Padron 45th Anniversary

**buzz** · 11-30-2010, 09:33 AM

I would think that a little aging would help with those.

-Buzz

**badwhale** · 11-30-2010, 09:50 AM

They're supposedly already made with umteen years aged tobacco. I've also heard that the '26s for example, don't age well, not that I tried it.

**ggiese** · 11-30-2010, 11:31 AM

Originally Posted by badwhale

They're supposedly already made with umteen years aged tobacco. I've also heard that the '26s for example, don't age well, not that I tried it.

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.

Cuban's, on the other hand, were typically rolled "fresh" and left to the consumer (or retailer) to age. In recent mind, I've not seen many of the boxes coming with that telltale ammonia smell that used to be fairly common with their young cigars. Cuban manufacturers have made great progress in recent years to better age their cigars before they hit retailers shelves - so they're much more smokeable straight from the box.

**ashauler** · 11-30-2010, 12:08 PM

Originally Posted by ggiese

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.

**buzz** · 11-30-2010, 12:12 PM

Originally Posted by ashauler

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.

Perhaps this is because you are aging them in your humi, which employs a strawberry-scented oust fan?

Wait, I think I'm in the wrong thread...

-Buzz

**cinda** · 11-30-2010, 06:00 PM

Originally Posted by buzz

Perhaps this is because you are aging them in your humi, which employs a strawberry-scented oust fan?

Wait, I think I'm in the wrong thread...

-Buzz

He isn't going to like that remark...