Padron 2000
Strength: Medium to Full
Wrapper: Nicaragua
Binder: Nicaragua
Filler: Nicaragua
Style: Robusto
Draw: Excellent
Flavor: Coffee Notes, Dark Chocolate, Soft Creamy Leather, Roasted Nuts
Review: It was a cool Saturday night, not cold, but cool. No clouds, stars are bright, I think it’s a good time for a smoke. The smallest cigar in the humi is a Padron 2000, lets go with that.
The look of the Padron 2000 is your typical classic maduro cigar. You get a nice dark wrapper, good veins and some glossy oily spots. The band however, is a little boring for my taste. It’s way to simple of a band and it really doesn’t give any special overall look to the cigar. But …. (dramatic pause) …. believe me when I tell you this …. (dramatic pause 2) …. by the end of this smoke, your not going to give a (you know what) about the band. Honestly, you might not even notice the band while your smoking this cigar because you’ll be hypnotized, so be careful you don’t smoke the band.
When I picked up the cigar, I instantly got hit with aroma, so I gave it a nice little sniff action. Smelling this cigar is like smelling a leather jacket, that was left inside a box of sweet dark chocolates for months. Im not kidding, that’s exactly what I got, maybe my palate is a little crazy for you, but what can I do? It smells great. Its time for a toast up.
Big smoke on the toast up, no problems at all and great aroma. Again, that pretty leather jacket that your girlfriend gave you for Christmas, that you accidentally put in a box full of your favorite sweet dark chocolate is on fire ! And guess what? You don’t care its on fire, because it wasn’t that pretty anyways, but you know what? It sure does smell great. So #$!% it, let it burn !
The best part of the Padron 2000 is smoking it. Yes, the band is super ugly and it kind of looks like a “Uglycristo”, but smoking this cigar is fantastic. On my palate I got Coffee Notes, Soft Creamy Leather, Dark Chocolate and Roasted Nuts on the aftertaste. The flavors on this cigar are consistent and don’t change at all and that is exactly what I want from a cigar. These flavors are fantastic and very pleasing. There’s no harsh after taste and no harsh spice. This cigar is fantastic, I said that already, but it is !
After smoking the Padron 2000, I felt so good. I feel like this is what cigars are suppose to be like and this is the way a cigar is suppose to make you feel. Make you feel good, like James Brown. I never smoke a cigar to the very end, but I couldn’t put this one out, I wanted to make sure I smoked everything I could. And that’s what I meant about accidentally smoking the band. I take the bands off the cigars so I can take pictures and keep them for my self with scores on them. I was so hypnotized by this cigar I almost forgot to take off the band. Getting a box is not a maybe or something to think about, you need a box of these in your life.
Padron’s slogan goes like this, “ When Padron is on the label. Quality is a matter of family honor. “ This is a quality smoke and by the end of this cigar, you will know what quality cigars taste like.
Final Note: One word, WOW.
Rating: 5/5 – Excellent !
Date Smoked: 1-12-08
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