Padilla Miami 8/11 Churchill

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1 review for Padilla Miami 8/11 Churchill

  1. M***

    Padillia Miami 8/11 Churchill

    Origin : NicaraguaPadilla cigars
    Format : Churchill
    Size : 7.0? x 48
    Wrapper : Nicaraguan Corojo
    Filler : Nicaraguan Criollo and Corojo
    Binder : Nicaraguan
    Hand-Made
    Price : $9 each

    The Padilla Miami 8/11 is arguably the cigar responsible for putting Ernesto Padilla on the cigar map. And why not, he picked a master blender to make it for him. At the time this master tobacco blender wasn’t well known. He had a small factory in Miami that employed just 12 rollers. This man would quickly become the hottest name in cigars. That’s right, the Padilla Miami 8/11 was made by Jose “Pepin” Garcia. The 8/11 in the name denotes location of Pepin’s factory near the corner of 8th and 11th in Miami. I did say “was made” because Ernesto and Pepin have recently parted ways, and now Pepin no longer makes any cigars for Padilla as Pepin’s business has continued to explode and he had to devote more resources towards maintaining his own products. That means the Miami 8/11 as it has existed is going away so if you are a fan, you will want to buy up as much of these as you can because the Pepin Garcia version of this stick will no longer be produced.

    Wrapped in a typical Pepin Corojo leaf, the Miami is rustic looking with puckered veins and bumpy look. It is the color of milk chocolate and has an oily sheen. It has a strong almost pungent odor of tobacco and wet earth. Packed full of tobacco this Churchill has a nice heft to it, firm its entire length. The triple cap clipped nicely revealing a perfect bunch in the head of the cigar which mirrors the view from the foot.

    On the initial draw you get hit with a blast of pepper on the tongue but it quickly subsides. It is replaced by a rich earthiness with undertones of spice and flashes of caramel. It produces amazing thick clouds of almost snow white smoke and a room bouquet of toasted tobacco and floral notes. About half way through the Carmel and Spice have come to the forefront and it has a decidedly creamy feel. It has also developed a nice woody/cedar finish with a slight sweetness on the palate. The cigar begins to pickup in the last third. gone is the caramel and sweetness. It is all wood, earth, and pepper. It is very robust and full bodied.

    The Padilla Miami is a very well made cigar. The burn was even if not razor straight, and the draw provided just the right amount of resistance. It produced plenty of thick creamy smoke and produced a firm salt and pepper ash. In the past I experienced a lot of problems with the wrapper on this cigar being almost flame retardant and impossible to burn. I had no such problem with this cigar so perhaps those problems are a thing of the past. It is shame that this cigar is no longer being made.

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      I’m sorry to point out that facts in this review are incorrect. Pepin Garcia had not had a factory in Little Havana for about 7 years. The factory making the 8&11 is El Titan de Bronze (at 8th and 11th), and they are very proud of their Top 25 listing in Cigar Aficionado.

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Cigar Region Nicaragua
Filler Nicaragua Criollo and Corojo
Wrapper Nicaragua Corojo
Binder Nicaragua
Length 7
Ring Gauge 48
Vitola Churchill
Construction Hand Made