Padrón 1964 Anniversary Exclusivo Natural review

[OPUSX-TIGER]

Never had a natural, but the maduro in this is, is my #2 go to cigar. They are always excellent smokes that require a roach clip at the end. I buy them buy the box at a local B&M when the count drops below 10 in my humi. Unlike the Opus x the are just as good stright out of the box, where I always age my Opus 6 months or more.

[Boston_Dude05]

Originally Posted by Da Klugs

Decided to shake things up and smoke one of these today for lunch. Found a couple of 4 year old ones in the old cab for Sam and I to consume on the drive to and from.

Have not smoked a NC cigar in a while. These used to be in my top 2-3 cigars. Smoked many boxes of them over the years. My cigar memory is of just a wonderful, mellow, smooth, flavorful cigar. One of those "special cigars" that you smoke once in a while.

Burn was excellent. Draw was excellent. Smoke volume was perfect. Construction was perfect. Cigar probably is even better than I remember the fresher ones... but it does not match up with my "smoking memory" of them or stand up well to the cigars I smoke today. Interesting that times change.

Nice cigar. Had that smooth elegant slightly tart flavor profile that I remembered.

Smoked about 1/2 of it on the way to lunch. 4 Black Angus sliders and home cut fries. We were the only 2 men in the restaurant. Table 2 down had 3 "should have been supermodels". Pretty nice. Talked about the cigars over lunch. Boring was Sam's comment.

Relit for the drive back to the office. Did a little extra wandering to try and get in more of the cigar. It was pleasant, just soooo boring. Flavors stayed much the same throughout the smoke. No building of intensity, no nuances that I describe as the 3d flavor experience, just consistently nice flavorful smoke. Kind of like driving a Toyota Camry. Engineering excellence without much passion or driver involvement.

Not sure what to make of it. Going to smoke a couple of Fuentes in the coming weeks and see how they stand up to my "smoking memory" and current tastes.

Good cigar for the golf course now. Need to be doing something else to distract between puffs so that the flavor monotony is less apparent.

Great to see 2 FOGs debate this cigar. I have to say The Padron 1964s are amazing from a construction standpoint and consistency. They always draw great, burn well, leaving a long ash and taste the same stick to stick. However, the taste is pretty much 1 dimensional throughout the entire time. I've really tried to like these smokes and keep trying since others keep recommending them. I'd say it's better than just a golf course cigar, but there are certainly many smokes that taste better (the Punch Punch that Da Klugs brings up is just one example). I have a bunch of 1926s that I have some hope for, but then the price I paid for them is almost ridiculous. Great review by Moki though.

[Da Klugs]

Originally Posted by moki

Maybe! But I need to get you to try one of my blind taste test some day... just for kicks and giggles.

I can add you to this one, if you're interested! Just say the word, and it is done!



I absolutely agree with you -- taste is the most subjective sense we have... and the rest are already quite subjective!

Might upset one of our worldviews.

I do suggest you find more experienced smokers for your taste tests. Seems a bit silly to choose smokers who don't have depth and breadth of experience to make your examples with, then expect folks to place credence in the results. Also think you should stick with regular production cigars that are available for sale today and to the general public. Hard to identify things you have had no experience with on either front.

Edit: And no Pepin rolled/blended cigars. They are too confusing.