Guest Nekhyludov Posted June 2, 2018 Posted June 2, 2018 When I bought a couple of Padron Millennium back in '99, they were - at the time - the rarest and most expensive cigars I had, and that I could imagine ever having. So I decided that I would save them for only the most special occasions. Just such an occasion arrived on Wednesday when my wife and I welcomed our first child, our daughter, Millicent Jewell. So I'm enjoying my last quite evening at home while Mom and baby rest at the hospital, and taking the opportunity to dig into my humidor for the cigar that I've been saving for this day. After 19 years of being shuffled through countless humidors, the Millennium doesn't have much of a cold aroma - just faint black tea and mild dried flowers. An open draw gives early flavors that, to my palate, are characteristic of high quality, well-aged tobacco. Truffle, aged steak. There's a hint of baking spice in the aroma. It's certainly extremely rounded and mellow, but not at all dead or over-aged. The second third picks up some spice and a bit of the sweetness from the aroma hits the palate. It creates a mild kind of candied ginger flavor. The final third passes through a phase in which white pepper dominates for just a bit. Then the truffle flavor re-emerges and combined with a wet black tea and sugar note. This was a fantastic cigar, with distinct flavors that evolved over the course of the smoke, and a long oily finish. Certainly a fitting celebration of a joyous and life-changing occasion!
luv2fly Posted June 2, 2018 Posted June 2, 2018 Brilliant!!! Congrats to you and your wife. She is beautiful!!! Those cigars are good too.
David88 Posted June 2, 2018 Posted June 2, 2018 Congratulations! That cigar was definitely worth the wait!
ElJavi76 Posted June 2, 2018 Posted June 2, 2018 Congratulations. Well done. Now buy a box of something special from MAY 18 when you get a chance. Smoke one every year on her birthday. The last few should carry you thru college graduations and such. All the best! 3
danny Posted June 3, 2018 Posted June 3, 2018 Congrats on your first born!! Must have been such a cool moment. But I would’ve done the same and think of what cigar I could smoke w/ “one more day” ???? ?
Danimalia Posted June 3, 2018 Posted June 3, 2018 First of all, congrats! I don't think I've ever seen a Padron Millenium. What a treat. I love the early anniversary series style band. So cool.
luckme10 Posted June 3, 2018 Posted June 3, 2018 8 hours ago, liquid360 said: What are you saving them for? Retirement? 50th Anniversary? Mother in Law's funeral? I say smoke 'em if you've got 'em! 1
liquid360 Posted June 3, 2018 Posted June 3, 2018 What are you saving them for? Retirement? 50th Anniversary? Mother in Law's funeral? I say smoke 'em if you've got 'em! I haven’t had the perfect occasion such as the birth of a child, congrats on that by the way!!! That’s exactly the type of event we save these epic smokes for! Perfect moment/perfect cigar. LOL... I wasn’t actually “saving them”. I bought them in 1999. I was saving them at that point, but in 2003 I stopped smoking cigars. Not on purpose. I just lost interest. I owned a bar at that point. Closed bar in 2003 and put away all the cigars I had. I maintained them religiously, but had no desire to smoke them. After my father passed away this year, my interest reawakened. Didn’t even remember I had them till I started to sort through things a few months ago.I also have a bunch of OpusX from the same time. Here I took a photo of my old one next to a new one... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro 1
n0s4atu Posted June 3, 2018 Posted June 3, 2018 Congrats on the new addition! Certainly excellent use of a celebratory cigar. 1
guideright Posted June 4, 2018 Posted June 4, 2018 Congrats on the wonderful addition to your family!
havanaclub Posted June 5, 2018 Posted June 5, 2018 This had 25 likes, shouldn’t@Nekhyludov win the FRC competition? I believe this was one of the criteria for winning and the other was random? I could be wrong...Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Guest Nekhyludov Posted June 5, 2018 Posted June 5, 2018 6 hours ago, havanaclub said: This had 25 likes, shouldn’t@Nekhyludov win the FRC competition? I believe this was one of the criteria for winning and the other was random? I could be wrong... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk @El Presidente
Cubatabaco Posted June 5, 2018 Posted June 5, 2018 Great review and congratulations! @Nekhyludov My wife and I welcomed our first child on May 27th! What a momentous occasion and a cigar that is well-suited for the event! Now, what do I smoke?
cmbarton Posted June 5, 2018 Posted June 5, 2018 Congrats, @Nekhyludov! In my opinion, there’s no life event that rivals becoming a Dad, at least in my experience. I would give up everything, cigars included, and even life itself for my girls. You’re a lucky man! I’d go back and relive those early days in a heartbeat. Relish and enjoy every moment!
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