第1名 帕德龍1964周年系列魚雷自然色（Padro?n 1964 Anniversary Series Torpedo Natural）

除了卓越和與眾不同外，CA雜志社在評選年度前25名時也很重視一致性（連貫性）。沒有一家雪茄公司能做到像帕德龍雪茄公司那樣。2004年我們開始舉辦評比時，帕德龍的產品就獲得了年度最佳雪茄的稱號。17年后，帕德龍的產品再次拿到第一名。這是帕德龍雪茄公司第四次拿到年度第一名。這家家族企業成為了紀錄保持者。在歷次評比中，帕德龍雪茄公司的產品與16次進入到年度前五名，只有一年沒有進入到前五名。

帕德龍1964周年系列是在1994年發布的，是為了慶祝公司成立30周年。這個產品線是公司的創始人、古巴移民何塞·奧蘭多·帕德龍（Jose? Orlando Padro?n）和他的兒子豪爾赫（Jorge）共同制作的。他們希望用陳年的特殊煙葉制作高端的雪茄。1994年以前，帕德龍的旗艦產品主要是棕色煙標。這是一款價格合理的好雪茄，直到今天也是如此。

30周年慶的產品線將公司整體產品提升到一個新的水平。經過測試，最終成品使用了尼加拉瓜種植的陽植法古巴種子煙葉，何塞想賦予雪茄標志性的盒壓造型。他想做一款他過去在古巴時喜歡抽的雪茄。豪爾赫·帕德龍介紹說，并不是帕德龍公司發明了盒壓造型，但是當時市場上確實非常少的盒壓造型雪茄。

這次發布最終改變了高端雪茄行業的格局。1964周年系列取得了商業的極大成功，并激發了其他公司開始效仿生產盒壓造型雪茄。今天，盒壓雪茄和木壓雪茄在市場上很常見。

從家族珍藏系列到1926系列，帕德龍品牌一直是《雪茄愛好者》雜志發布的年度25名榜單里的中流砥柱。這是1964周年系列首次當選年度雪茄。這款魚雷把帕德龍公司想要表現和發揮的要點，都做到了。52環徑粗，6英寸長。單支售價17.8美元。盲評得分97分。盒壓造型非常吸引人，點燃初期有木頭、堅果的味道，隨后變得復雜。榛子的味道出奇的精確，融入到濃郁的可可豆味道里，如同巧克力制成的精美甜點一樣融化在味蕾里。燃燒和抽吸都十分完美。唯一的缺點是很快就抽完了。

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Along with excellence and distinction, consistency has always been heavily weighed when we create our annual Top 25 rankings. And no cigar company has been as consistent as Padro?n. It was the first manufacturer to be named Cigar of the Year for 2004 when we started publishing this awards list, and now, 17 years later, Padro?n has produced the No. 1 cigar of 2021. This is the fourth time for Padro?n to be named Cigar of the Year, making this family-owned business the record holder. Furthermore, Padro?n has now occupied a place in the top five every year but one, for a total of 16 times.

The Padro?n 1964 Anniversary Series was released in 1994 when the company celebrated 30 years in business. The cigar was made by company founder (and Cuban e?migre?) Jose? Orlando Padro?n and his son Jorge. The idea was to make a high-end cigar from exceptional tobaccos with more age. Before 1994, Padrón’s production was mostly made up of its flagship brown-label brand. It was a good cigar at a good price—and still is—but a creation for an anniversary as big as 30 years had to be taken to the next level. The final product was a cigar of sun-grown, Cuban-seed tobaccos from Nicaragua. It was Jose?’s idea to give the cigars the signature box-pressing. He wanted a smoke that resembled the cigars he used to enjoy in Cuba. “Not that we invented the box-press,” said Jorge Padro?n, “but at the time there weren’t any box-pressed cigars in the market.”

That presentation eventually changed the landscape of the premium industry. The 1964 Anniversary Series was an enormous commercial and critical success, inspiring other companies to follow suit and box-press their cigars as well. Today, box-pressed and trunk-pressed cigars are commonplace in the market.

From the Family Reserve to the Serie 1926, Padro?n’s brands have been a mainstay on every Top 25 list this magazine has ever released, but this is the first time a cigar from the 1964 Anniversary Series has been named Cigar of the Year. The Torpedo serves as a fine example of everything the Padro?ns wanted to achieve. Box-pressed and attractive, it starts with a woody, nutty core that gradually becomes more complex. Notes of hazelnut are uncannily precise and segue into a rich, opulent smoke of cocoa bean that settles onto the palate like the fine confections of a chocolatier. The draw and burn are perfect and the cigar’s only flaw is that it ends.