Padilla Miami

Original design of the Padilla Miami band.

Padilla Miami, originally known as the "Miami 8 & 11," is a type of handmade premium cigar manufactured by the Padilla Cigar Company. The cigar was introduced in 2005.

History and Background

The Padilla "Miami" was introduced in 2005 as the "Miami 8 & 11," named after the original factory which made the cigars, located near the corner of 8th Street & 11th Avenue in the Little Havana section of Miami, Florida.[1]

The blend for this cigar was created by José "Pepin" Garcia and the cigars were originally manufactured at Garcia's the El Rey de los Habanos factory. Originally the salomons were rolled by Garcia himself.[2]

In 2008 production was moved to a Miami factory owned by Padilla.[3] Production was moved again in 2010, this time to a facility in Danli, Honduras.[3]

The cigar in its current incarnation is a puro, with wrapper, binder, and filler all hailing from Nicaragua.[3]

The band and packaging were designed by Ernesto Padilla.

Description

A full-strength cigar, the Padilla Miami has a wrapper of Nicaraguan grown Cuban-seed Corojo surrounding a filler blend of Nicaraguan Criollo and Corojo and a binder of Nicaraguan Criollo. There are six models in the regular line, plus one (the Belicoso Fino) as an exclusive to one retailer.

The band is black with gold lettering, with a large monogram "P" surrounded by a gold border in the center, with "Miami" in gold on a red background below the monogram. They are packed uncelloed in boxes of 20.

Models/Vitolas

Frontmark Vitola Length (in.) Ring Gauge
Churchill churchill 7 48
Salomon figurado 7.25 57
Lancero panatela 7.5 42
Torpedo figurado 6.25 52
Belicoso Fino
Exclusive to one retailer.		 figurado 5 52
Corona corona 5.5 42
Robusto robusto 5 50
Padilla 8&11 (photo by Rufus Shaw)

Honors/Awards

The Padilla Miami 8 & 11 robusto was named the thirteenth top-rated cigar of 2005 by Cigar Aficionado magazine, which called it "a full-bodied masterpiece."[1]

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 Padilla Miami 8 & 11 Robusto. The Top 25 Best Cigars of the Year: 2005. Cigar Aficionado online.
  2. ↑ "Q & A: Ernesto Padilla, Owner, Padilla Cigars." Cigar Insider, June 7, 2005, pp. 6-8.
  3. 1 2 3 Richard B. Perelman, Perelman's Pocket Cyclopedia of Cigars: 2011 Edition. Los Angeles: Perelman Pioneer & Co., 2010; pp. 501-502.
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