Padron 1964 Anniversary Series Exclusivo Maduro Review

There are cigars you smoke, and there are cigars you remember. The Padron 1964 Anniversary Series Exclusivo Maduro is firmly in the second category. I lit this one on a quiet Saturday evening on the back porch, the kind of evening where you have nowhere to be and an hour to spare. Seventy-five minutes later, I knew I’d be writing about it.

The 1964 Anniversary Series sits near the top of Padron’s regular lineup, just below the Família Padrón 50 Years and 1926 Series. It’s been winning awards since José O. Padrón released it in 1994 to commemorate the family company’s 30th anniversary. Three decades on, it’s still considered a benchmark for what a full-bodied Nicaraguan puro should taste like.