In 2010, on the occasion of Padrón’s 46th anniversary of its founding in Miami, Florida, the company released this vitola from its acclaimed Family Reserve line — cigars with minimum-10-year-aged tobaccos that were initially made just for the Padróns, their friends and lucky acquaintances.
By popular demand, the Padróns finally released the Family Reserve series of cigars to the public, and now you can enjoy exclusive puro Nicaraguan sticks that were originally destined only for the humidors of a select few.
Softly box-pressed, dark and thick, these Toro-sized Family Reserve No. 46 sticks in a Maduro wrapper are medium-to-full-bodied and medium-to-full-strength, with an easy draw and a dead-even burn.
With a hearty, woody, toasty core of anise and coffee, the No. 46 Maduro slips in black cherry, caramel and Middle Eastern-spice nuances and tops them all with a strong herbal finish.
Cigar Aficionado accorded this smoke a 92 in 2020 — not just once, but twice. Reserve a box of the No. 46 Maduros for yourself and your own “family,” and taste what the Padróns were holding back all these years.