Padilla Maduro

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Padilla Maduro is a brand of handmade premium cigar owned by Padilla Cigar Company.

History and Background

The brand was created by Ernesto Padilla and is manufactured in the Dominican Republic.[1] It was introduced in 2003.[2]

Description

The wrapper is Mexican San Andrés negro;[1] the binder is Nicaraguan and the filler is a blend of Dominican, Nicaraguan and Honduran tobaccos.[1][2] The cigars come celloed in varnished boxes of 20.[2]

The band was designed by Ernesto Padilla. The ends and the top represent pen points and are a tribute to his father, Cuban ex-patriate, poet, writer and teacher Heberto Padilla.[3] The blue and silver background distinguishes it from the band of the Padilla Hybrid, which is black and gold.

Models/Vitolas

File:Padilla Maduro.jpg
Padilla Maduro band
Model Name Length (in.) Ring Gauge
Churchill 7 50
Torpedo 6.25 52
Robusto 5 50

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Brand owner website
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Perelman, Richard B., compiler. Perelman's Cyclopedia of Cigars, 2007 edn., p. 398
  3. Moretti, Michael. Ernesto Padilla, Owner, Padilla Cigars. Interview in Cigar Insider, 7 June 2005, p. 7