Padilla Porn & Question

txmatt

txmatt

Still Smitty's biotch!
In the picture below we have 2 wonderful Padilla Robustos. The cigar on the left is a Padilla Habano; it is what is pictured on the Padilla web site as the Padilla Habano. It is a very good cigar.

The cigar on the right is labelled Padilla Habano as well. I can't find any information or pictures of this cigar on the web. I LOVE this cigar but would prefer box quantity via the internet vs. $6.00 at the B&M. No retailers seem to specify different wrappers in the Padilla Habano line so does anyone here have a clue on how to order these and get one on the right vs. the one on the left?

Thanks in advance and enjoy the porn.
-Matt-

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volfan said:
Yellow is the new band. It should be the same cigar.

scottie
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The same cigar and the yellow is the new one? Wow I guess that goes to show how a cigar can taste different depending on your mood because I enjoyed the other one a lot more.

The wrapper color and the amount of tooth on the wrapper even seems varied doesn't it? I guess I have known wrappers to darken with age and they definitely can get more toothy over time..

Thanks Scottie!
 
Matt, the Padilla Habanos improve with a little age so much that it may have seemed like a different cigar. I really do enjoy Padillas fresh but when they have just a couple of months on them, they are entirely different (in a good way).

fwiw, the yellow band is a bit nicer and matches their new 1932 signature band (which is an awesome smoke).

scottie
 
volfan said:
Matt, the Padilla Habanos improve with a little age so much that it may have seemed like a different cigar. I really do enjoy Padillas fresh but when they have just a couple of months on them, they are entirely different (in a good way).

fwiw, the yellow band is a bit nicer and matches their new 1932 signature band (which is an awesome smoke).

scottie
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I really don't like the habano padilla as much as the others. I do enjoy it but on another topic, the signatures are a amazing, I still have two left.
 
These are one my favorite discoveries of 2006. I've smoked many and greatly enjoyed everyone. This is one of the greatest cigars made with Oliva tobacco IMHO.
The difference in the picture is an older (right) versus newer (left) band.

I last saw boxes available at seriouscigars.com. Search around the net. They have periodically been on sale.
 
TxMatt:
Have you tried either the Padilla webpage or CigarKing's webpage? I have never seen the one on the right.
 
cigarluver said:
These are one my favorite discoveries of 2006. I've smoked many and greatly enjoyed everyone. This is one of the greatest cigars made with Oliva tobacco IMHO.
The difference in the picture is an older (right) versus newer (left) band.

I last saw boxes available at seriouscigars.com. Search around the net. They have periodically been on sale.
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Actually it is newer right, older left but it is still a great cigar.

scottie
 
Matt, I sent a question out to my guy at padilla cigars for you, I should have an answer in a couple days, he usually responds pretty quickly to my emails.
 
Thanks bud. I am pretty certain that Scottie has it right and the one on the right has the newer band design. That would explain why the Padilla cigar site doesn't even have pictures of it yet; cigar manufacturers as a whole are bad about detailing the product offerings on their sites. The band does look an awful lot like the 1932 band which is a newer design..

To honor the memory of these cigars (they are now both ash) :cb getting our details confirmed would be good. VirtualSmitty used to email Ernesto frequently and I would have asked him. HOWever that would have been followed by an "Ernesto never talks to me anymore." whine session from Joe. Trust me, it is just a topic you don't want to start... On the other hand ask Joe about his good friend Manolo.. :ss
 
Here is the response from Frank at padilla cigars

The Habano never really 'changed' per se.
We felt that the original release of the Habano had a wrapper that was
not
a high enough priming. Therefore, we decided to use a higher priming of
the Habano leaf and ferment the tobacco a little bit longer. These
minor
changes produced a much bolder yet smoother blend.
(Primings-- The rows of leaves on a tobacco plant. The number of
primings
varies, but six is average. The first priming is closest to the ground,
the sixth is near the top. The higher the priming, the stronger the
tobacco. Sun-grown leaves are generally higher-priming)
 
So the one with the yellow band is indeed slightly different.

I noticed the difference (IMO improvement) the higher priming makes. My tastebuds are L337; all yuse corksuckers that ever doubted me......... :fu :ss

Strange that the longer fermented wrapper is lighter in color.. Thanks for taking the time to research this kheffelf!
 
txmatt said:
all yuse corksuckers that ever doubted QUOTE]

corksuckers? Nice use of the english language. :r :r

Thanks for the laugh.

Last time I was at my local B&M, the guy mentioned that he thought some of the padilla blends had changed a little, he definitely noticed a difference (I think he smokes a lot of Padillas). So it is possible they fixed the blending problems to get them closer to how they were originally. Maybe that plays into it as well or maybe it is just the different wrapper.
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I've only smoked the newer padilla habannos, but enjoyed them all, very reasonably priced.


Dgar
 
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