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Padron Family Reserve Maduro: flavour profile and cigars like it

Padron Family Reserve Maduro is a handmade cigar made in Nicaragua. Its published strength is medium-full to full. It has a Maduro wrapper grown in Nicaragua and filler from Nicaragua. The tasting notes in our sources point to pepper and cocoa.

If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are Rocky Patel Fifty and Red Meat Lovers.

Published by Breaking Cigars · Editorial contact: Anatolie Clevan · Sources read · Independently fact-checked · How we built this

Padron Family Reserve Maduro cigar
Cigar or packaging. Size not confirmed. Photo: cigar-coop.com. Framing by Breaking Cigars.

What does Padron Family Reserve Maduro taste like?

CreamCedarEarthPepperCocoaSweetFruitHerbal
Our flavour map: the eight flavour families named in the tasting notes we cite.
  • pepper and spice
  • cocoa and coffee

How strong is it, and what's in it?

WrapperNicaragua Sun Grown Maduro
BinderNicaragua
FillerNicaragua
StrengthMedium-full to full as published by atlanticcigar.com
BodyFull
Made inNicaragua
Made byPadrón Cigars Inc.
FactoryTabacos Cubanica S.A.
SizesNo.44 6×52 · No.45 6×52 · No.46 5.5×56 · No.85 5.25×50 · No.50 5×54 · No.95 4.75×60 · No.96 5.75×52

Strength here means nicotine, which mostly comes from the filler. Wrapper colour is not a strength guide.

What reviewers say

Scores as published by the magazine or retailer, for the size named. Notes are our summary of the review, not quotes. We don't score cigars ourselves.

About Padron Family Reserve Maduro

The line. Family Reserve began as private family cigars. Current maker lists seven numbered formats and ten-year tobacco aging. padron.com

Cigars like Padron Family Reserve Maduro

  1. Rocky Patel FiftyClosest matchHabano wrapper · Medium to fullAlso made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.
  2. Red Meat LoversAlso fitsBroadleaf wrapper · Medium-full to fullAlso made in Nicaragua, more earth and leather, less cocoa and coffee, about the same strength.
  3. San Lotano The BullAlso fitsSumatra wrapper · Medium-full to fullAlso made in Nicaragua, more cedar and wood, about the same strength.
  4. Gurkha Fat BoyAlso fitsWrapper style not published · MediumAlso made in Nicaragua, a step milder.
  5. Kristoff MaduroOne step furtherBrazilian wrapper · MediumA step milder.

Picked by the palate test's own engine, as if you named Padron Family Reserve Maduro as a favourite: never more than one strength step above it, plain tobacco only, one cigar per brand.

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