Padron 1926 No. 6 Natural (4.75×50)

The No. 6 is the cigar that landed Padrón the #2 spot on Cigar Aficionado’s Top 25 list in 2019, and it has never stopped earning its keep since. At 4.75×50, it’s the compact robusto of the 1926 Serie — shorter and more concentrated than the No. 9, delivering the full weight of five to ten year aged Nicaraguan tobacco in a focused, punchy format that hits hard from the very first draw. The 1926 Serie was introduced in 2002 to honor the birth year of José Orlando Padrón himself, and the family built it around a simple, uncompromising standard: tobacco aged between five and ten years, grown on Padrón family farms, rolled into a box-pressed format with flawless construction and double-banded with an individually numbered guarantee label.

The sun-grown Habano wrapper on the Natural is warm and smooth, leading with rich cocoa, dark earth, roasted coffee, and a complex spice that builds steadily across a burn that lasts well over 45 minutes despite the compact dimensions. Padrón has placed in Cigar Aficionado’s top 10 every single year since 2004. The No. 6 is a big reason for that. Get a box and find out why for yourself.