Size: 6″ x 48
Vitola: Long Corona
Wrapper: 5-year old Nicaraguan Maduro (?)
Origin: Nicaragua
Age: a few months
This is an exclusive from Holt’s to celebrate their 110th Anniversary (really?). Here’s a blurb from their site:
To celebrate Holt’s 110th year of business our good friends the Padrons decided to blend a brand new, extra-special cigar exclusively for our customers: The Padron Legacy. Not only is this a momentous release due to the fact the Padron’s rarely produce anything new, but also because the cigar itself is spectacular. An incredibly well-aged blend of all Nicaraguan tobaccos in this gem, providing it with a complex, but balanced, full-bodied flavor boasting layers of earth and leather interwoven with nuts and spices, culminating in a smooth, chocolaty finish.
Now normally I buy local, but this LE I could not resist!
So this is still from the Serie 1926 blend, so the only thing really new about this is the size. It features a 5-year aged Nicaraguan Maduro wrapper that is dark, luscious and inviting.
I punched this cigar because most Padrons have a single cap and often unravel with clipping. The draw is nice and easy as expected.
I am enjoying this cigar with a home made B-52 cocktail (Kahlua Especial & Starbucks Irish Cream) that should pair perfectly with the maduro wrapper.
The first few inches are surprisingly strong and peppery. This cigar packs more of a punch than most of the 26s I remember.
As expected I get loads of chocolate and coffee with a hint of hazelnut. As I get to the halfway point the cigar begins to unravel at the head, which is quite annoying as I tried to avoid this with a punch cut.
Padron Legacy Maduro
There is a touch of wood on the finish which is nice and long and I get plumes of smoke from every puff.
The strength comes and goes which is fun, and as I get to the halfway point I get a little licorice in the finish.
The burn is dead even throughout the entire smoke, which kind of makes up for the unraveling of the wrapper. Yes the wrapper is a pain, but I enjoy this to the nub!
Rating: 89 (B+)
The 1926s I’ve smoked have been sneaky smooth… would you say that it really is the same blend, or do you think they might have cut a few corners, used some leaf that wasn’t quite as aged, etc…. ??
Yeah, this one was more a little in your face. I do think the same basic PAM26 flavors were there though. So I would lean to these being rushed more so than an altogether different blend.
very nice review… I am seriously considering a few of these for my humidor.
Scott
I am a big padron fan..26 series, 40th and 80th aniv etc..i was however not impressed at all w the padron legacy. I think i would have enjoyed a padron 1964 , or a Padron 5000 for that matter, more than this cigar. It leaves a blemish on the padron legacy..no pun intended. I will smoke many more padrons just not another 110 year aniv Padron Legacy.