Padrón Releasing Perfecto To Celebrate 60th Anniversary

[JohnS]

Coming soon after the Padron collaborated with Arturo Fuente to produce the Legends humidor, comes news that they will be releasing a perfecto, for only the second time in their history, to celebrate their 60th anniversary. What a wonderful thing to do! Now isn't that taking a leaf, literally speaking, out of Arturo Fuente's book?

Padrón Releasing Perfecto To Celebrate 60th Anniversary

Padrón has created a perfecto for the second time in the company’s six-decade history

Mar 21, 2024 By David Savona

The bands on the new Padrón 60th are a modern take on the original Padrón cigar band.

For only the second time in its history, Padrón Cigars is coming out with a perfecto. The new cigar is making its public debut Saturday at the PCA trade show in Las Vegas, but shipments to cigar stores aren’t expected to take place until September in conjunction with the company’s 60th anniversary.

“We’ve been working on this for over a year. This has been trial and error,” Jorge Padrón tells Cigar Aficionado. “We always strive to make cigars that are complex, and that changes from cigar to cigar. To get the right blend for a specific size is something we take seriously.”

That specific size is the Padrón 60th, a perfecto that measures 6 1/2 inches by 56 ring gauge at its fattest point. Unlike most higher-end Padróns, which are box pressed, these are round. Only one roller in the factory, a seasoned veteran who has been working for the company for years, makes the shape, which has elements of a Cuban Salomon, with its narrow foot and bulbous bottom. It will come in boxes of 10, in natural and maduro wrapper. Prices remain a mystery and Jorge Padrón says he would sell the cigars at the trade show without revealing the price. You can expect them to be expensive. 

While it has tapers on both the head and foot, it’s not the same shape as the Padrón Serie 1926 80 Years, which debuted in 2007. The 60 is round, while the 80 is box pressed, and the 60 has a more prominent taper at the bottom. “We’ve never made it before in that shape,” says Padrón. “It’s not an easy to cigar to make, and at the same time it’s not an easy cigar to blend. We’re looking for the same Padrón profile in the most complex version of it that we can. That’s where we’re at. “

A tray of prototypes of the Padrón 60th, a perfecto shape, taken by Cigar Aficionado in January during a visit to Padrón’s Nicaraguan factory. (Photo/Cigar Aficionado)

The cigars will be on display at PCA at the Padrón booth, and the company is making a special presentation to retailers on Friday, the day before the trade show floor opens. The cigars will be limited due to having only one roller making them, but Padrón is not capping the production, and says the cigars will be made throughout the year, albeit in small quantities. 

The anniversary smoke has a band that’s a throwback to the company’s original logo, with the word “Padrón” in gold type over a golden image of the island of Cuba (where the Padrón story began), and the words “hand crafted” under intertwined tobacco leaves. The rest of the band is brown, encircled by gold, a circle of white with gold dots and another ring of gold. “It’s a new design based on the original brown band,” says Padrón. 

To mark six decades of business, the company is also coming out with a line of cigar accessories made by S.T. Dupont. “We’re also doing a launch with Dupont to celebrate the 60th, that will be unveiled Saturday at 4 pm at our booth,” says Padrón.

He hopes to have these on sale for his company’s 60th anniversary. “Our anniversary is on September 8, and that would be ideal,” he says, “but it’s a moving target.”

Padróns have been named Cigar of the Year by Cigar Aficionado magazine a record four times, most recently in 2021.

A Timeline Of Key Padrón Cigars

1964: Padrón Cigars opens for business on September 8 in Miami, with one cigar roller. The cigars retail for 25 cents apiece.

1994: The company releases the Padrón 1964 Anniversary Series, a box-pressed line that takes Padrón into premium territory.

2000: The release of Padrón Millennium, produced with individually numbered cigar bands. 

2001: Serie 1926, named in honor of founder José Orlando Padrón’s birthyear, makes its market debut. The pirámide-sized 40th Anniversary will go on to become Cigar Aficionado’s inaugural Cigar of the Year for 2004.

2007: The company adds a special size to Serie 1926 called 80 Years, its first perfecto. Initially only one cigar roller makes the size. The same year, Padrón debuts the Family Reserve line, with a size called No. 44. It starts out as a cigar made only for special events. Eventually, Family Reserve becomes a Padrón line of its own. 

The Padrón Family Reserve 50 Years. (Photo/Cigar Aficionado)

2014: The release of the company’s 50th Anniversary Limited Edition, a box-pressed line of smokes that are presented in commemorative humidors. Only 500 humidors were made, each containing 50 cigars, but humidor owners could order refills. The company also offers a commemorative Padrón Family Reserve 50 Years cigar, packed in traditional cigar boxes. 

2024: Padrón is scheduled to debut the Padrón 60th at the PCA trade show in Las Vegas, its second-ever perfecto. Shipments to cigar retailers are expected to take place in September, the company’s 60th anniversary.

Source: https://www.cigaraficionado.com/article/padron-releasing-perfecto-to-celebrate-60th-anniversary

[BossHogg]

Looking forward to trying this one, if there is ever one available 😆. They do make amazing sticks 👍 

[X-Man]

My first full box purchased was Padron 1964 Principe Maduro, back in 2000, when my journey started. Wish I still have a few sticks left from that box. 😂 Be awesome to try one of these 60th Aniversario.

[loose_axle]

I wouldn’t mind if all these celebratory NCs left the Cuban pricing guide behind. 

[JohnS]

Padrón Begins To Release 60th Anniversary Perfecto

Sep 6, 2024 - By David Savona

Photo/Padrón Cigars

On September 8, Padrón Cigars will turn 60 years old. The Padrón 60th, a commemorative smoke that Cigar Aficionado wrote about in March, began shipping out today in small quantities.

The cigars are large perfectos, tapered at both the head and the foot, and this marks only the second time in six decades Padrón has made this kind of cigar. The smokes, which are made in Nicaragua with Nicaraguan tobaccos, measure 6 1/2 inches long by 56 ring and have a suggested retail price of $75 each. They come in boxes of 10.

The cigars are being made and released slowly. “We were not able to ship a lot of boxes,” Jorge Padrón told Cigar Aficionado. “It’s going to be very slow going out . . . we’re taking our time with it. The product is going to come in slowly and we’re going to get it out as it comes.”

Both natural and maduro versions were shipped

A tray of prototypes of the Padrón 60th, a perfecto shape, taken by Cigar Aficionado in January during a visit to Padrón’s Nicaraguan factory. (Photo/Cigar Aficionado)

This cigar is not the same shape as the Padrón Serie 1926 80 Years, which debuted in 2007. The 60 is round, compared to the box-pressed 80, and the 60 is a type of perfecto known as a Salomon, with a bulbous bottom. While it’s 56 ring at its fattest point (and Cigar Aficionado refers to ring gauges of cigars by naming their fattest point) it tapers down to 48 ring.

“We’ve never made it before in that shape,” says Padrón, who added that it was not an easy cigar to blend or to make. 

Look for a review of the new cigar in an upcoming issue of Cigar Insider. 

Padrón Cigars was created in Miami on September 8, 1964, by Jorge’s father, José Orlando Padrón. At the time, he had one cigar roller and was struggling to sell cigars for a quarter apiece. Over the years, he and his family built Padrón into a market leader, a cigar company that has won Cigar Aficionado’s Cigar of the Year contest four times, a record.

Source: https://www.cigaraficionado.com/article/padron-begins-to-release-60th-anniversary-perfecto

[JohnS]

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024 - PATRICK LAGREID

PADRÓN 60TH ANNIVERSARY BEGINS SHIPPING

This Sunday, Sept. 8, Padrón will officially mark its 60th anniversary, and to kick off the festivities, the company has begun shipping its new 60th Anniversary cigar, though in very limited quantities.

The Padrón 60th Anniversary is a Nicaraguan puro that is offered in two wrapper options, one a natural and the other a maduro. When the cigar was announced in March, Jorge Padrón said that the company approached its blend the same way it does with all of its cigars, to simply make it taste good.

“My father said that a cigar doesn’t have to be a sledgehammer over your head,” Padrón told halfwheel at the time, adding that the 60th Anniversary was blended to taste balanced and have complexity.

It is offered in a perfecto vitola that measures 6 inches long and has a ring gauge that spans from 48 at its most slender to 56 at its thickest, and unlike the box press that most of the company’s higher-end releases get, these cigars are round.

Each cigar is presented in a coffin, with 10 cigars per box and pricing set at $75 per cigar and $750 per box.

While the Padrón 60th Anniversary will be an ongoing release, production is also extremely limited, as just one pair is producing the cigars at Tabacos Cubanica S.A., the company’s factory in Estelí, Nicaragua. Padrón declined to say how many cigars were released in this first shipment, other than it was not a large amount. He did say that they will continue to be released little by little, with another release slated to occur in the next three to four weeks.

Padrón has also teamed up with S.T. Dupont for a set of 60th Anniversary accessories, which are due out in mid-October and include lighters, a cutter, a three-cigar case, an ashtray, and a cross-shoulder bag.

The collection is headlined by the S.T. Dupont Le Grand Dupont Padrón 60th Haute Creation, a special version of the Le Grand Dupont. This model offers both the double soft flame that can be found in S.T. Dupont’s classic Ligne 2 lighters as well as a single-flame torch lighter, which is activated by the user pushing up on the ignition roller. This version of the Le Grand will make the iconic “ping” sound the company is known for.

The Ligne 2 Padrón 60th Haute Creation (L) and Ligne 2 Padrón 60th (R).

There will also be an accompanying Ligne 2 version that features the same design work. Both of these lighters will be limited to 88 numbered pieces. They are part of S.T. Dupont’s flagship Haute Creation series, which means they are made-to-order pieces.

There are also brown and gold versions of the Le Grand Dupont and Ligne 2 lighters, which feature the signature of José O. Padrón, the company’s founder, and the Padrón logo.

These two lighters will be produced in greater quantities, though S.T. Dupont did not disclose the production numbers when they were shown off at the 2024 PCA Convention & Trade Show.

There’s a fifth lighter, a special version of the Biggy, a flat flame model that S.T. Dupont introduced last year. It was previously known as the Big D. As pictured earlier in this post, the Cigar Stand Cutter, a double guillotine cutter that folds to function as a cigar stand, is also getting a design celebrating Padrón’s 60th Anniversary.

S.T. Dupont will handle sales of the accessories, which means they will be sold by Coles of London in the U.S. and through S.T. Dupont’s distributors in international markets.

Source: https://halfwheel.com/padron-begins-shipping-60th-anniversary-cigars/442472/

[MrBirdman]

I’m glad this will be an ongoing release. If you pick some up please post a review.

[Puros Y Vino]

Every time a Perfecto is released, the world is made slightly better. I've had a few of the 50th Anniversary Patrons and they were exceptional.

[Cigarsmoker81]

I would love to try one. Padron makes great cigars 

[mbrody]

Still have two Millennium just resting…always enjoyed 64 and 26.

[LizardGizmo]

I despise the $75 price point. I understand why they’re doing it but I wish they wouldn’t.

[Lt4-396]

I was 100% on board and ready to buy until I saw $75... Nope, won't even buy a single. Truly is a shame considering Padron always seemed to price their cigars reasonably. The entire industry is going in a very scary direction, has been for a bit but has been exponentially nudged along the last few years.

[JohnS]

October 4, 2024 - Charlie Minato

S.T. Dupont’s Padrón 60th Anniversary Collection Heads to Stores

You will soon be able to light up your Padrón 60th Anniversary cigar with a themed lighter. You can even cut the cigar with a Padrón 60th cutter and have its ashes fall into a Padrón 60th ashtray too.

Padrón was founded on Sept. 8, 1964; the company is celebrating its anniversary with the new Padrón 60th Anniversary, a round 6 x 48/56 perfecto that is offered in both Maduro and Natural wrapper options. The cigars began shipping in early September, which corresponded with the exact date of the anniversary. As it did for its 50th anniversary, the company has partnered with S.T. Dupont for a collection of Padrón-branded accessories. None of the models are new items, rather these are exclusive Padrón 60th colorways of existing models. While the cigars are sold by Padrón, American retailers will have to buy the accessories through Coles of London, S.T. Dupont’s U.S. distributor.

There’s a total of seven SKUs, five of which began shipping today.

The flagship item is the S.T. Dupont Le Grand Dupont Padrón 60th Haute Creation, a special version of the Le Grand Dupont. Like other Le Grand Duponts, it features two different types of flames: the double soft flame found on S.T. Dupont’s classic Ligne 2 lighters and a single-flame torch. To activate the torch flame, users must first ignite the soft flames and then push up on the ignition roller, which cuts off gas to the soft flame and redirects it to the torch. Like the iconic Ligne 2 lighter, this lighter makes a ping sound when the lid is flipped open.

It has an MSRP of $4,795 and is limited to 88 numbered pieces. It’s one of two items that will ship at the end of the month.

There’s also a simpler version of the Le Grand Dupont that uses a yellow gold body and features the Padrón logo, as well as the little hammer logo on the side of the lid. The S.T. Dupont Le Grand Dupont Padrón 60th is priced at $1,995 and is now shipping.

There are two different Ligne 2 lighters, the Haute Creation (left) is priced at $4,495. Like the Haute Creation Le Grand Dupont, it has carved brass plates that depict a tobacco leaf with the Padrón logo on top. It is made of yellow gold and also limited to 88 pieces. Of note, it is one of two items that has not yet shipped, though is expected to head to stores this month.

Similar to the Le Grand, there’s also a more affordable Ligne 2 version (right) that features the same design work; it is priced at $1,795 and is shipping.

For those looking for solely a torch flame lighter, S.T. Dupont’s Biggy—a wide flat-flame lighter—is the fifth and final lighter in the collection, it’s priced at $475 and is shipping to stores.

There’s an accompanying Cigar Stand Cutter, a guillotine cutter that folds to function as a cigar stand. It has an MSRP of $295 and has shipped to stores.

A porcelain ashtray featuring similar designs is available; it’s priced at $495 and is heading to stores.

While most of the items are unnumbered, they will all be limited. At some point, S.T. Dupont will stop making and selling the items, though it’s unclear when that will be. S.T. Dupont made prototypes of other Padrón 60th items like cigar cases and even a leather bag; a decision was made to not sell those items.

Source: https://halfwheel.com/s-t-duponts-padron-60th-anniversary-collection-heads-to-stores/443882/

[El Presidente]

$75 USD a stick for a 60th anniversary cigar?.....I can't begrudge them at all. I know they will cop some flack but in my eyes they have more than earned the right. 

 

Though its cigars are made in Nicaragua, Padrón’s 60th-anniversary bands and box feature the silhouette of Cuba, where its founder was born.As both a challenge to the company’s cigar-making skills and a tribute to its heritage, it has created a Salomon for the first time in nearly 60 years. The old Cuban shape is basically an elongated perfecto that gradually swells before abruptly tapering into a pointed foot.

https://headtopics.com/us/padr-n-revived-an-archival-cigar-shape-for-its-latest-61314705

Priced at $75 each—or $750 for a 10-count presented in an elegantly lacquered dress-style presentation case—the cigars sport a retro Padrón band, are individually “coffin” boxed, and reflect the ultimate tribute to six decades of cigar-making excellence.

[CaptainQuintero]

 I don't think I can begrudge any company putting out a stick at that price if it's directly down the the cost of exceptional tobacco, ie rare/meticulously produced for that release. I think I would balk a little if it's that price purely because it's an anniversary etc (Not saying that is what's the case here)

 

[Hoepssa]

Hate that Padron 𝕱𝖔𝖓𝖙 on lighters.

[JohnS]

[mbflash80]

I smoked the maduro a couple months back and thought it was great. Not as good as an 80th and twice the price so no reason to buy more.

[JohnS]

Halfwheel's Review...

Padrón 60th Anniversary Natural

June 4, 2025 - Charlie Minato

Cigar companies love to celebrate anniversaries by releasing new cigars. For the most part, companies will celebrate major anniversaries—those ending in a -0 or -5—of the company’s founding, the founder’s birthday or of a specific line.

I’ve never tracked which year is responsible for the most major anniversaries, though I’m aware that certain digits mean more to certain companies. For example, in a year that ends with a -1, it’s important to look at Davidoff, which was founded in 1911. Oddly, there’s not a ton surrounding years ending with a 2, though Habanos S.A. will typically honor Havana, which was founded in 1492. La Aurora was founded in 1903 and loves to release cigars with numbers, and for -4, my attention turns to two companies: La Flor Dominicana, which uses 1994 as its anniversary date, and Padrón, which was founded in 1964.

As I have explained before, Padrón uses lots of numbers for various cigars and, somewhat confusingly, two different storylines explain most of the numbers. It starts with 1926—the year of José O. Padrón’s birthday—and 1964, the aforementioned founding of the company. From there, various cigars celebrate the anniversaries of those two dates.

•     1926 — José O. Padrón’s birth year.
•     1964 — Company founded.
•     40 — Anniversary of the company (2004)
•     80 — José O. Padrón Birthday (2006)
•     44 — Anniversary of the company (2008)
•     45 — Anniversary of the company (2009)
•     46 — Anniversary of the company (2010)
•     85 — José O. Padrón Birthday (2011)
•     50 — Anniversary of the company (2014)
•     47 — Anniversary of the TAA (2015)
•     48 — Anniversary of the TAA (2016)
•     89 — José O. Padrón Birthday (2016, released in 2016 though the birthday was in 2015)
•     90 — José O. Padrón Birthday (2016)
•     95 — José O. Padrón Birthday (2021)
•     96 — José O. Padrón Birthday (2022)
•     PB-97 — José O. Padrón Birthday (2024, released in 2024 though the birthday was in 2023)
•     60 — Anniversary of the company (2024)

The storylines won’t cross for another 20 years but in 2044, the company will turn 80, which would be worthy of an anniversary cigar, though there’s already a Padrón 80.

While all of these dates could be considered major anniversaries, Padrón treats the anniversary of the company that ends in -0 differently than the others. For its 40th anniversary, Padrón released a cigar in hand-painted humidors, the 50th anniversary celebration included an even grander humidor as well as limited edition accessories from S.T. Dupont and Brizard & Co.

For the 60th anniversary, the company once again teamed up with S.T. Dupont for a collection of accessories and it created a new perfecto vitola. It measures 6 x 48/56 and, perhaps most notably, each cigar comes in a coffin. Padrón doesn’t say much about blend details, but as would be expected, each cigar is made entirely of Nicaraguan tobacco and the Padrón 60th Anniversary is offered in both Maduro and Natural wrappers.

I try my best to avoid superlatives, but Padrón has the most unique approach to cigar boxes in the industry. Whereas just about every other company places finished cigars into boxes at cigar factories, Padrón ships the finished cigars to its Miami headquarters, where they are then boxed. Furthermore, it has a program where retailers send empty boxes back to Miami for a small credit. Padrón then takes those boxes and refills them.

While I’m sure there are plenty of boxes that come back to Miami too damaged to be reused, there are plenty of people who have bought a sealed box of $30+ cigars that had scratches and dents due to the wear.

I don’t think that will be happening with the Padrón 60th, which is a far more elaborate box than any other Padrón not to come in a humidor or as part of a collaboration with Arturo Fuente.

It starts with the outer box, which features a variety of images from Padrón’s past, as well as the printed signatures of six Padrón family members who lead the company today. Then there’s the actual box, which is covered in a high-gloss lacquer.

Even opening the box is not a normal experience. Instead of the normal sliding clasp used for other Padrón boxes, there’s a gold-plated button that you press to release the lid. Lifting the lid then reveals the 10 gold-painted coffins inside.

• 

 

•     Cigar Reviewed: Padrón 60th Anniversary Natural
•     Country of Origin: Nicaragua
•     Factory: Tabacos Cubanica S.A.
•     Wrapper: Nicaragua
•     Binder: Nicaragua
•     Filler: Nicaragua
•     Length: 6 Inches
•     Ring Gauge: 48/56
•     Shape: Round
•     MSRP: $75 (Box of 10, $750)
•     Release Date: September 2024
•     Number of Cigars Released: Regular Production
•     Number of Cigars Smoked For Review: 3

We placed an order for Padrón 60th Anniversary Maduros and I didn’t think much about the wrapper choice, but after staring at them a bit more, I became suspicious that we got a box of Naturals, which we did. These are a shade or two darker than what I think Padrón typically uses for the 1964 Natural, with more reds breaking through. There are some pretty significant veins that stand out, and discoloration is pretty common. The aromas are classic Padrón: lots of earthy terroir with some minor amounts of sweetness—it presents like a ginger ale aroma—though the third cigar also has some permanent marker smells. I don’t bother smelling the tiny foot. The first two cigars have similar cold draw flavors: a milk chocolate over some woods and hints of citrus and mint. The third cigar lacks the chocolate, meaning the wood flavor is the strongest, though there’s some lemon underneath. The flavor is medium-plus, and the draw is predictably tight, though a bit easier on the second cigar.

Once the cigars are lit, that difference in draw becomes very relevant. The first cigar is able to offer enough smoke that I taste a soft milk chocolate flavor with some sweet woods, around medium-full. The second cigar has a much more lively cocoa, with citrus, earthiness and berries showing up, but the third cigar produces so little smoke I can’t taste much beyond the most generic of wood flavors. Fortunately, by no later than puff five, each cigar is fully burning and getting smoke to my mouth is no longer a concern. Flavor-wise, the cigars are similar in a broad description—savory with underlying sweetness and accents of pepper—but the individual flavors are different. The first cigar has Ritz crackers and earthiness over some pepper, the second has buttered popcorn and earthiness over mild pepper, saltiness and berry sweetness. The third has earthiness with some pistachio flavors breaking through, along with creaminess. At times, the sweetness picks up and makes the other flavors taste a bit like peanut butter. During the finish, each cigar gets drier as earthiness takes over and minerals emerge. Secondary notes include brown rice, leather, black pepper and some mild fruitiness that varies between berries and pear. Retrohales are much brighter with some light espresso-like flavors bringing birdseed, lime and peanut butter complexities to the forefront of what’s otherwise an earthy core. During the finish, that flavor gets saltier with the earthiness adding a corn tortilla flavor, while the pepper becomes livelier. Flavor is full, body is medium-full and strength varies between medium-full and full. The first cigar has the tightest draw and needs a touch-up, something the other two cigars avoid. Unfortunately, the cap on the second cigar has become dislodged, which is annoying and also opens up the draw.

By the early stages of the second third, the Padrón 60th Anniversary Naturals are tasting quite similar. Ritz crackers have become the name of the game, mingling with the earthiness for the top spot. Secondary notes include some isolated creaminess, herbs and more of the mineral flavors. As the finish develops, the cigar turns toastier, which sucks out most of the creaminess and leaves a more bitter profile. Retrohaling typically delivers a blast of wasabi-like pepper to clear the nose before a toastier earthiness and the Ritz cracker flavor emerge. The first cigar adds some saltiness and berries during the finish, whereas the other two get slightly more burnt and oily. Flavor, body and strength are all full. The first cigar needs another touch-up, the second cigar is burning the best, and the third needs two touch-ups to help with combustion. None of the three cigars have ideal draws—a bit tight on the first and third, loose on the second—but they are minor enough and avoid any point deductions.

The first two cigars keep that Ritz cracker flavor as the leading sensation for the final third. Underneath, there’s nuttiness, black pepper and leather on the first cigar, though the second one has more earthiness and also some interesting celery-like vegetal flavors. The third cigar is much sharper, with earthiness being the most prevalent flavor, though I think saltiness might be the strongest flavor, even though it only lasts for a second or two. The finish of the first two cigars is more of a building on what was already there: the Ritz cracker flavor gets joined by toastiness, more terroir and some grains, though the pepper subsides. The third cigar gets a lot woodier, tasting like a pretty generic ale that got the bourbon barrel aging treatment. More than anything, the difference with the third cigar is that the flavors feel on edge. Far and away, the best part of the Padrón 60th Anniversary Natural is the final third’s retrohale, which produces about as good of an earthy flavor as any cigar. It’s got rocks, mud, pencil lead and even some barnyard, all of the different earthy sensations working together in harmony. That’s joined by many of the flavors I’ve tasted before: woodiness, leather, nuttiness and celery. During the finish, even more complexity emerges as the Ritz cracker flavor reemerges—more of a burnt cracker this time—along with citrus, nuttiness and even some meatiness. Flavor, body and strength remain full. Admittedly, the strength of the first cigar has me stopping pretty early in the first cigar, though the other two aren’t as strong and I’m able to smoke them down to a more normal stopping distance. I bring that up because I avoid any construction issues, though given how the first cigar was going, I might have run into one had I been able to smoke more of it.

Final Notes

• I think this will be the final time I mention reviewing a Padrón that comes in cellophane. There was a time when finding a Padrón in cellophane was a rarity, but it seems like most of the Padróns we review now come in cellophane.
• If you are curious about how to tell the difference between the wrappers, there’s a small sticker on the right side of the box that says Maduro or Natural. That appears to be the only way, meaning if you get loose coffins you’ll have no idea.
• The cap of the second cigar came undone pretty quickly into the cigar. This wasn’t the normal issue when one part of the cap began to unravel. Instead, the cap remained intact like a circle but seemed to slide up the cigar.
• I am curious to see if this sans-serif font comes to more Padróns.
• Sometimes, cigar boxes look better in pictures than they feel in person. This is not the case, these boxes are extremely impressive and feel like quality. As I’ve written many times before, if I’m going to spend a hefty premium on a cigar, I want it to be different than the other cigars in the humidor. In this case, this box is much nicer than any other regular production Padrón.
• Unfortunately, the presentation box is so wide—10 3/4 x 21 3/4 x 3 1/4 inches—that it’s not going to fit in even a pretty large wine cooler humidor. The actual box is smaller, but I imagine many are going to be weary about storing that box on its own given the high gloss finish is likely to scratch pretty easily.

• On the second cigar, I noticed a black spot that has formed above the burn line. I left the room, grabbed my camera and took the above picture. I have no idea what caused this and cannot recall ever seeing this happen before. My initial thought was perhaps a piece of ash had come off on the ashtray’s stirrup and that helped to ignite the wrapper, but there was no ash on the stirrup.
• Cigars for this review were purchased by halfwheel.

Padrón lists the cigars at 6 x 48/56. Above are the dimensions that I found for the three cigars I smoked for this review. Due to the taper, I didn’t measure the ring gauge.

• If you are wondering why the third cigar is slightly shorter, it’s become the top of the cigar was less pronounced than the other two. For what it’s worth, the third cigar seemed slightly bent, though given the shape, it’s not easy for me to know how much of that might have been an optical illusion caused by the bands.

90 - Overall Score

After getting knocked on my ass from the strength of the first Padrón 60th Anniversary Natural, I had mixed feelings about smoking the other two. Fortunately, I was able to smoke both of those with only mild amounts of nicotine discomfort. Given that the best part of the cigar was the final third’s retrohale, it’s somewhat disappointing that I couldn't really enjoy much of it for the first cigar, but I’m glad I got to enjoy the retrohale during the other two cigars. For most, the concern about the Padrón 60th Anniversary won’t be the strength, it will be the price. It’s a good cigar with an excellent closing act, but it’s more than twice the price of a Family Reverse, already a special occasion cigar for many. While many of the middle parts of the cigar had me wondering if it was really better than half of Padrón’s price list, the company at least nailed the bookends. Starting with opening the box via the gold button and ending with the last retrohale, there were some moments when the 60th really stood out.

Source: https://halfwheel.com/padron-60th-anniversary-natural/451977/