Aging the Padron Anniversario Maduro

[Lamar]

I hope this is not the wrong place for this post, but the review I saw on this stick prompted me to ask this question. I have three Anniversario's in the box and I was wondering how these puppies age. If there is anyone with enough willpower to age these things, please let me know how they turn out. Thanks!

What a coincidence you should post this . . . I just finished an almost four year old PAM pyramid just a few minutes ago on my porch.

To begin with, PA series has a decent bit of aging on them to begin with before they ever leave the Padron factory. Just a little background, I bought a box of these for a "song" in 98 from a cigar store which was going belly up. Like you said I had a hard time keeping my hands off them, until there were just six remaining. At that point I decided to chose those far more carefully. This was the lone survivor until tonight, and I am very, very impressed with them.

Cosmetics and construction get an A+ from me as usual, they're the model by which every other cigar should be copied IMHO. Nothing more needs to be said on this point.

This cigar didn't have the power its younger brothers had, but what it lacked in power it made up for in refined character. The best thing I can do to characterize it is SMOOTH. It was incredibly complex from the first puff to the final draw and the tapered shape of the pyramid probably added to its complexity. Since it is a long cigar, the smoke remained cool all the way to the finger burning end. I wouldn't hesitate to call it full bodied due to its complexity. Age really helps mellow these cigars out and helps enhance the different flavors and lengthen the finish. The finish is another strong point - nice and robust like being in a hardwood forest. I was very dissapointed when I finally had to put this cigar down.

All in all I aboslutely love PAM's. Some may think they're hype, but to me they really help me forget about the embargo at least for an hour or so . Well I'm in the market for another box, so I'll be saving all my pennies because I know once it's in my possesion I'm going to be smoking them at a far slower rate this time.

hey tx, if you ever find a box of the PAMs please let me know in an e-mail, I have been looking for atleast a month and have had NOOO luck. thanks.

[Pablo]

Try Smokers Depot...right now thay are only selling singles, but if you give them a call they may sell you a box.

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-Paul

thanks paul

[Matt R]

Haven't had a lot of luck aging the Anni. line. They are very well aged to begin with and seem to lose some of their complexity as they get older. The oils seem to dry up and make the cigar a lot less attractive to look at too. This is just my feeling on these though. I would tend to smoke 'em right away, then I wouldn't have to worry about trying to NOT smoke them. LMAO



Hey, I've never tried one of those before. ;-)

[rjs]

Areyousmoking,

Also check out The Educated Cigar (www.educatedcigar.com). They are not the cheapest, but they have inventory of Opus X, Padron Anniv's, and VSG's.

In my opinion, the Padrons are best smoked early. I aged a box of 3000 M's for a year. They tasted worse, to me, compared to the first 3 months. The Anniv's have 4 years of age already and as you said are very smooth.

The only reason I age PAMs is because I smoke them too infrequently. LOL The price and availability cause me to go through the box more slowly than normal.

... rjs

[LuckiLeo]