Well, the weather broke this week and we had a couple days of warmer weather (in the 50's) . Meatloaf invited me over to try a couple cigars he picked up at good prices. This review is for the Padilla Hybrid Maduro which comes only in 5 X 56 from Cigars International (http://www.cigarsinternational.com/) .
The ad describes it as Draped in a dark, broadleaf Maduro wrapper and loaded with a rich Nicaraguan long-filler blend, Hybrid Maduro is brimming with flavor. Notes of coffee, earth, spices, and a smooth, semi-sweet finish are perfectly balanced with a rich tobacco core.
I must say the wrappers are just beautifully dark with a nice oily sheen to them. Despite it feeling hard and not spongey, the cigar drew pretty well.
Upon light I was met with a blast of peppery spice which quickly mellowed out. Like the ad stated there were coffee notes throughout and with it I found sweets notes of chocolate. It ended with another peppery blast, but yet was clean on the palate. On the underside of medium in strength.
Ash was firm and flakey, yeilding a peppery ash, and a decent cone.
It was quite uneventful despite the peppery blasts, staying the same much throughout the smoke. But one thing I can say about this cigar is that it produced thick creamy smoke.
The cigar lasted about and hour and a half.
Buzz rating on this one was 8.5 out of 10: it really had a bit of a kick for me.
Overall rating 3 out of 5. Definately one to try and for the price a good choice, just don't expect anything spectacular. A good cigar to smoke while just sitting around with the boys.
Till next post...........Peace.
Its an ok cigar but for the money at about 2 bucks a stick from cigars intl its good...i would give it a 3 out of 5 also...not as good as other comparable cigars for the money or madura, even the padilla cazadores is better to me and others ive smoked with.
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