On Jan. 29, Padrón released two cigars celebrating the 89th birthday of its founder and patriarch, José Orlando Padrón, during an event at Florida-based Smoke Inn. Though the man turned 90 this year, the cigar was named the José O. Padrón 89 Birthday Blend, a 6 x 46 corona extra was available in both maduro and natural wrappers packaged in boxes of 10. Only 200 boxes released between the two wrappers in unspecified numbers and sold out very quickly. Both vitolas were round instead of box-press and featured a numbered band underneath a special black version of Padrón’s basic band that is found on the company’s Thousand Series releases. Here is what I said in my original review back in February: Padrón has produced quite a few different blends for various special events and anniversaries, and one thing that seems fairly universal between all of those releases is the fact that they are rarely better than what the company already produces with the Serie 1964 and Serie 1926 lines. Unfortunately, that seems to be the case with the José O. Padrón 89 Maduro as well. Although the cigar is a very good smoke overall, the drop off in the profile between the first and second thirds was ...
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