Four Cigars Of The Year In One Box
Cigar Aficionado named its first Cigar of the Year nearly 20 years ago, when the Padrón Serie 1926 40th Anniversary was declared the finest cigar in the world. Over the past two decades Padróns have done exceptionally well in our Top 25 Cigar tastings, winning the contest a record four times. Now, the Miami-based company has created a sampler containing each of its champion cigars in one package.
The box contains one of each of the following cigars, all of which are made by hand in Nicaragua:
- Padrón Serie 1926 40th Anniversary, 2004 Cigar of the Year, 93 points
- Padrón Serie 1926 No. 9, 2007 Cigar of the Year, 97 points
- Padrón Family Reserve No. 45 Maduro, 2009 Cigar of the Year, 95 points
- Padrón 1964 Anniversary Series Torpedo, 2021 Cigar of the Year, 97 points
The box, which has already shipped to retailers, has a suggested retail price of $108.55 for the set, or an average of just over $27 per cigar.
This is a new, expanded version of Padrón’s Cigar of the Year sampler. The previous incarnation only had three cigars (it was created prior to the Torpedo being named No. 1 in January, 2022) and it had a dark covering to the packaging. This new, bigger version is packed in a small wooden box that looks like a miniature version of a Padrón box.
The cigars combined for an impressive 382 points in the four tastings.
