Review Notes: Thank G-d for friends! This was a gift... boy was it ever. Lasted a looong time, beautiful white ash on top of the great maduro wrapper that doesn't over-power the delicious blend. Burned like a champ, with tons of flavorful strong smoke. This baby rocks and deserves time and attention when smoking, for the best experience. One of the best looking, feeling, construct, flavors out there!! Padron classic, wish I had the time & $ to smoke one regularly. Truly a Classic, Can't wait to try the 40th in the humi...

Review Notes: Looked beautiful, nice wrapper but unfortunately it was loose on the draw, flavor GONE, just felt so bad to pay so much for it and that i was holding on to it for new years eve. Still the cigar was smoked to the last inch.

Review Notes: I was girted a box of these last Christmas, and bought one each of Maduro and Natural and put all three in my humidor. I'm a big fan of these cigars, some of them beat out Cubans in most catagories, IMO...but after going thru a half box of Serie '64 Imperials, this was almost a letdown. Don't get me wrong, this is one of the best cigars made today, I think, but when you consider that in 2005, out of the 9 regular sizes of serie '64s, 8 of them were "humidor selection" in CA...and they only give out 30 of those ratings...these eight were in one issue. This no 1, however, is an exceptionally well-rounded (so to speak) cigar in every aspect. I agree with reviewer no. 1 when they say that the tobacco flavors are awesome, and I'll go so far as to say that they show incredible depth, but I totally disagree that it's a one dimentional cigar. I hope we were smoking the same thing, bud, but it looks like we were. Those serial numbers are how you can tell authenticity. Go to Padron's site and read from there. This is a very full flavored cigar, I wouldn't recommend it to a novice, or even an intermediate as there is the strength of the smoke, yes, but the complexities are such that I can smoke the cigar down to the nub and still not get everything it has to offer. However, once again, try a box of '64 Imperials...outstanding, and other than one or two '26's, '64's have MANY more 93, 94 and even 95 ratings in CA

Review Notes: An Elegant cigar to behold with the double Padron banding. Mine was numbered 524668. It guarantees it authenticity. Whatever that means. The somewhat glossy, dark brown (I assume this was the Maduro...help me out here guys...is the maduro black or dark brown?) Nicaraguan wrapper was seamless and handsome. This cigar had been in my box for 9 months. Gauge said good to go. Prelight aroma was of full, straight, smooth, well aged tobacco. What I smelt was what I tasted. The Flavor? There really wasn't any. This stick allows you to receive smooth, straight, well aged tobacco at a full throttle pace (draw was a tad loose all through, burn was uneven in last third) without blowing your palate apart. Boom...Pow....full tobacco all through, smooth yes, but incredibly boring and one demensional. I kept waiting for something different to happen with this. Nothing different ever happened and I smoked this to the nub. I can appreciate the smooth power of this Nicaraguan Puro but I can't say I really enjoyed it that much. It bored me. The salt and pepper ash on this was aggravatingly exciting as it was very flakey and llittered my lap. I can certainly enjoy full bodied cigars. I love a Cuban Cohiba when I can get and afford one, I love the strong, smooth balance of flavor and power in a well aged Rocky Patel Sun Grown or a Gran Habano, and I love the Joya De Nicararagua Antano (another Nicaraguan puro) But there are some nice flavor overtones within the full bodied tobaccoo to all those that this cigar lacked. Did my wife pay $25 for a bad stick? Maybe. Will I pay $25 to try this cigar again to find out? I doubt. In the reviews I read here for this stick a few seem to be reviewing the 40th anniversary 1926. That's a different cigar. Others, when they seem to be be reviewing the correct cigar never mention much flavor wise with these. Maybe this one demensional experience, much like veteran reviewer Dabarian mentions, is just what you get with these and this cigar is just not for me. For $25-ish a throw can you see why I am not quite ready to jump back in the saddle with this?

Review Notes: This luscious beauty was in the humi for four years. Perfect burn with complex flavors. Deep rich smoke with a solid white ash. My good friend just kicked his girlfriend to the curb and celebrated his freedom with a pair of these he was saving for a special. It was special for me to smoke it. hahaha