Padilla to Release Strongest Cigar Ever

Gregory Mottola
Posted: July 29, 2009

Ernesto Padilla, owner of Padilla Cigars, has made full use of Corojo 2006 tobacco to blend his new Padilla Dominus brand, a cigar that is made solely with this type of Nicaraguan-grown tobacco. The seeds were planted in 2006 in the country's Jalapa and Estelí regions before the crop's harvest in early 2007. The final product is what Padilla calls his most full-bodied cigar to date.

"Aesthetically, Corojo 2006 is a gorgeous, brownish red color," said Padilla. "For growers, it is very resistant to disease and has a high-yield crop. To consumers, the Corojo produces sweetness and spice, but it is very rich and balanced, and at the same time, it is the fullest bodied cigar I make."

And the most expensive. Although the prices are not officially determined, Padilla expects this cigar to retail in the $8 to $15 range. It will be available in seven sizes: Perla, 4 inches by 40 ring gauge; Robusto, 5 by 50; Torpedo, 6 1/8 by 52; Corona Gorda, 5 5/8 by 46; Toro, 6 by 52; Churchill, 7 by 48; and Double Robusto, 5 by 54.

For more on this story, see the current issue of Cigar Insider.

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