Padilla Maduro Torpedo

Ernesto Padilla is known for his limited production high quality cigars and with the Padilla Maduro, Mr. Padilla has created yet another masterpiece. The Connecticut Broadleaf Maduro wrapper with its rich, dark, and meaty flavor is the star of this Nicaraguan handmade. The inside also shines with well-aged long leaf fillers from Nicaragua, Honduras, and the Dominican Republic that are bound with a Honduran binder. This combination gives this medium-bodied cigar a nice tobacco core with notes of earth, cocoa, coffee, and sweet cedar, with a nice pepper finish. We recommend enjoying this cigar with a nice glass of port.

The Nicaraguan cigar industry originated when Cuban cigar makers escaped the revolution and re-established their livelihood in Nicaragua with Cuban-seed tobacco. Blessed with dark, rich soil, their new home was ideal for tobacco cultivation and Nicaragua quickly became known for cigars that rivaled Cuban quality. Unfortunately, revolution and war came to Nicaragua in the 1980s and devastated the industry, but it’s rebounded dramatically and is once again producing tobacco considered by many to be the finest in the world. The Esteli Valley is in many ways the heart of Nicaraguan production and is known for its very powerful and spicy tobacco. The Jalapa Valley produces arguably the finest tobacco in the country: somewhat sweeter and less intense than Esteli, but extremely complex. The tobacco of the Condega Valley is often described as a blend of the other two regions.