Padilla Finest Hour Connecticut Robusto (5 x 52)

Video review HERE.

(Description taken from Cigar-Coop.com website)

Padilla Cigar Company has a new line that is inspired by celebrated cigar enthusiast Winston Churchill.

Padilla Finest Hour draws its inspiration from Churchill’s legendary “This was their finest hour” speech that he delivered to the House of Commons on June 18, 1940 as Great Britain was in the midst of the Second World War.

Finest Hour Connecticut

Wrapper: Ecuadorian Connecticut

Binder: Nicaraguan (Double)

Filler: Nicaraguan, Dominican, Honduran

Country of Origin: Not Disclosed

Factory: Not Disclosed

Robusto: 5 x 52 REVIEWED TODAY

Toro: 6 x 52

6 x 60: 6 x 60

The cigar has a very light brown wrapper and an average feel in the hand.

The test draw after cutting the cap was effortless. The initial flavors at light up were light cedar notes, average to light cream notes, quite a bit of black pepper and an earthy black coffee. I rated the black pepper at 7 1/2. There is no significant sweetness in the cigar at the outset. Not a good start but things may change.

3/4 inch in the flavors have improved. There is a cedar-type flavor with a little brown sugar, some cinnamon, quite a bit of cream, a large amount of black pepper and a large amount of black coffee. The cigar now has sweetness but not anything that will wow you at this point.

At the first third (19 minutes) the sweetness has increased. From the beginning the sweetness has moved up but it took to this point to reach anything significant. There is now a tangy, almost citrus flavor. It's sort of a tangy citrus/cedar. There is now a toasted nutmeg flavor in the mix. There is a decent amount of brown sugar with some cinnamon. There is underlying cream with plenty of earthy black coffee and black pepper. The finish is nutmeg, cream, and a little brown sugar with a decent amount of lingering black pepper. The cigar is mild to medium at this point. At this point the flavors are pretty nice but it took too long for the flavors to get going. For the first third I rated the cigar at 84.

At the second third (42 minutes) the cigar is maintaining it's "better flavors". It's now a sweet cedar with plenty of brown sugar, cinnamon, and underlying thread of cream but it's greatly reduced, toasted nutmeg, black coffee and black pepper. The black pepper is the star of the cigar. The cigar is medium bodied at this point. The finish is unchanged. The cigar has greatly improved but it's not wowing me. With the improvements I rated the second third at 88.

The cigar lasted 54 minutes. A rather short burn time for a robusto. The flavors in the final third were a sweet cedar, plenty of brown sugar, some cinnamon, hardly any, if any cream, hardly any toasted nutmeg, plenty of black coffee, and plenty of black pepper. The cigar is medium bodied leaning toward medium to full. The primary flavors you notice are sweet cedar and black pepper. The finish is unchanged but the lingering black pepper has increased. As I said before, the black pepper is one of the best things about this cigar. For me, the cigar lacked dimensions. I rated the final third at 86.

Overall Score: 86