Padron 45th Anniversary

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I would say that the '26's have a great flavor straight from the factory - very difficult to improve upon. But - I do find they mellow somewhat with age. They're still a very nice cigar after they've laid around for a while, but not a significant change from when they are young. Honestly, though, there are only a few "domestic" cigars I would say benefit from aging. Generally - "domestic" cigar manufacturers age the tobacco well before they create the cigars, making them very nice straight out of the box.

I agree. I do find it interesting that the '26's don't "improve" drastically with aging, but the lonnies and others in the thousand series do, at least imho. A 1 or 2 year old lonsdale maduro is a fine, fine smoke, much better than OTT imo.