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Padilla Fumas Maduro Churchill Cigar Construction

Why can I never resist the allure of fumas cigars? For those of you unfamiliar with the term, typically fumas cigars are house blends from the manufacturer made from the leaves remaining from their normal runs. Most, like the Padilla Fumas Maduro, are mixed filler (some short, some long). The benefit of this type of cigar is that you get the remains of the high-quality tobacco used in the manufacturer’s premium blends at a ridiculously low price. However, one thing I have learned about these cigars is to be cautiously optimistic, some brands fumas are just dreadful, others are a great alternative to their costly premium counterparts. The Padilla Fumas Maduro is wrapped in a mottled Maduro leaf. The binder is undisclosed and the filler is a combination of Honduran and Nicaraguan mixed fillers. The length of the seven-inch stick is it spongy. The single cap is thin and sheds some tiny shards of tobacco with the punch cut.

Flavor & Aroma

The wrapper leaf gives off very little scent but the foot is pungently earthy, it reminds me of walking into the silo house on my grandparent’s farm, which to me is a pleasant smell. The cold draw is open and airy with only a slight flavor of earth. Once lit, the initial few puffs are a bit acidic, but this quickly fades leaving gentle flavors of sweet cocoa and earth. The flavor profile remains
consistent throughout the eight-minute smoke.

Burn & Smoking Characteristics

The Padilla Fumas Maduro Churchill burns steadily with a fairly even burn line. The ash is flaky and drops often, which is to be expected from a mixed filler stick. The draw is excellent and produces tons of smoke with each puff.

Conclusion of the Padilla Fumas Maduro Churchill Cigar

I was pleasantly surprised by the stick (especially afterward when I read other reviews). Aside from the initial handful of puffs, the flavor was pleasant, not incredibly complex, but with no bitterness. The burn was fairly even and slow. Other than the ash dropping so often, this is a solid stick that I would definitely smoke again.

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