Padron Family Reserve 45 Maduro

The Padr?n Family Reserve No. 45 Maduro first reached cigar shops on September 8, the 45th anniversary of the creation of Padr?n Cigars Inc. by Jos? Orlando Padr?n. The 83-year-old Cuban ?migr? is the embodiment of the American dream, having come to the United States in the early 1960s with nothing more than a few hundred dollars, a solid work ethic and the burning desire to make cigars that tasted as good as the ones he smoked as a young man in Cuba. The image of a hammer on this special release commemorates a most precious gift given to him by a friend when he was virtually penniless?the tool allowed him to eke out a living as a carpenter, money he saved to form a small cigar company.