在比赛中胜出固然兴奋，但是当你拿到一整盒年度冠军雪茄的奖品时，会更加兴奋。杂志社的年度抽奖活动结束了，产生了三名幸运读者，他们每个人都获得了一盒尼加拉瓜生产的帕德龙1964周年系列鱼雷，这款雪茄被《雪茄爱好者》杂志评为2021年度第一名雪茄。杂志社近期联系到了获奖者，询问他们如何享用他们的奖品。

第一位获奖者是来自佛罗里达州的托德·特劳特曼（Todd Troutman），他抽茄史很长，确切来说是45年。他从1990年代就开始读《雪茄爱好者》杂志，当他参与时，没有想到会中奖。

他住在庞帕诺海滩，距离帕德龙总部不远，是帕德龙雪茄的爱好者，但是他之前没有抽过这款鱼雷。他形容抽完后有一种很酷、很令人愉悦的味道，尾端比他预期的要更好。是个好东西，比尺寸小的帕德龙雪茄味道要浓郁。他迫不及待的要和朋友们分享了。

第二位获奖者是来自阿肯色州的詹姆斯·麦卡利斯特（James McAlister ），他抽了五年雪茄，算是相对的新手。他之前没有抽过帕德龙雪茄。他说：能够赢得一盒年度最佳雪茄真的很棒，上周已经抽了一支，是我迄今为止抽的最好的雪茄。

第三位获奖者是来自宾夕法尼亚州的凯尔·J·格雷（Kyle J. Gray），格雷抽雪茄有八年了，已经抽了一支帕德龙。他说：我非常喜欢这些奖品，当你抽到只剩三分之一时，味道更能会更棒。

他计划将这些雪茄分一部分给他的雪茄俱乐部的朋友，再留一根来庆祝他的第三个儿子即将出生。

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Winning a contest can be a thrill, but this is especially true when the prize is a box of Cigar Aficionado’s Cigar of the Year. Our annual sweepstakes has ended and three lucky smokers have each won a box of Padrón 1964 Anniversary Series Torpedoes from Nicaragua—the 2021 Cigar of the Year. Cigar Aficionado reached out to the winners to find out how they are enjoying their new smokes.

The first winner was Todd Troutman of Pompano Beach, Florida. A long-time smoker (45 years to be exact), Troutman said that he’s been a reader of the magazine since the 1990s and, when he entered, did not expect to win. 

Living in Pompano Beach, Troutman isn’t far from Padrón headquarters and is a fan of Padrón cigars, which he buys often, though Troutman said he has not smoked this particular size before. After smoking it he described it as having “A cool, pleasant taste, but ended stronger than I was expecting; not a bad thing. It certainly is stronger than the smaller Padróns.” He also said he can’t wait to share it with his friends.

The second winner was James McAlister of Benton, Arkansas. A relative newcomer to the cigar world, McAlister has been smoking cigars for five years and has never smoked Padrón before. “It was awesome to win a box of the Cigar of the Year,” he said. “I smoked one last week and it was great, the best cigar I have smoked so far.”

Our third winner was from the Northeast—Kyle J. Gray of Warren, Pennsylvania. Gray has been smoking cigars for about eight years and has already smoked one torpedo from the box. 

“I thoroughly enjoyed the cigars,” he said. “The flavors definitely progress as you make your way through the first to the last third.”

Generous in his winnings, he plans to distribute the lion’s share with members of his cigar group, the Kinzua Cigar Club, but might save one and put it aside to celebrate when his third son is born.