Padron 1926 #35

Cigars from the Padron 1926 line are some of my favorite smokes right now. I had the chance to smoke a #35 the other night. It measures 4 x 47, and it delivers quite a punch for a small cigar. It had a dark and oily wrapper. It was perfectly constructed, and burned very well. It also burned suprisingly cool for a small cigar. It started out with a fruit punch, sweet aroma, and developed a strong tobacco smell towards the end. It was a medium to strong cigar.

This cigar was hard to put down. It produced volumes of smoke, and was an overall great performer.

Ashton VSG

I smoked an Ashton Virgin Sun Grown Tres Mystiques last night. It is a 4 3/8 x 44 sized cigar. There is a lot of hype surrounding these Ashton VSG cigars. So I approached this cigar with a lot of curiosity and expectation. The wrapper was dark and oily, and the construction was pretty good. The cigar was slightly spicy. It was easy to light, and produced a nice grey ash. The taste was pretty mellow, and it produced a lot of smoke for such a small cigar. I was expecting a much stronger, more flavorful cigar; maybe this cigars size affected the expected performance. I would call it a light cigar, with an exotic tobacco aroma. I don't know if I would buy a box of these. If someone gave me another one I would smoke it, but I wasn't overly excited about smoking another one.