It is a lovely fall evening in the Man Shed. Randy and I have decided to smoke the Padilla Miami. We have been joined this evening by our friend Richard Jensen (who is smoking a Nub Connecticut).
The following is information gleaned from the internet about this cigar. Each leaf of tobacco hails from the dark, fertile soils of Nicaragua and is grown from 1st generation Cuban seeds. The wrapper is a dark, reddish-hued Corojo. The filler, a robust mixture of Criollo and Corojo tobaccos. Three caps are applied to the head of this cigar in true Cuban fashion. This cigar was apparently previously made By Don Pepin in one of his factories, but the relationship between Pepin and Padilla cigars is now over. Thus, there are some people who seem to prefer the Don Pepin made Miami's and others who prefer the new one.
This is a medium brown colored cigar, the color is like milk chocolate. It is not particularly attractive, but only has a few minor veins showing. The cigar feels fairly tightly packed and the construction appears very good. After clipping the cigar both Randy and I find the draw to be very good.
Randy finds the cigar initially to be medium in body leaning to the milder side. I find it much more of a medium flavor with, some spiciness and a little bit of a Nicaraguan-zing. We have paired our smoke this evening with some Glendronach 12 year old Single Malt Scotch that Richard brought over.
For the most part these cigars burned well. Randy thought his burned extremely well, with an even burn line and needing very little tending to. Mine was a little more temperamental and it developed a slightly uneven burn line and needed a slight touch up, but nothing I would consider problematic. It produced a fairly compact ash with only a little blooming and no tunneling.
Scores:
Dave - 3 - I enjoyed this cigar. It was a nice medium cigar with some spicy flavors that were not overpowering. It smoked well without needing a lot of attention and it stayed fairly consistent from beginning to end.
Randy - 3 Randy also enjoyed this cigar. He found it a little milder than I did. He characterized it as mild and smooth with pleasant woodsy overtones.
We both thought the cigar paired well with the scotch. Their taste profiles played off of each other very well. The Padilla Miami Band made it to the Board and we would definitely smoke it again.
It should be noted that Cigar Aficionado gave this cigar a 94. The brothers-of-leaf who reside in the Man Shed liked this cigar but we did not love it.
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