Padilla Series 68 Toro Review

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[SIZE="4"]APPEARANCE: Beefy looking stick. Triple cap and tight looking roll at the foot. She’s nice and spongy.

AROMA/ BOUQUET: Robust scent…made my mouth water somewhat.

SMOKE: Tons and Tons and TONS of nice gray smoke.

BURN: Pretty even initially, but started canoeing. No big deal…a touch up helped. She caught up rather nicely. Got kind of flakey around ½ way through.

DRAW: Perfect

FLAVOR 1/3: Very salty, but not over the top. I like salt! Initial detection of roasted nuts to complement the salt flavor.

FINISH/AFTERTASTE 1/3: A touch of salt still remains, but not even enough to talk about here. Detecting some licorice and caramel between puffs.

FLAVOR 2/3: Strange (in a good way) after taste around 5 seconds after expelling the smoke. I believe it reminds me of brown sugar.

FINISH/AFTERTASTE 2/3: Kinda got the cotton mouth…maybe not entirely from the smoke. I’ll have some water now.

FLAVOR 3/3: Got some hints of cherries in the final minutes of this dynamic cigar.

FINISH/AFTERTASTE 3/3: Extremely long finish. The flavors are still coating the inside of my mouth and tongue.

SUMMARY: A real treat! Rich and tasty throughout. A delicious mid-day smoke.
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[dwhitacre]

[SIZE="3"]Great review!!![/SIZE]

Salty? That is a new one for me. I have had sweet but not salty!!!

I'll have to give these a try... see if I get salty!!! Would it go good with beer?

Thanks Jimmy!!!

[boonedoggle]

Originally Posted by dwhitacre

[SIZE="3"]Great review!!![/SIZE]

Salty? That is a new one for me. I have had sweet but not salty!!!

I'll have to give these a try... see if I get salty!!! Would it go good with beer?

Thanks Jimmy!!!

I would suggest a full-bodied lager. I was actually sipping Buffalo Trace w/rocks and they complemented each other quite well. The cigar actually brought out vanilla flavors in the bourbon!

[nozero]

Great review, definitely makes me want to try them!

[yourchoice]

Sounds awesome...still looking for that boo hoo smiley

[MarkinCA]

Originally Posted by boonedoggle

[SIZE=4]SUMMARY: A real treat! Rich and tasty throughout. A delicious mid-day smoke. [/SIZE]

[SIZE=3]Thanks for the excellent review boonedoggle. Love the Tons o' Smoke. I guess I missed it, but what is the strength? med, med-full, full body? [/SIZE]

[Blue_R]

Nice review. Spot on with the flavors, too. I got 10 of these off of Cbid about 3 months ago and only have one left. They have several great tastes in them.

-Blue

[malinois1]

Originally Posted by Blue_R

Nice review. Spot on with the flavors, too. I got 10 of these off of Cbid about 3 months ago and only have one left. They have several great tastes in them.

-Blue

Thanks for the review Jimmy! Can't wait for mine to get here!!

[boonedoggle]

Originally Posted by MarkinCA

[SIZE=3]Thanks for the excellent review boonedoggle. Love the Tons o' Smoke. I guess I missed it, but what is the strength? med, med-full, full body? [/SIZE]

med-full...but not strong, in the sense of intensity. Well balanced smoke.

[smokeyscotch]

Great review! I can't wait to try one of mine. Thanks for the review and the split. Tried to hit your RG, but I gotta spread it around some.

[awsmith4]

Good review, I need to get some of these

[krisko]

Nice review. I just ordered a 5er and am hoping they are good enough to become a staple in the humidor. Call me vain but I kind of think the '68 label is cool as I was born in '68. Okay...I'll call myself vain.

I'm actually smoking my first Padilla Hybrid right this moment. I'm about 2/3rds in. The quick and dirty review is...not a terribly attractive cigar but not an ugly duckling. Pre-light draw and post light draw is nearly perfect. Tons of light grey smoke and a perfect burn with no touch ups required. Flavor is hard for me to pin down (not good with adjectives as the OP is) but I'm tasting just a little pepper and it doesn't last too long after exhale.

[dwhitacre]

Originally Posted by boonedoggle

I would suggest a full-bodied lager. I was actually sipping Buffalo Trace w/rocks and they complemented each other quite well. The cigar actually brought out vanilla flavors in the bourbon!

[SIZE=4]Yes!!! I have one in my humi and a have beer!!![/SIZE]

[drjammer]

Thanks for the review I will have to give one a try soon

[Tour De Cigar]

yep just had robusto last night ill agree these babies are full of smoke.. my 1/3 i dectected spicy/peppery... ... also did yours come with two labels.. im asking because when I was looking for some info. on these gems on the net... the one's i saw was a one label band.. the one I had had two lables the padilla regular label and the sec. one was a serial number label.... ..