Cigar 101 noob question

[craig]

I wish I had known that before buying a Padron Sampler a couple of months ago. As far as I'm concerned, it's not much of a sampler if the only diff is the shape.

Depends on the cigar. Some cigars are blended slightly differently by vitolla so that the brand taste is the same regardless of vitolla. Other cigars use the same blend, and thus, the taste changes as the size changes, as, for example, the proportion of wrapper to filler changes as the cigar ring changes.

Of course, the differences will generally not be as great as the differences between brands, but it is still a sampler.

AFAIK, Padron doesn't change the blend. For example, among the thousand series (2000 to 7000), I find the 4000 to be clearly my favourite. I have no opinion on the four different 1926's which you refer to; I haven't smoked enough of each different vitolla to have an opinion.

[hed]

Other cigars use the same blend, and thus, the taste changes as the size changes, as, for example, the proportion of wrapper to filler changes as the cigar ring changes.

Now, I can see how that can produce a different taste using the same blend.

[VancouverMark]

Now, I can see how that can produce a different taste using the same blend.

That's what badwhale said in the second post in this thread. If cigars are expensive for you, may wish to avoid the Padron 1926's in the first place.

I'm about as green as you can get when it comes to cigars, but by doing a lot of reading on this site, I have recently discovered some cigars I really enjoy at well under $5 per stick.

Cheers,

Mark

[hed]

That's what badwhale said in the second post in this thread.

My bad, I missed that.

If cigars are expensive for you, may wish to avoid the Padron 1926's in the first place.

I've read good things about Padron and the sampler seemed like a good buy. Certainly not an everyday smoke for me, but sometimes you just have to splurge a bit for special occasions.

I'm about as green as you can get when it comes to cigars, but by doing a lot of reading on this site, I have recently discovered some cigars I really enjoy at well under $5 per stick.

I agree. And with the exception of the Padrons and one or two others, all of my purchases (boxes, samplers, bundles) average < $5 per.