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Padilla cigars
Cigar brand · United States · Since 2003

Padilla

A Miami boutique brand with Cuban family roots.

Founded2003
CountryUnited States
Cigars28
Smoker rating3.7 / 5
Signature cigars

Highlights from the Padilla range

The story

Padilla Cigar Company was founded in Miami, Florida in 2003 by Ernesto Padilla, son of the Cuban poet Heberto Padilla. It is an independent boutique brand that blends tobaccos from Nicaragua, Honduras and the Dominican Republic. The Padilla Miami line is rolled in Little Havana, while the other lines are handmade in Nicaragua with AJ Fernandez or in Honduras at Raíces Cubanas. According to the company, Cigar Aficionado has named Padilla blends among its Top 25 Cigars of the Year five times.

A Miami boutique brand with Cuban family roots.
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A family story

Heberto Padilla was born in 1932 on his family's tobacco plantation in Pinar del Río, Cuba, and became one of the country's best-known poets. His son Ernesto carried that heritage to Miami, where he started the brand in 2003 with the aim of making premium cigars in the Cuban tradition.

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Where the cigars are made

Padilla works with three production homes. Padilla Miami is rolled in Little Havana, Miami. Lines such as Finest Hour and 1932 are made with AJ Fernandez in Nicaragua, and other blends come from Raíces Cubanas in Honduras. The tobaccos come from Nicaragua, Honduras and the Dominican Republic.

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Lines to know

The portfolio includes Padilla 1932, the company's classic line, and Padilla Miami 8&11, its bold Miami-made blend. Other current lines include Finest Hour Connecticut, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Before Night Falls, 88 Aniversario, Artefacto Maduro and Fumas.

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Where to buy

Padilla cigars are sold factory-direct at padillacigars.com and through official distributors and merchants listed on the company's international distributors page.

The catalog

Padilla cigars · 28

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