Padron

Series Natural

Smooth and strong nicotine. Definitely an after dinner cigar

TL;DR - cocoa powder, hazelnut, and a bit of spice. Pick your vitola, but these belong in every collection. Recommended 👍 Aged 11 mos, dry-boxed 5 hours ⏳️ Pre-light is rich, fragrant and sweet tobacco. A chocolate nuance. Light-up is easy, construction / appearance is a little rough, while draw is just right. Initial impressions: cocoa powder with a bit of tobacco spice. Hazelnut makes an entrance as the smoke develops. Very nice. Burn 🔥 is even and steady. Medium (rich) flavors and medium nicotine. Looking for a cigar that doesn't taste like wood? Here you go.

First Padron, quite pleasant. Not too bold. Really dig it.

Terrible lighting moment - my fault. Ran out of lighter fluid. Initial draw a little “earthy”. Stayed consistent throughout.

Started off as a typical padron pepper bomb. When the cigar settles after a couple of minutes this is one intense chocolate bomb

Second try. Somehow tasted better then last time but still not my cup of tea. Especially the last third was becoming too much for my smoke behaviour. I will give the Maduro version a try but at least the natural version will not be bought again. Does anybody know if the toro and robusto version differ much? Compared to how highly praised these cigars are, I am really confused how much i don’t like their profile.