Throughout the early months of 2016, reports began surfacing of a new, short and stout cigar from Padrón popping up in stores, particularly in the eastern U.S. While the dimensions varied a bit, it was consistently around 4 inches long with a ring gauge in the mid to upper 50s. Some consumers who posted about it online called it a store exclusive, while others just said it was a new size. In early April, it became known that all of those cigars were part of a market test conducted by Padrón as research into what would become the Padrón 1964 Anniversary Series Hermoso, a 4 x 56 vitola that began arriving in stores in the middle of that month. While it’s the shortest cigar in the series, it’s not the fattest; that is an honor that belongs to the No. 4, which measures 6 1/2 x 60. It becomes the 12th regular production size in the line, which has also included a number of limited editions and store exclusives since being released in 1994 to celebrate the company’s 30th anniversary. The line is a Nicaraguan puro that comes in both natural and maduro wrappers, with all of the tobacco aged for ...
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