Let me start out by stating that although I just finished smoking one about an hour and a half ago, this by no means has affected my review for this cigar...HEHEHEH...
My favorite Padron cigar from the regular line normally would be the Padron 5000 maduro...
After now having smoked the 6000, I believe I have found my new favorite...
Just having finished a nice dinner of Mazas de Cerdo with yellow rice and platano maduro, my freinds and I returned to Dale's home to enjoy a nice smoke for the evening... I had been chomping at the bit to light up the Padron 6000 since their arrival to their new home 2 days ago but decided to let them sit until tonight!!!
Out of the cellophane wrapper it came and at first look the wrapper is very dark and opulent with shades of dark brown vignetting along it's thin and smooth veins. It was very firm to the touch from the foot up to the top of the body showing a slightly softer touch at the beautifully pointed head. The scent of the wrapper was of a dark mellow cocoa while the foot of the cigar made up for the mellow smell of the wrapper with a heavy dark roasted coffee bean smell.
I proceeded to cut the needle-like point of the cigar with a double bladed cutter severing away a little over a quarter of an inch off the head. I then brushed the excess pieces of tobacco from the head and placed it in my mouth for lighting. At first burn, the foot of the cigar gave off a nice smell that reminded me of the roasted coffee beans again. For the first 1/4 inch of the cigar the flavor was spicy and rich as the filler and wrapper began to find a nice mediate to burn evenly. After the first quarter the spiciness mellowed out and gave way to a rich and oppulent (dense) coffee bean flavor that after you exhaled the smoke, left a great coating in your mouth and palate. I found myself drawing in air just to taste the coat of flavor the body of smoke was leaving on my tongue!!! The middle of the cigar was constant and not very complex. The middle reminded me of opening a chocolate bar up and taking the first bite. After the first bite, if you put it away though, you still have that flavor in your mouth and even though you don't want to because of the heinous calories, you pick it up again and before you know it the chocolate bar is gone!!! The same went for the middle of this cigar. Before I knew it I was at the head of the cigar where the strength kicked in and that slight spiciness creeped back onto my palate. Nice finish but a little hot if you nub it too much (I left a little under a quarter inch of it before I burned my fingers)... The ash on the cigar was a snow white color that looked great and held for a good 1" to 1.5" without smoking it vertically!!! Overall it had the dense and rich dark flavors of the 1964 and 1926 Maduro Anniversary lines, but isn't as COMPLEX as it's older brothers...
Definitely a must try and Padron does what Habanos don't have the luxury of doing, which is aging their tobacco which makes these IMHO ready to smoke out of the box!!!
