Sixty years ago, José Orlando Padrón struck his first Little Hammer — the symbol that has graced the Padrón band since the beginning — and began rolling cigars in Miami with nothing but Cuban tradition and an unwavering belief in the quality of Nicaraguan soil. Six decades later, his son Jorge carries that legacy forward, and the 60th Anniversary is the family’s most ambitious and personal milestone release to date.

The presentation alone tells you this is different. Individual golden coffins — a Padrón first — slot into a 10-count piano-finish box whose outer artwork recalls the visual details of the original Padrón banding — the island of Cuba, tobacco wreath, coloring, patterns and motifs that graced the earliest cigars José Orlando ever produced. A throwback band design honoring the patriarch. An individually-numbered anti-counterfeiting guarantee band — another Padrón first — protecting every stick. And a new perfecto vitola, measuring 6 inches long with a 48 ring gauge at its most slender and a 56 ring gauge at its thickest, rolled exclusively by the most experienced torcedores at the Padrón factory. Cigar CoopHalfwheel

The blend is a true Nicaraguan puro — wrapper, binder, and filler all from Nicaragua — blended from the company’s finest aged tobaccos following at least ten years of rest. Jorge Padrón described the blending objective simply and in the spirit of his father: “make it taste good” — balanced and complex rather than a sledgehammer, a cigar that honors six decades of craftsmanship through refinement rather than raw power. Holt’s Cigar Co.

Why You’ll Love It

Six Decades in a Single Smoke: The 60th Anniversary draws from Padrón’s finest aged tobacco reserves — a minimum of ten years — and is rolled only by the most experienced hands in the factory. Every detail, from the golden coffin to the anti-counterfeiting band, reflects the gravity of the milestone it was created to honor.

A New Shape for a New Chapter: The perfecto vitola — the first new shape Padrón has introduced since the 80th Anniversary — tapers from 56 ring gauge at its widest to 48 at the head, delivering a graduated smoking experience that builds in complexity and concentration from first light to the final draw.

The Little Hammer Turns Sixty: The throwback band design connects the 60th Anniversary directly to the earliest cigars José Orlando Padrón ever produced — a visual and emotional tribute to the man who started it all, presented in the most luxurious packaging the Padrón family has ever released