still be a solid 4/5 otherwise! Excellent Nicaraguan blend best suited to short-term storage or smoking now.