Did You Know...

[EdgeMan]

Did you know that a Padron 3000 aged for three years is a Padron 1964? I didn't until a few days ago. Same cigar just aged. I would like to catch the 3000's on sale and buy a couple of boxes and age them. I don't know if I could stay out of them for that long. I do have about 20 sticks that have been in my humidor for a year now. I think I can I think I might. Some of you have been aging smokes for years though. This is just a drop in the bucket eh?

Of course I will need one of those Avallo 1000 humidors just for aging that I read about in a recent post.

[badwhale]

Did you know that a Padron 3000 aged for three years is a Padron 1964? I didn't until a few days ago. Same cigar just aged. I would like to catch the 3000's on sale and buy a couple of boxes and age them. I don't know if I could stay out of them for that long. I do have about 20 sticks that have been in my humidor for a year now. I think I can I think I might. Some of you have been aging smokes for years though. This is just a drop in the bucket eh?

Of course I will need one of those Avallo 1000 humidors just for aging that I read about in a recent post.

Where did you hear that?

[EdgeMan]

Where did you hear that?

The owner of my local B&M.

[badwhale]

I don't think that's true.

According to Padron's website, the 64s are blended with a "limited production series aged for 4 years" The Padron series (3000s for example) are made with tobacco aged fro 2 1/2 years. These numbers alone don't jive with what your guy is saying.

As far as I know, all the Padron (thousand) series are the same tobacco, just different shapes. The shapes can change the flavor profile.

I would really be shocked that Padron would use the same tobacco from their "standard" line in the anniversary line. Granted, it all comes from the same farm, but I'm sure they grow different grades of plant.

Will

[bigwhiteash]

I would venture to say they may be of similiar blends, but the quality of construction is far superior in the high end lines.

Perhaps the tobaccos come from the same fields, but the 1964 series gets the choicest leaves. I've smoked plenty of aged X000 series cigars, and they really don't stand up to the '26 or '64.

[mrtr33]

I think some clarification is in order. According to Padron's website, the "thousand series" are sun-grown habano wrappers aged 2.5 years. The 1964 series are aged for 4 years.

I could be mistaken, but aging tobacco as a leaf is a more common method of aging tobacco than aging a cigar is. If I remember correctly, when aging the leaves, careful consideration is placed on the humidity and rotation of the tobacco leaves as they ferment. After the leaves are picked and dried, the leaves are carefully stored and inspected so they don't get too humid and are unusable.

I read something a while back, or saw an interview with Tatuaje's Pete Johnson, where he was interested in creating a cigar where the tobacco would be aged while the cigar is rolled. I know he created his RC line with half of the cigar wrapped in foil similar to the way Cuban cigars used to be. I can only think of one Cuban cigar that does that now, the Bolivar Gold Medals. I'm sure there may be others.

[bigwhiteash]

Once leaves have finished the fermentation process, they get sorted and bundled in a way that stops the fermentation. then they can be aged any number of years.. some get aged in old liquor barrels, or "en tercio" wrapped in palm leaves.

There is also extensive aging of rolled cigars with most makers.

I have a DVD from CAO that covers from seed to cigar, it's very interesting, their cigars are stored in an aging room for a minimum of 6 months after rolling, much longer depending on brand.

I would be VERY upset if I bought a $12.00 cigar to find it was only a $3.00 stick that they held on to for a couple years.

[badwhale]

Just for the record, Padron 3000s rock my world.

Will