Here goes my first review...figured I'd wait until I had a good 6 months in of smoking to get my palate somewhat refined.
Well I took a look at the weather report and it seemed to be warm enough to actually enjoy a cigar. I decided to pick a PAM 1964 Principe. It seemed to be a little dry but I figured I might as well try it.
Prelight: Cut it with a nice cheapo cutter I got from my B&M back home and the wrapper cracked a bit of it fell off...no biggie. The draw was effortless as usual. Prelight draw flavor seemed to have a little chocolate and cedar.
1/3: Started off nice with lots of chocolate, espresso, nut, and woody flavors. The burn started off a little crooked due to iffy lighting skills up evened out nicely.
2/3: About 1/4 into the 2nd 3rd a nice cherry flavor appeared and seemed to stay. The dark chocolate, nut, and espresso flavors intensified.
3/3: The burn stays nice and straight which was surprising due to the windy conditions tonight. The other flavor that popped up was a little hint of cedar. All of the flavors from the 1st and 2nd 3rd stayed right up until I tossed the cigar.
This cigar was a little flavor bomb with lots of chocolate, espresso, and cherry flavor that lasted throughout the entire cigar. The burn stayed perfect and the draw was perfect throughout. This little Padron was one heck of a flavor bomb. Great cigar!!
92 Points (if the wrapper stayed perfect 93-94)
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"Cuban seed tobaccos grown in Nicaragua and Cuba. The wrapper would be from Cuba. The binder leaves would be from Nicaragua. For the ligero tobacco in the filler, he would use two types, one from Esteli and the other from Jalapa in Nicaragua. The other filler components, seco and viso, would come from Cuba, the former from Villa Clara, the latter from Pinar del Rio. That Cigar, he says with pride, would score 100 points." -Don Pepin Garcia
I had one of these a few years ago as a lunch smoke. I had not eaten much that day and left work once I returned. It floored me. It was a great smoke and I would love to re-visit it now that I know what to expect.
Nice review too!
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