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The Cigar

Description 

Serie V is a complex blend of Nicaraguan long filler tobaccos. Blended with specially fermented Jalapa Valley ligero, and finished with a high priming Habano Sun Grown Wrapper. This flavourful blend exhibits complex tobacco with rich coffee and dark chocolate tones. A subtle and well balanced spice is present throughout.

The Cigar

The award-winning Padrón 1926 Serie premiered in 2002 to commemorate José O. Padrón’s 75th birthday, with ten sizes available. Continuing our tradition, this series is offered in a box-pressed format. These cigars are individually hand-crafted from tobacco aged five years, then blended to create an exceptionally smooth, complex, balanced and full-bodied flavor. For protection, a double band with an individually numbered guarantee label is applied to every cigar to safeguard against counterfeiting.

Cigar Aficionado Rating 97
#1 Cigar Aficionado Top 25 Cigars 2007

What a great cigar. The Padrón Serie 1926 No. 9 impressed the Cigar Aficionado tasting panel again and again, rising to the top after repeated tests to become the best cigar of the year of 2007.

In the end, when only a few cigars remained in the last blind tasting, this one stood above the rest: it was richer, rounder, more complex and rewarding than any other cigar they smoked.

This pressed beauty is rolled in the recently expanded Padrón factory in Estelí, Nicaragua, under the watchful eye of José Orlando Padrón, his son Jorge and the rest of the family members who ensure that the 5 million or so cigars they produce each year are of impeccable quality.

This is perhaps the finest of the line, just blossoming with flavour right from the first puff. It’s a complex smoke with perfect balance, showing flavours of chocolate, coffee and nuts, as well as some black cherry. The cigar has a finish so long it seems to never leave the palate. The 97 points is the highest score the Cigar Aficionado have given a cigar in many years.

Padrón Serie 1926 cigars are a bit stronger than the company’s other luxury line, the 1964 Anniversary Series, and are considerably more expensive. The family has an affinity for anniversaries: 1964 is the year the company began making cigars, and 1926 is the year José Orlando was born. The cigar debuted in 2002, on José Orlando’s 76th birthday, a year later than originally intended.

The Padróns have never finished out of the top five in the Cigar Aficionado Top 25 tastings, and this is the second time one of their cigars have been named the No. 1 cigar of the year.

Wrapper: Nicaragua
Binder: Nicaragua
Filler: Nicaragua
Strength: Full
Length: 5 1/4 inches
Ring Gauge: 56

Trinidad Coloniales

The Cigar 

A useful slightly extra girth Petit Corona, which allows you access to Trinidad’s unique flavour in a size that can be smoked in just 30 minutes or so. Added to the range in 2003.

VITOLA: Coloniales
RING GAUGE: 44
LENGTH: 5 1/4 inches - 132 mm
FLAVOUR: Medium

About the Pack of 5

A one-off opportunity to reunite with a popular small pack

Although Trinidad Coloniales remain in the current Habanos portfolio (boxes of 24), the popular five pack format has not been seen for several years.

Although there are no plans for their re-introduction, a limited quantity of the original
small packs have been released containing cigars from this year’s production. Coloniales measure 5 1⁄4” (132mm) x 44 ring gauge and carry the signature Trinidad pigtails.

Trinidad Reyes

The Cigar 

A super, small cigar offering the classic taste of Cuban leaf in an aromatic, fragrant, medium bodied style that offers immense versatility particular for matching with pre-dinner drinks. An important all rounder.

VITOLA: Reyes
RING GAUGE: 40
LENGTH: 4 3/8 inches - 110 mm
FLAVOUR: Medium